Cohousing-L Mailing List: Entrance to Common House

[Sherri Zann Rosenthal (76671.1561]

I'd like some advice from those of you already living in cohousing.

Eno Commons is currently working on our Common House floor plan. Our site plan
has two rows of homes running east-west, with a pedestrian way between them, and
the road to the north. The Common House has a central location on the north row,
with the road right behind it. Right now the design shows the main entry, with
mud/boot/cloak room,on the road side, and another entry, but without mud/cloak
area, from the pedestrian way. I'm wondering if the main entrance with mud room
shouldn't be from the pedestrian way.

My question for you is: do you normally walk to the Common House after having
gone to your own home, or first thing upon entering the community? Do you
usually enter the Common House from a pedestrian way or by the road? Do you have
any opinions about where the main entry should be?

Thanks,
Sherri Zann Rosenthal, Eno Commons CoHousing, Durham, NC