Re: retrofit cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: fernselzer (fernselzeraol.com) | |
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:44:37 -0700 (PDT) |
Patrice:This is not exactly what you asked but we purchased a townhouse complex of 11 units because the design seemed compatible to cohousing. There are three buildings with 3-4 townhouses with shared walls in each building. They are on three sides of a courtyard and on the third side is a single family home which we converted to our common house. Parking is in parking lots outside our community living spaces. There are problems because we had a lot of maintenance to catch up on. Also problems with getting a loan as there are only a few banks that will loan to us and the interest rate is higher than for single family homes. On the other hand, we were able to move in fairly quickly once we added more households to our group and got a loan. And the cost was a fraction of what it would have cost us to buy land and build our own homes.Many of us are people who would have not been able to afford to get into cohousing otherwise. If you are interested in more details about how we did it and pitfalls to watch out for, get in touch.Fern SelzerNew Brighton Cohousing > Will there be anyone talking about retrofitting into an existing > neighborhood as an approach to affordability, since the people living there > already own or rent their dwellings? > Thank you, Patrice
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- Re: retrofit cohousing fernselzer, October 13 2021
- Re: retrofit cohousing Patrice Crotty, October 17 2021
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