Cohousing-L Mailing List: Refrigerators and Freezers

[Rosalie Wolff (westwolff653]

Hi Fellow Cohousers,
 
The common house for Oak Creek Commons in Paso Robles,CA is due to come on-line 
in the next week or so.  I am part of the initial Kitchen Management crew 
trying to decide on outfitting our beautiful kitchen.  One of our big decisions 
is the refrigerator and freezer.
We are a group of 56+ adults and 18 children under 18 years.  
 
We have already installed a wonderful Dacor commercial double oven/range.  
 
The space for the refrigerator is quite large, 40 3/4 wide x 78 1/4 high x 35 
1/2 deep. 
 
First of all, what size should we be shooting for in cubic feet for our group?  
Should we use residential or commercial refrigerators?  Is an all-refrigerator 
solution with separate freezer a better solution than an integrated 
refrigerator-freezer?  
 
We've been advised to get the largest refrigerator we can handle, space-wise 
and cost-wise.  Would this be your advice?
 
Best of all, what has worked for you and what hasn't worked for you?  We'd love 
to learn from your experience.  What size refrigerator and/or freezer works for 
your group and what is your group size?
 
Thanks for helping us out.
 
Happy Cohousing,
Rosalie Wolff
westwolff653 [at] yahoo.com
(805) 237-8972

                
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