Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: geodesic dome

[Lavinia Weissman (subscriptions]

Please keep me on the list of interested parties.

I love Port Townsend.

I can as a single person act quickly and a large home is not what I want.
I work from home and I would like to be part of the development area for
home offices and have a space that is just home and good for me.

I am also willing to houseshare if a portion of the house is mine and I
can have a relationship with housemates that are like minded and not
wanting me to act like a boarder.

I am currently in the Boulder area and very familiar with the West Coast
where I lived for 10 years.  I do not have a lease or time commitment at
present that would interfere with a reason to move.

Thanks,
lavinia


617.461.0500
On Wed, April 25, 2007 1:31 pm, Lynn Nadeau wrote:
> RoseWind Cohousing is "lot development model", which is to say individual
> members had their homes built, themselves, with a lot of variety in the
> choices made. One of our homes is a dome. I watched it built, conversed
> with
> the builder, and spent time in it visiting the owners.
>
> The dome is fairly large - can't tell you the exact dimensions but on a
> floor and a half, and maybe counting a small studio space on the lot, it's
> 2370 sq ft. The dome frame came from a dome company in Port Orchard WA.
> The
> folks who sold it were more salespeople than builders: once it was sold,
> they had little helpful input.
>
> The frame went up quickly. The rest was rather complex, and took a great
> deal of custom work. Standard building materials - lumber and roofing for
> example - are rectilinear and every piece had to be custom cut to fit the
> angles of its location. This was not a savings in either materials or
> labor.
> In fact, it was wasteful of materials, and took a lot of extra labor.
>
> The result is beautiful, very aesthetic with high ceiling over the living
> room (second floor is a mezzanine, on about half the upper area, like a
> big
> balcony). One of the owners was a Danish artist who also furnished it with
> large bright artworks which added to the effect. There are two bedrooms,
> two
> baths, plus an office room. It's a gorgeous home. (If your dream is to
> live
> in such a home, let me know and I'll tell you if it ever is for sale!)
>
> All in all, I'd say it was a luxury choice, not one that saved money or
> environmental impact (that's a LOT of asphalt roofing shingles).
>
> Lynn at RoseWind, Port Townsend WA
> http://www.rosewind.org
> where we have a beautiful two-story strawbale house for sale @ $448K.
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