Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Very quick question

[Alison Etter (alison.s.etter]

Hi Tom - Roberts Creek Cohousing has 31 units - approx 50 adults and 20 ish
kids.  Our Common House is 2,837 sq. ft. according to the specs I have on
hand and it is quite small for us.  We have a fairly large dining area and
kitchen (but the space is stretched if we have more than 40 or so for
dinner), 2 bathrooms, small office, kids room, multipurpose room, guest
suite, laundry room and a lounge off the dining room.  Most of our committee
meetings happen in the lounge.  If people come in and out or there are kids
playing in the kids room, it is difficult to hold a meeting.  There is also
a long wide hall which seems to be largely wasted space.

I would say 2500 sq ft would be too small for your needs.

Alison Etter

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Larry Miller <larry.miller [at] 
charter.net>wrote:

>
> 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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Alison Etter (Nithya Atma Devi)
PO Box 323
Roberts Creek, BC
V0N 2W0 Canada