Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Replacement Reserves Consultants

[David Mandel (dlmandel]

Check out your state's association of common interest developments. They
probably have a newsletter with ads from businesses that do that. Or they
could recommend one informally.

However, you may want to do it yourself both to save money and to have more
input into the process, which would probably make it more accurate. We make
estimates on likely replacement costs and schedules for everything we can
think of, then use a spreadsheet designed by an ex-member to plug in various
scenarios as a basis for decision making on how much we need to put aside
each year and when necessary how much we have to raise our fees. Just went
through the process for the second time, a bit behind schedule.
David
Southside Park, Sacramento

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen K. Groshong" <kkgrosh [at] attbi.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: [C-L]_Replacement Reserves Consultants


> I was interested in the reference to consultants who make recommendations
> re: replacement reserves schedules and costs.  Has any cohousing community
> worked with a company they would recommend?  What did you learn from the
> review?  Please include company contact info if you have a recommendation.
>
> Our replacement reserves schedule is a BIG part of our budget, which is
also
> increasing due to rising insurance costs.    Thanks for your help.
>
> Kathleen Groshong
> Puget Ridge Cohousing
> Seattle, WA
> kkgrosh [at] attbi.com
>
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