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

[Chris Hansen (itschrishansen]

thank you both- this is much appreciated
Please keep ‘em coming!

Chris Hansen (sher/her)
32 East Village Drive
Burlington
Vermont 05401
USA

Ph 603 3988730


On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
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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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