Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: co-ownership <FWD>

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

Stephanie Fassnacht  Porchlight Cohousing  fassnach [at] ssc.wisc.edu
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Rob has posted several wonderful examples of items that are co-owned
by members of Sharingwood, and the benefits that co-ownership can have
both within and outside of the community.

One trouble that I've observed with co-ownership, however, is that often 
each co-owner assumes that one of the other co-owners is responsible for
maintenance of the co-owned item, with the end result that no one
maintains it until pretty late in the game.  I'd be curious to hear
what kind of arrangements Sharingwood (and other communities too) have
for maintenance of co-owned things.

Steph
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Stephanie Fassnacht
Porchlight Cohousing
fassnach [at] ssc.wisc.edu

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