Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: cordless phone, answering machine in the common house?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Nov 3, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Terry Whatley wrote:

> Searching the archives, I see a lot of support for having a phone in 
> the CH.
> Do any of you have experience pro or con of having a cordless phone as
> the common house phone, and of having it take messages or not?

Definitely you need a phone in an unlocked room in the commonhouse for 
emergencies.

Cordless I would not advise because we have trouble keeping track of 
our non-cordless phone. There are jacks all over the commonhouse and 
people take the phone to all those jacks and forget to return it. But 
at least we know where to look for it. A cordless could be left 
anywhere, including taken home or to a car.

Once you are established and people have individual phones (and 
construction people can contact individuals directly) I don't see any 
reason for a message service. People will use it.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org