Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Membership increase after land purchase

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorliz]

At mosaic commons a group of us all joined as soon as we had land. (3  
or 4 households, I believe.) However, we were a group that had been  
associates for some time; we waited until the land was a reality  
because we were risk averse.

Our group's story is complicated; that piece of land did not work out.

But to answer your question, yes, we got more equity members with the  
land, and yes, we have unsold units. We'll be done construction by  
the end of this year and are still selling.

-Liz
Elizabeth M. Magill
PastorLiz [at] verizon.net
Mosaic Commons in Berlin, MA
Homes still available! Join us.
www.mosaic-commons.org


On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Louis-H. Campagna wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are a cohousing project looking for a piece of land.
>
> Last weekend, we were chewing the fat about what might happen to  
> our membership right after the land purchase.  Some think  
> prospective members laying low in the proverbial bushes might all  
> of a sudden come out of hidding and stomp on our door, once the  
> site was in the bag.  Others predict little or no significant  
> increase in the newcommer rate following said land purchase.
>
> What do you think?  What has been the experience of your cohousing  
> project, once you bought the land?  What percentage of your future  
> owners did you have prior-purchase, not long after purchase, and  
> right after construction?
>
> Did you end up with unsold units on your hands? For how long?
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Louis-H. Campagna
> Cohabitat Québec
> Quebec City, Qc  Canada
>
>
>
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> > Location of 3 cabbage trees - please confirm (Cathy Angell)> > >  
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> > -> > Message: 1> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:20:56 +1300> From:  
> > "Cathy Angell" <cathy [at] earthsong.org.nz>> Subject: [C-L]_ Location  
> > of 3 cabbage trees - please confirm> To: "David & Glenys Mather"  
> > <d.mather [at] clear.net.nz>, "Bryan.Pulham"> <bryan [at] earthsong.org.nz>,  
> > "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>,> "Lippy Chalmers"  
> > <lippy [at] earthsong.org.nz>, "Lynette Loffel">  
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> > <margaret [at] earthsong.org.nz>, "Pat Haslam" <phaslam [at] xtra.co.nz>,  
> > "Robin> Allison" <robin.allison [at] earthsong.org.nz>, "Full Group @  
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> > <008101c92154$8c6ddef0$1900a8c0@CathyA>> Content-Type: text/plain;  
> > charset="iso-8859-1"> > Dear Walk to Work members in particular,>  
> > > We need to find homes for 3 cabbage trees, and some of us are  
> > suggesting these would look great on the eastern side of the  
> > driveway, in W2W land, just as the swale curves away from the  
> > drive towards the head of the marsh. We have put three stakes in.>  
> > > Please can you consider if this is appropriate, given that :> >  
> > - it is likely to be several years before any development begins>  
> > - the japanese cedar trees are likely to go when development  
> > begins> - cabbage trees cope well in ordinary soil conditions, or  
> > considerably damper ones, so are adaptable if we adjust the  
> > location of the swale in the future> - they would relate well to  
> > the other groups of cabbage trees near by, and also to the  
> > proposed planting of a rimu south of the 4-carport area.> - if in  
> > the future they were found to be in the way, in the worst case  
> > they could be removed> > Do you think they would impede any plans  
> > for future development if they were planted here?> > Please can  
> > you have a look at the proposed location, and advise us all by  
> > 'Reply All' if you have any objections within the next few days.>  
> > > Thanks> > Cathy > > ------------------------------> >  
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