Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: divvy up commons cost

[Fred H Olson -- WB0YQM (FRED%JWH]

>Nancy Wight asked me about ideas on sharing the commons cost - We initially
>said we would share acquisition cost (including development costs)
>proportionally to size (sq feet) of units - i.e. if I have 1200 sq feet and the
>total residential sq feet is 24000,then I have 1200/24000=5% if costs of common
>space.  And then the plan was to divide up operating costs on the basis of #
>adults in the family.  
>
>Don't know if this will stay the same - these were initial ideas.
>
 
We agonised over this, and finaly came up with a sliding scale for
the share of building common property, larger residences pay more but
not in direct proportion to the house size.  A smilar scale will be
used for capital maintenance.
 
On running costs we expect to pay an amount per person.
 
John Willson
Cascade Co-Housing, Hobart, Australia
 
JOHN.WILLSON [at] DELM.TAS.GOV.AU