Re: Elevators and exclusions | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Jenny Guy (jenstermeistergmail.com) | |
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:42:39 -0700 (PDT) |
Regarding economical building, and affording elevators: You mentioned you'd probably build townhouses to save money; I think that townhouses are more costly than flats. Many people consider them "nicer" and they have the advantage that everyone's unit opens directly onto the courtyard. But every home needs a staircase, which costs more. If you build flats, all the ground floor flats are accessible without an elevator, and all the second floor units could be accessible with a single elevator, and a balcony connecting them. But elevator or no, I think you've got more accessibility and significantly lower cost with flats than with townhouses. Well, if you didn't have an elevator you'd have more *livable* units with flats, and more *visitable*ones with townhouses.... I think you'd save more than enough for an elevator by eliminating all those internal staircases and the space they take up. -Jenny Guy North Oakland Cohousing, California On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Matthew Whiting <mewhiting [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > ... my > guess is that if I ever end up living in cohousing it will be with a group > that is very cost conscience. Maybe that means we have a pavilon instead > of > a common house. It will likely mean townhouse design with stairs to an > upper > floor in the residences. Certainly in the area we're looking we can not > afford enough land to build everything on one level and have much land left > over. > > > -Matt Whiting > Utah Valley Commons - forming > Provo, Utah >
- Re: Elevators and exclusions, (continued)
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Sharon Villines, May 8 2008
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Ann Zabaldo, May 9 2008
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Rob Sandelin, May 9 2008
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Matthew Whiting, May 9 2008
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Jenny Guy, May 19 2008
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Larry Miller, May 19 2008
- Re: Elevators and exclusions Elizabeth Magill, May 19 2008
- Design of Units Sharon Villines, May 20 2008
- Re: Design of Units Rob Sandelin, May 20 2008
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