RE: housing options
From: Lashbrook, Stephan (lashbrookci.wilsonville.or.us)
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:24:46 -0700 (MST)
It still might work, if the ownership was structured as a cooperative.

Stephan

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris ScottHanson [mailto:chris [at] cohousingresources.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 7:13 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: housing options


on 2/12/2000 6:17 PM, Rob Sandelin at floriferous [at] email.msn.com wrote:

> Well just to play the other side of the idea, you could just build spaces,
> and let each individual do whatever they wanted in terms of finishing it
> out. Seems like a lot of the passion goes into stuff like bathtubs,
> kitchens, etc. So you build a shell and let people fill it in to their
taste
> and budget. The shell framework is the same, the plumbing is set, but the
> cabinets, sink, faucetts, bathtub, carpet type, paint, colors etc are
chosen
> by the owner.
> 
> I heard of a local condo doing this with great success, can't see why it
> wouldn't work in coho.

Rob's idea makes a lot of sense, unless you need a mortgage to own you home.
This is the only thing that gets in the way.

Chris ScottHanson

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