Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: RE: hiring labor

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

At Sharingwood we all are charged $60 a year for commonhouse cleaning. ($5 a
month added to monthly assessment) If you sign up to work a monthly cleaning
shift your $60 is returned, if you do not, then community members that sign
up to clean in your place are paid your $60. So we do hire out, we hire from
within.

There are community members who are hired regularly for individual work done
for other members, for example house painting, landscaping, house cleaning,
massage, carpentry work. These are private transactions between members -
sometimes money changes hands, sometimes its a trade.

We tried out a community barter system but it never worked out, so people
just negotiate among themselves for what they provide or need. Seems to work
out just fine, with no community overhead needed.

Rob
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