Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Unit Kitchens

[Judy Baxter (BAXTER]

From:   IN%"shamer_ [at] excite.com" 11-JAN-1999 06:55:04.74 11-JAN-1999 
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 06:54:47 -0600
From: "S. Hamer" <shamer_ [at] excite.com>
Subject: Re: Unit Kitchens
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Sharon Hamer of Cambridge Coho wrote:
<I have been told the theory is that in cohousing you don't need as big a
unit kitchen as in a regular house because you are eating 3-5 dinners a week
in the common house. Don't forget, you still have 23-25 other meals you
still eat in your unit! And you still will have holiday meals, dinner
guests, parties, etc. in  your unit.
>

At Monterey Cohousing (Minneapolis, MN) many of us find it wonderful to have
larger  private gatherings in the dining room, the den, or the porch (depending
on season.)  Typically 2 or 3 different family gatherings happen on
Thanksgiving Day, with more on the days following. Parties for colleagues,
other events, the same.  

I agree, you still have lots of meals at home.  But I don't think we all need
facilities for large private gatherings, assuming we are willing to be flexible
and do some adjusting of schedules. We have signup sheets for the common
spaces.

I do agree with Rob that we need to consider resale, and future members.  On
the other hand, to live for 20 years (or more, I hope) with things I don't
really need or want, is hard too.  (She says, having recently scrapped part
of my kitchen plans to allow for the oven I will use to store pots.)


Which reminds me, if any cohousing group or individual would be interested in a
Jenn-Air 2- burner cooktop unit with grill option and downdraft vent system, I
am selling one, un-used, for $300 plus the cost of shipping.  New is over $600. 
I'll make this a separate posting soon, and get the details of what it cost.

Judy

Judy Baxter, Monterey Cohousing Community,(MoCoCo) Twin Cities Area, Mpls.,MN
-- e-mail:      baxter [at] epivax.epi.umn.edu
        (usually checked on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday)
15 homes - 7 new townhomes plus 
        8 coop apartments               in a rehab Georgian building
(built as a retirement home in 1924 -) which also serves as our Common House
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A 3 BR townhome is for sale - see our web page
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I'm possibly downsizing in the next ? 6mo/1 year? to a smaller coop apartment
and selling my 3 BR coop apartment  {This is *not* definite}
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