Cohousing-L Mailing List: Muir Commons - 3 houses available

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

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                      A Unique Opportunity 
                                
Own your own home at Muir Commons, the country's first cohousing
community in Davis, California.

Choose from among three houses currently for sale:
     two 2-story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1124 sf. homes
     one 2-story, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1385 sf. home

These houses are four years old, energy efficient, each with a
private, established garden.  Two of the houses are adjacent to one
another, the third faces the other two across the central pathway.

This active and thriving cohousing community self-manages the
following common amenities:  organic vegetable garden and orchard;
combination wood and auto shop;  community dinners in a large
dining room with spacious, well-equiped kitchen; recreation room;
guest room; covered bike parking; hot tub; water purifying system;
large lawn and meandering landscaped paths.

The surrounding neighborhood and city of Davis offers many
outstanding features:  Ten minutes from the University of
California, Davis campus; across the street from an excellent new
elementary school; three blocks from the junior high school; direct
access to local network of greenbelts and bike paths; one block
from Wildlife Pond; adjacent to 15 acre community park; five minute
to medical center and hospital; 20 minutes to UC Davis Medical
Center; one block to commuter bus to downtown Sacamento.

The city of Davis is renowned for many outstanding features:  local
support of the public schools, including strong support for music
and the arts; the Davis Art Center; the Davis Science Center; the
newly remodeled and expanded public library; the Davis Farmer's
Market, considered to be one of the biggest and best in the state;
and the outstanding Davis Food Coop.  A one and a half hour trip to
the San Francisco Bay Area, and a two hour drive to Sierra Nevada
mountains and the Gold Country  puts Davis conveniently located to
enjoy the best that California has to offer.  The Central Valley
climate has hot summers tempered by cooling delta breezes and mild,
brief winters. 

For more information contact:
     Hannah Hunter at (916) 758-5041
     Catherine Mountjoy at (408) 724-4576
     Sunny Falling-rain at (916) 758-0628    
     (slfallingrain [at] ucdavis.edu)