Cohousing-L Mailing List: Participation/Maintenance questions

[Ksenia Barton (kbarton]

Hello cohousers,

I've looked through the archives but I still have some questions that have
arisen from controversies in our group. We haven't yet moved in and we hope you
experienced cohousers can help.

Are there cohousing communities that use professional property management
services? Why/why not?

Does self-management mean accepting a lower standard of cleanliness,
organization, and accountability?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of assessing maintenance costs *and*
time commitments based on "unit entitlement" (based on square footage)? For
example, unit owners with larger units would be expected to put in more money
into maintenance and time into participation?

Would it work to calculate maintenance costs (including heating, etc.) based on
unit entitlement, but have equal participation time requirements for each adult?

There has been a lot of focus on how to calculate time requirement for
participation because at least two households want to pay in lieu of
participating in maintenance, therefore there has to be a way of calculating
their monetary contribution. Is there a different way of dealing with this?

Regards, Ksenia
Equity Member of Cranberry Commons

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