Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common House Usage Questions

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

I think it must make a huge difference in commonhouse usage whether your
community is individual houses -- lot development -- or adjoined townhouses
and apartments as ours is. When I imagine a lot development model like many
of the site plans I've seen, I'm not sure I would ever go to the commonhouse
unless there were a specifically planned activity that I wanted to join.

With all units joined, you have to enter the commonhouse to get mail and go
by it at least to get to your car. Over half of us actually have to go
through it to go anywhere. It is our "lobby" as one of our nannies calls it.
This must make a big difference in informal usage.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org



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