Cohousing-L Mailing List: Unit size vs. family size (was Encouraging Multigenerational Community)

[erisw (erisw]

Rob said:

> The way you set this up is by the number of bedrooms in your development.
> Small, one bedroom units are not attractive to couples with kids. Two and
> three+ bedroom units are desirable for families with kids. So, in a thirty
> home development you would want to have say 18 or so one bedroom units to
> set up the ratios you state that you want.  

True, one bedroom units are not attractive to couples with kids, but they are 
often not attractive to couples without kids or  even to singles!  We ended up 
not building ANY one bedroom units.  It seems that in contemporary America we 
all feel that we need/want lots of rooms in our houses.  In our cohousing 
community and in our greater community, there seems to be little relationship 
between unit size and family size. I know single people and childless couples 
with two or three or even four bedrooms and larger families with one or two.

eris
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