Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Very quick question

[Larry Miller (larry.miller]

Oak Creek Commons has about 4,000 sq feet for 36 homes. We have about 50+ 
adults and 20 kids.
The common house has a great room and kitchen which are adequate but none too 
big if you
occasionally prepare a meal for 50 or so. We have a small library where a group 
of up to 10 can
sit. Most of our committee meetings are held there. There is a kid's playroom, 
2 guest rooms, 2
bathrooms and a shower, a laundry room with 3 washers and driers, and a little 
parlor. It would
seem that 2,500 sq ft would be very small.

Larry Miller
Oak Creek Commons

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hammer [mailto:thammer302 [at] yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:07 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Cc: Tom Hammer
Subject: [C-L]_ Very quick question


Hi All,

We have a very quick question with an answer needed urgently (by  
Sunday a.m.):

we have a developer who is suggesting a 2500 sq ft common house for 34  
families.

This seems small to me, and we could really use your quick estimate of  
the sq ft of your common house and how many households it serves.  We  
could then come up with  sq ft/household and see if our developer's  
figures make sense.   .

Sorry about the urgency: we have a landowner who wants an offer by  
Monday, and a pro forma from the developer sent to us today that has  
us asking lots of questions.

many thanks,

Tom Hammer
for Concord Ecovillage
Chester County, PA

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