Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Hot tub ongoing costs?

[Mac & Sandy Thomson (ganesh]

>From Mac at Heartwood Cohousing, 24 homes, SW Colorado

On 10/14/03 Raines Cohen wrote:
> Hi. We're working on proposals for a hot tub at Swan's Market Cohousing
> (Oakland, CA) and could use any info from groups currently using them for
> operating cost information. Specifically:
> 
> - Type of tub: wood, plastic, portable, etc.
plastic, portable (Hot Springs Spa, El Grande model)

> - Capacity - how many simultaneous users [out of how large a community?]
6 not so friendly; 15 very friendly   :-)
(The tub gets used at all different times so there's usually only 1, 2, or 3
people in there at a time.)
 
> - Frequency of use - how many days per week?
7
 
> - Age - how many years has it been in place?
3
 
> - Cost - How much do you spend on it annually in terms of
> -- gas/electricity/wood/coal/whatever? [we can adjust for climate]
Maybe $200 - $300 per yr in electricity.  Impossible to say for sure because
it's not separately metered.

> -- water [how often changed?]
Every month or two (about 500 gal).

> -- maintenance [does anyone use a service?]
> -- chemicals
Maybe $200 - $300 per yr (no service).

> - Time - How many people have to do how much in the community to keep it
> going?
One person maybe an hour per week.

-- 
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


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