Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Lot development model cohousing [was: More affordable housing ideas

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

What you call cozy, some would call crowded. No, I have not yet seen a lot
development model which does the street notion, with houses facing across a
street from each other. At Sharingwood, our pedestrian area is a loop, with
a large garden in the center which all the homes face into. The sort of
dense, Urban crowding models promoted by the Cohousing Company tend not to
be used in rural settings, where lot development is more likely to occur.
One reason is perhaps because of zoning issues. We hired the Cohousing
Company to help us with our pedestrian design, but the community rejected
their street proposal, it didn't fit the rural nature of our community.
Perhaps some other lot development group has done this?

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood  www.sharingwood.org

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Subject: [C-L]_Lot development model cohousing [was: More affordable
housing ideas


On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Rob Sandelin floriferous [at] msn.com wrote:

[Regarding lot development model cohousing}:

>
> Obviously developing land into lots uses more land than attached wall
> housing does, although I suppose you could also create duplex lots or
other
> creative ways to share walls or structures.
>
> So If you decide to do this model, I would encourage you to put into place
> architectural review standards, where the community has to approve plans,
> and setup guideline as to maximum house size and costs, among other
things.
> This gives you some control over having too many oversized homes.

Rob, a related consequence to using more land is that it affects the
layout, making dense pedestrian street layouts more difficult, I imagine.
Are you aware of any lot development model cohousing communities that have
achieved the "cozy" feel and easy sight lines to multiple neighbors
of communities like for example Puget Ridge?

Fred

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