Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Holly McNutt (holly.mcnutt![]() |
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Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 15:18:45 -0800 (PST) |
Many years ago, in my high school yearbook, a gal used the following for her senior quote: "Education isn't expensive, it's priceless." Substitute cohousing and you have my feelings on this subject. - Holly in Nyland Holly Wilder Visionary Properties LLC www.visionaryproperties.vpweb.com hollywilder23 [at] gmail.com (303) 517-4180 cell (303) 447-8204 fax On Jan 1, 2013, at 4:05 PM, Liz Ryan Cole wrote: > > I have been following this discussion with interest as we (Pinnacle Cohousing > - Lyme, NH) move forward on design of 18 (first phase) homes. Whether the > construction cost per square foot is $120 or $180, isn't one of the > significant savings for cohousers based on the fact that we can build > comfortable homes with at least some the amenities we would like included, > because we can share the extensive library or grand piano, while building > fewer private square feet? I think a 1200 square foot home with the shared > cost of common space is certainly going to be less expensive than the single > family home at 2500 or 3000 square feet (you can tell we are not in a city). > > What is no one mentioning this? thanks liz > > > Liz Ryan Cole > lizryancole [at] me.com > Pinnacle Cohousing at Loch Lyme Lodge > Lyme, NH > Home 802.785.4124 > Work 802.831.1240 > Lodge 603-795-2141 > > > On Dec 31, 2012, at 2:25 PM, R Philip Dowds wrote: > >> >> OK, to refine the question: Will you and your family live more cheaply in a >> development organized as cohousing, than you would in a similar housing unit >> in the same neighborhood, but not organized as cohousing? My answer >> remains: You will live different, maybe even better, but don't expect >> cheaper. >> >> RPD >> >> I'll make one significant concession: AAA reports the averaged annual cost >> of owning and operating a passenger vehicle is now in the $9K to $11K >> range. If cohousing maintains a shared vehicle or two, and access to that >> vehicle allows your family to drop from 3 cars to 2, or 2 cars to 1 -- or >> even 1 car to none -- now you're saving interesting money. What I've seen >> so far in cohousing is that the legal and political hurdles are often high >> for a communally owned car -- but coho-ers are more likely than regular folk >> to find ways of privately sharing a vehicle and its costs among two or three >> households. >> >> But you still can't share your healthcare or your daughter's four years at >> college. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Dec 31, 2012, at 11:46 AM, oz <oz [at] ozragland.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> First, an appeal to authority: I co-authored a few articles on >>> affordability for the next issue of Communities magazine (alas, only one >>> was accepted). I've also visited about 30 communities. >>> >>> ... >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ >> >> > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? rpdowds, December 29 2012
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Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? oz, December 31 2012
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Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? R Philip Dowds, December 31 2012
- Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? Liz Ryan Cole, January 1 2013
- Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? Holly McNutt, January 1 2013
- Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? rpdowds, January 2 2013
- Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? Sharon Villines, January 4 2013
- Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? oz, January 4 2013
- Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? Sharon Villines, January 4 2013
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Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? R Philip Dowds, December 31 2012
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Re: Is Cohousing Cheap(er)? oz, December 31 2012
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