Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common house shared laundry

[Philip Dowds (rphilipdowds]

At Cornerstone, 23 households live in apartments in two multi-story apartment 
buildings.  In total, there are five residential corridors serving about 4-5 
apts per corridor.  Each corridor has a laundry closet with one washer and one 
dryer.  Most apartments rely on convenient access to the common washer/dryer 
set-up, but a few have chosen to maintain private washer/dryers within their 
dwelling unit.  Meanwhile, the nine townhouses tend to have washers and dryers 
in their basements, but occasionally a townhouse will forego its own dedicated 
appliances and instead use one of the laundromats in the commons.

So:  Averaging it out, five washer/dryer pairs are serving roughly 20-22 
households.  We probably have “too many” washer/dryers, but there’s never a 
laundry day log jam — and apartment dwellers appreciate the convenience of a 
shared washer/dryer combo just outside their doors.  For those of you who think 
laundry time is quality social time (no, I’m not being facetious, just 
realistic about diversity of personal habit), then centralized laundry might be 
a better choice.

Thanks,
Philip Dowds
Cornerstone Village Cohousing
Cambridge, MA

mobile: 617.460.4549
email:   rpdowds [at] comcast.net

> On May 21, 2019, at 10:11 AM, Jerry Koch-Gonzalez <jerry [at] 
> sociocracyforall.org> wrote:
> 
> 3 washers and 2 dryers at Pioneer Valley Coho. The three washers are
> Wascomats (commercial). And one of our dryers is a large commercial (can do
> comforters). Has worked well for over 20 years for a 32 unit coho.
> Jerry
> 
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> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 9:39 AM Paul Harrington <pharrington [at] 
> southhenry.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Individual laundry is relatively expensive and does not build community. I
>> spent one weekend going through this planning process with a community.
>> They ended up with three machines for a 32 household multi generational
>> community.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On May 21, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Patti Lentz <ptpattilentz [at] gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How have you figured out how many washers and dryers are optimal?   We
>> are in the planning stage for our cohousing in Albuquerque and plan to have
>> a common laundry and hookups in individual houses.  We don’t know yet how
>> many households plan to install their own washers and dryers
>>> Would appreciate any input
>>> Thanks
>>> Patti
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Patti Lentz, PT, Yoga Therapist, SEP
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