Cohousing-L Mailing List: how long DOES it take?

[Denise Meier & Michael Jacob (dmmj]

Vicky wrote:

>  creating cohousing in the current model of taking 5 years
> plus to build, inflating the costs of the units.
>

I'm curious. It certainly took us this long (5.5 years from my first
meeting
to move-in). But in those 5 years since I joined our group, the number
of
built communities in North America went from 12 to over 40.

I'd be interested in a quick reply from the built (or nearly built)
communities on line. How long DID it take?  More specifically these
questions:

How long from when the group formed to move-in?

How long from when you found land and got control of it (optioned or
purchased)?

For us it was 6 years and 3 years.

Thanks,
Denise Meier
Two Acre Wood
Sebastopol, Northern CA