Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: home occupations/ use of common areas

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

Remember that "someone(s)" will need to take care of maintenance, scheduling, 
house rules, collection of fees, etc etc. In theory all users will have the 
same standards and will leave common areas in as good condition as they found 
them. In practice, it doesn't happen that way. If you allow things like public 
events or big private events such as weddings, I strongly suggest you require a 
member sponsor to be on site and responsible from start to finish of each 
event. Such a sponsor offers information on where things are kept, how the 
dishwasher works, maintaining emergency-exit aisles at a concert, appropriate 
parking, keeping of house rules (like about alcohol use, fragrances, dogs, 
etc). 

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, long-built in Port Townsend WA



On Feb 28, 2016, at 3:16 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:

> the hope is that our community building would house not only community 
> dinners, meetings, and yoga classes, but art studios and small offices for 
> members to rent, and the occasional well-paying catered event, such as a 
> wedding.