Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: re: cohousing and resale

[Robert Heinich (robert_heinich]

Here at Eno Commons, we have a notification list but we have not sold any
houses through that list.  I suspect that those on the notification are
waiting for a larger House B to become available rather than the smaller
House A that have been offered for sale.  We have no restriction on who
the seller sells to.  However, as the folks who bought became aware of
the community through our web site, this becomes a self-selecting
process.

I am not stating that our way is the best for everyone but it seems to
work for us.


-Robert Heinich
 Eno Commons Cohousing Neighborhood
 Durham, NC


On Sun, 2 May 2004 12:16:18 -0400 Dave & Diane <coho [at] theworld.com>
writes:
> I would think that the opposite would hold true: that a cohousing 
> community with no waitlist policy would become less desirable over 
> time 
> because people with no interest in working together as part of a 
> community would simply buy the unit for it common amenities and the 
> 
> spirit of group cooperation would be lost over time.
> 
> Also, are there any groups out there that insist that the buyer come 
> 
> from the waitlist even if they cannot meet the seller's price?  What 
> 
> has been the experience of other cohousing groups out there over 
> time 
> both with and without waitlists?
> 
> --Diane Simpson
> JP COHOUSING  617-524-6614
> P.O. BOX 420 BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
> HTTP://WWW.JPCOHOUSING.ORG
> "The people who surround you define the quality of your life."
> 
> On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 06:16 AM, Christine Johnson wrote:
> 
> >
> > We wouldn't buy into a cohousing community in which one was first
> > required to offer to those on a wait list the home at an 
> appraised
> > value not only because of the unfair terms of resale, should we 
> need to
> > sell, but because the cohousing community itself, given this
> > restriction, would be seen to be less desirable to potential 
> buyers and
> > so would likely be required to carry the operating costs for a 
> greater
> > number of vacant units.
> 
> 
> 
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