Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Number of "users" in Senior Cohousing

[Katie Henry (katie-henry]

Heartwood Commons Tulsa, a 55+ cohousing community, has 36 units with 33 
occupied. We have 24 singles and 9 couples for a total of 43 occupants, 31 
women and 12 men. All of us except one (and possibly our new couple) are over 
55. 

1/1 - 4 units (4 singles)
2/1 - 10 units (8 singles; 1 couple; 1 unoccupied)
2/2 - 18 units (9 singles; 7 couples, 2 unoccupied
2/2 + den and study - 4 units (3 singles; 1 couple)

As Sharon mentioned, there's not necessarily a correlation between unit size, 
number of bedrooms, and number of occupants. Three of our biggest units are 
owned by singles. That was also the case in my previous community, while there 
were families packed into smaller units. It comes down to what people can 
afford and are willing to pay for.

In our case, some singles bought a 2/2 not because they needed  more room than 
the 2/1 (it's only about 170 sq. ft. bigger) but because it's a better floor 
plan with three exposures, more windows, and a lot more patio and yard space. 
They were willing to pay a significantly higher price for those features. 

Katie Henry
Heartwood Commons - Tulsa
Just three homes remaining

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Nice article in this month's Tulsa People magazine
Pictures!
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