Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Private amenities vs common resources

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Rob may be onto something. All of our units are standardized to a very high
degree. We all have the same stove, sinks, cabinets, etc. They are of
"normal" size. Our main reason for standardizing everything was cost, but
the banks were much easier to convince when we had "regular" houses in
looking for our first mortgages. You can always customize later if you must.

This is one of the most important ways to keep costs down, although it takes
a certain amount of intestinal fortitude not to cave when people want custom
homes. It's also much cheaper to buy appliances en masse.

-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California
tamgoddess [at] attbi.com


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