Re: HOA fees
From: Roger Studley (rogerurbanmoshav.org)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:37:23 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Philip and Alice. Part 2 is exactly what I was looking before. I
know I'd seen it before!

~Roger

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On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Alice Alexander <aliceanne4 [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey all, I encourage you to revisit this collaboration of Coho/US and CRN,
> led by Philip Dowds at Cornerstone Village in Cambridge, looking at fees
> and dues in cohousing communities, and how communal costs interact with the
> more traditional shelter expenses.
>
> This part II includes a link to Part I
> Cohousing Costs After You Move In: Part II Findings of the Study
> <http://www.cohousing.org/Cost_of_Living_Part_2>
>
> Alice Alexander
> Durham Central Park Cohousing
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Beverly Jones Redekop <
> beverly.jones.redekop [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You could make a survey asking about monthly amounts for landscaping,
> > private home repairs, common house repairs, private home insurance, snow
> > removal, private internet, etc... The total is not very meaningful. The
> > individual items might not be either...!
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 9:56 AM Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah <welcome [at] 
> > olympus.net
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Maraiah here-- part of RoseWind Cohousing Port Townsend WA for 28
> years,
> > > followed other communities that long too.
> > >
> > > It's really hard to compare assessments across communities, as what is
> > > covered varies enormously. My community has relatively low
> assessments--
> > > about $100 a month per household -- but we have no expenses for snow or
> > > leaf removal, no communal property taxes (all paid individually), no
> > > community responsibility for maintenance of individual homes. We fund
> > > reserves, liability insurance, landscape maintenance equipment,
> utilities
> > > for the common house (no air conditioning cost, less heating cost than
> > > northeastern groups, for example), and various committee expenses.
> > >
> > > To get any useful information, I think you'll have to be much more
> > > specific in your questions. What specific expenses, for how many
> > > properties, in what climate, etc. There are so many variables!
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