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From: Mac & Sandy Thomson (ganeshrmi.net) | |
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 06:37:12 -0600 (MDT) |
> Ann Zabaldo wrote: >> Plus the architect-- whose first name is Matt -- who did a masterful job on >> the Harmony Village CH in Golden CO. His name escapes me but he would be >> easy to find. Cheryl A. Charis-Graves wrote: > Matt Worswick > mworswick [at] aol.com > 303.278.1880 I'll put in a plug for Matt. He did a great job with the design of our homes and common house. IMHO, we've got the nicest common house I've seen -- plenty of space, great acoustics, good floor plan, attractive inside and out. Am I biased or what? Ours is about 4000 sf of finished space and another 1000+ sf of covered and uncovered terraces. We spent about $435K. Ironically, the delay in the start of our CH construction turned out to be a good thing. We had planned to have it completed when the first homes were being completed, but instead it started about a year late. By that time, we knew that the overall project was going to be pretty profitable so we splurged on the common house (finished basement, nice flooring, extra Tectum sound proofing, big terraces, etc.) The common house gets well used and is loved by one and all. Our common house includes: UPSTAIRS ? Entry / mail room / info center ? Dining room (great acoustics because of Tectum ceiling panels; cork floors help too) ? Kitchen (open to dining room - nice visual connection; no sound problem) ? Hearth room (like a living room with real fireplace - great for small meetings, conversations) ? Exercise room (formerly the romp room, but the kids prefer the rec room) ? 2 ADA bathrooms (one by guest rooms with shower) DOWNSTAIRS (walkout) ? Laundry ? Rec Room (pool, ping pong, foosball, home theater) ? 2 Guest bedrooms (one doubles as a TV room) ? Arts & crafts room (doesn't get too well utilized yet) ? Storage room ? Mechanical room One thing that we did that I love was to wire the whole building for sound. It's cheap to run speaker wire during construction and then it's 'invisible' once you're ready to use it. We've got our sound system up and running and it gets a lot of use. - Mac -- Mac Thomson Heartwood Cohousing http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby ********************************************************** _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
- RE: Common House Design, (continued)
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