Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Does the process speed up when the site is found?

[Rich Lobdill (richardl]

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Sharon:

Well... We at Tierra Nueva Coho (near San Luis Obispo, CA) took full =
ownership of our land in June '96. We were well along in the county =
approval process by then and have not hit any outrageous snags since =
then (before then is a whole different kettle-o-fish). Additionally, =
about that time we partnered with Jim Leach (Wonderland Hill =
Development) which very much streamlined the process from the point of =
view of gaining bank financing, interfacing with our chosen general =
contractor, marketing and putting together the legal structure needed to =
actually sell houses. We broke ground in September of last year and =
expect to move in late this summer.

For us, the two years of time after taking ownership of the land only =
account for 20% of our total time we have spent pursuing cohousing so it =
doesn't seem overwhelming. However, when we started this in '88, I was =
sure the whole process would only take two years... tops!

Life is what happens while you are planning cohousing.... ;}

Rich Lobdill
One time burning soul
Tierra Nueva Cohousing.




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Sent:   Wednesday, April 01, 1998 7:02 PM
Subject:        Does the process speed up when the site is found?

Synergy Cohousing in Delray Beach Florida now has a site, a site plan,
architectural drawings, floor plans, prices, etc. It took four years.
Does it go faster at this point? We still need households before we
can start construction.

Sharon Villines, Manhattan
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