Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Extrapolation of unit sizes from surveys

[Chris ScottHanson (chris]

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On Oct 23, 2005, at 12:15 PM, Arboretum Cohousing wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here at Arboretum Cohousing in Madison, Wisconsin,
> we're pretty excited at being on the verge of having a
> signed offer to purchase our site. From then, we will
> have a limited amount of time to do marketing, design,
> and all the rest of the development work. I'm hoping
> this group can help us and our architect with a
> question. I spent some time searching for relevant
> posts (including using the terms in this subject
> heading and randomly skimming the archives), and
> didn't find much.
>
> Here's our dilemna: we currently have 11 active
> 'equity' members, and are planning for 40 units. We
> did a survey, and the vast majority (9-10) want a two
> bedroom unit. What we need help deciding is how to
> extrapolate that to decide the unit distribution for
> our 40 units, since it probably won't be a linear
> extrapolation (i.e. we don't plan on having 36 two
> bedroom units) We realize that we can design the
> distribution to target certain demographics: more
> larger units = more families, studios target more of
> the edges. However, we want to find a mix that will
> accomodate as many different demographics as possible,
> yet still help us sell all our units. We're also doing
> research into the local condo market, but we
> especially would like to know how other coho groups
> figured this out.
>
> If you are willing to share your stories, wonderful.
> If you know of other threads or documents that might
> help, and can give me leads to find them, great.
> Thanks so much.
>
> In community,
> Carey Dachik
>
>
>
>
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