Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: What does affordable mean?

[joyce thorn (jcthorn]

Our development  in Denver, Colorado has units ready to retrofit 
starting at $110,000 for a 1 bedroom.  By today's market that's 
affordable, unless the crate idea turns one on.  Please look at 
Mayfairvillage.org if you want more details or have questions.	Joyce
On Sep 12, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Brian Bartholomew wrote:

> > At Sharingwood we have one, hand built shack of recycled scrounged
> > materials that was built for free by the owner, on a lot he paid
> > $20,000 for many years ago. We have another person who has acquired
> > a lot from their parents, who also was intending to hand build a
> > small, shack sized dwelling for under $5,000 in new material costs.
>
> I get giggles in my forming coho group for wanting to self-build a
> house using oceangoing shipping containers as a building block.  I
> expect it to have an unconventional appearance.  I also expect it to
> cost less than $20K for the house only.  Most of the real objections
> have centered around 'few people want to look at that', which is
> expected to hurt the prospects of mortgages and resales for others.
>
> May I invite cohos with scrounged and nontraditional houses to talk a
> little about the actual, observed consequences of such buildings on
> the financial lifecycle of more traditionally designed units?
>
>                                                         Brian
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