Cohousing-L Mailing List: More Kitchen Questions

[RAYGASSER (RAYGASSER]

The kitchen committee at Ecovillage at Ithaca, in their unending quest for
information, has come up with more questions about what other communities
have done.  If you are not yet sick to death of this issue,  responses to
any of these questions would be greatly appreciated.

1)  What materials did you use for counter tops and floors?  Would  you 
choose them  again?  
2) What did you do (if anything) about the noise from dishwashing?
3) Did anyone NOT use a dishwasher (wash by hand)?  If so, how is it?
4) Can you FAX us kitchen plans? (201) 763-0829 (Gasser Fax)
5) What do you use for lighting in the kitchen, and in the dining area?
6) How is your kitchen in the Common House defined by the Health Dept?
7) Did you get new or used appliances?  If you got used, what criteria did
   you use for buying them?
8)  Do you have a person designated as the Kitchen Manager?  Who handles
   broken appliances, etc?
9) Do you use your common house for other types of activities (outside
 parties, etc), and how do you handle this?
10) How many washers/dryers do you have, what types, do you have service
contracts on these (oops! not a kitchen question)


Many thanks again to all.

Maria Gasser                  Maplewood, NJ
RAYGASSER [at] delphi.com