Re: What SHOULD I be worried about? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: R Philip Dowds (rpdowdscomcast.net) | |
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 05:50:57 -0700 (PDT) |
Plan on delay. Plan on surprising cost increases. Plan on flogging your way past disappointments. Your group may have to deal one or more of … internal disagreements about location, design, pricing, membership, whatever; complicated local or even State permitting, waivers and variances; members that come and go, and come again; litigation by your neighbors; nervous bankers; bad cost estimates; incompetent or opportunistic professional services; and other problems … All of which can morph your three-year, $9mln project into a five-year, $12mln project. You can, of course, succeed. Many groups do. Just be realistic, flexible, and go get expert input when you need it. And armor up. R Philip Dowds AIA Cornerstone Cohousing Cambridge, MA On Jun 16, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Michelle Burce <michelleburce [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > I'm part of a group working to build cohousing, and the resources available > on this list and its archives have been AMAZINGLY helpful! Thank you all > for sharing your wisdom over the years. > > So far, many of my fears have been allayed by this list, since so many of > the responses to various problems seem to be "Communicate with your > neighbors and it will all work out fine." Choosing who gets which lot? "We > haven't had too many conflicts." Reserving the common house? "Usually not a > problem." Worried about too little privacy? "Don't worry too much." > > So my question to you cohousing veterans is: What should we be worried > about / work out in advance / get a good plan for NOW? What are the bumps > in the road that actually take a solid process, or a professional, or a lot > more money than we think? What one (or two or three) piece(s) of advice > would you give some folks who have a group formed and meeting, have land > and architects picked out, but have not yet dropped the huge sums of money > to make this happen? > > I think we, as cohousing newbies, might be focusing our energies in > worrying about those things that can get worked out, but are not seeing the > things that can stymie a whole community. > > Thanks everyone! > Michelle > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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What SHOULD I be worried about? Michelle Burce, June 16 2014
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- Re: What SHOULD I be worried about? R Philip Dowds, June 17 2014
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- Re: What SHOULD I be worried about? R Philip Dowds, June 17 2014
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