Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Working with developer or using dev. consultants/possible site

[Sharon Villines (sharonvillines]

>> There must be a ton of messages in the archives on this. I don't think I've
>> ever read one that said you are better off doing it yourself.
>> 
> You are not better off either way, but there are ramifications of each
> way. As I said, at Liberty Village, we have the site we wanted and the
> houses we wanted after developing it ourselves. I doubt we would have
> that if we had used a developer. And we did pay professionals, which is
> very important. Martie Weatherly

I don't think Liberty Village is typical, however, because you really did
have professional developers -- they were just in your group. Most groups do
not have professional developers as members. And wasn't Tom on staff for a
few years in the beginning?

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org


_______________________________________________
Cohousing-L mailing list
Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org  Unsubscribe  and other info:
http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l