Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Request for Examples of HOA/Condo Fees in Other Cohousing Communities (Chris Hansen)

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

I don't know our lowest costs (we have some affordable homes, but our top
is around $1200 per month.
I'm in the middle size market rate home and pay $950 or so per month.
Covers Water, Sewer, Snow removal up to our building pathways, insurance on
structures ($10,000 deductible), and reserves.

I can't say it is sustainable--one household is leaving because of them and
it comes up in every home sale.
We don't have any idea on how to reduce any of the costs.

HOA dues are based on percentage interest which was set at move-in based on
square footage and proximity to the common house, and whether it's an end
or center unit. The affordable units max was set by Massachusetts and the
other homes subsidize those homes (both the original home price and the HOA
dues.)

We also have Cohousing Dues which are sliding scale, people pledge what
they can afford. The minimum pledge is 5% of the average needed, which was
around $92/month this year.

-Liz
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM Gary Hellenga <gary.hellenga [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> >
> > At Bozeman Cohousing, our COA dues range from $217 for Studios, to $425
> > for 3BR townhomes, with separate dues of $49 for garages and $12 for
> > carports.  We cover water/wastewater, Internet, trash/recycling/compost
> and
> > community electricity (water heaters, lights, etc.).  We just completed
> > solar installation for the community electricity, using loans paid by the
> > COA.  Our Reserves contributions are in accordance with our Reserves
> Study
> > recommendations, which comes out to about 30% of our overall budget.
>
>
> We use a formula that allocates 25% of costs to dues equally split by all
> 43 households, and 75% to dues based on square footage, with garages' and
> carports' SF values scaled significantly lower.
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