Re: Neighbors who are gone a lot | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizmgmail.com) | |
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:39:42 -0700 (PDT) |
How does it affect your decision making process? We’ve had at least one case of a red card followed by a long trip (no snowbirds here). Obviously no one does that on purpose, but it sure can snag a painful process. -Liz (The Rev.) Elizabeth M. Magill www.ecclesiaministriesmission.org www.mosaic-commons.org 508-450-0431 > On Sep 26, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Bonnie Ferguson via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l > [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > > > We have some neighbors who travel a lot but they all contribute to the > Community when here so it doesn't feel burdensome. Also sometimes absent > neighbors allow residents' guests to use their homes/ parking places while > they are gone so we get additional guest rooms out of the deal. We > consciously try to ensure that there is a lot of redundancy in who knows how > to do what so we are not bereft of Community skills when folks are out of > town. And lastly we have a lockbox which contains keys to all our homes so > any of us can get into an absent resident's place in case of need. This is > useful even for when folks are just at work, in case of plumbing disaster for > instance which happened once. > I think the snowbird phenomena could work in cohousing with advanced > thoughtful agreements about these issues. It is very nice to feel secure > when you are out of town about your neighbors looking out for your place, > watering your plants, taking in your mail and feeding, and walking your pets. > And as long as it's an exchange of favors it works. > Bonnie Fergusson > Swans Market Cohousing > Oakland, CA > > Sent from my iPhone > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Neighbors who are gone a lot Bonnie Ferguson, September 26 2016
- Re: Neighbors who are gone a lot Elizabeth Magill, September 26 2016
- Re: Neighbors who are gone a lot fergyb2, September 26 2016
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