Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: parking and common house placement

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

If you are in the process of designing a housing development, it is wise to 
consider the resaleablility of your project units to future owners that will 
not have your same values and interests.  I once attended a design meeting, 
full of people in their 30's who were designing a community for themselves 
and they were quite sure that convienance of access did not matter.  It was 
pointed out for them by the designer that there proposed deisgn would 
basically filter out the old, the infirm who would not be willing to make 
the enormous efforts the design would require of them.  This was good 
general advice for any project, pay attention to how hard or easy it is to 
get from car to home and back.  If  carrying a lamp, or groceries or 
whatever is really going to be difficult, you may be limiting your ability 
to find buyers for your homes, depending upon the market in your area for 
community housing.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood
Snohomish County, WA

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