Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Involuntary Simplicity (was: Re: Resident Participation in

[Berrins (Berrins]

At Pathways, we actually started with just one, two and three bedroom homes 
and ended up adding four bedroom homes for those who wanted them.  Now there 
are far more three and four bedroom homes (16) than one and two bedroom homes 
(8).  Also, almost of the homes have been designed to add an extra bedroom 
later.  There seems to be no shortage of folks wanting larger houses in 
Northampton.

I should add that we have many folks who work out of their homes are using 
one of the bedrooms as an office.  Will we have trouble getting rid of the 
larger homes in the future?  I don't know.  But with gas prices going up and 
telecommuting getting easier and easier, we may see more and more people 
working out of their homes.

Roger Berman
Pathways
Northampton, MA