Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Families interested in buying a Multi-unit residence in East Bay - Northern California

[Ryan Young (Ryoung]

Cost is the main reason I'm not going for a common space.

In the Bay Area, setting aside one of the units of a smaller multiunit 
building drives the cost beyond what the small families (sometimes 
single moms, a family style that NEEDS the sort of social support I'm 
aiming for) can't afford it, and we end up with the "Dentists 
Collectives" that were one of the original Danish criticisms of 
Co-Housing.

We haven't bought or identified a particular building yet, but I'm 
shooting for less than 6 units, again, to reduce the "Overhead" of 
trying to swing a bigger deal.


On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 03:16 AM, perry wrote:
> Actually, to me this sounds a lot like a variation on retrofit or 
> infill co-housing.  I am curious though as to why you can't have one 
> unit set aside as the common space (common kitchen, meeting space, 
> workshops, shared laundry perhaps, etc.).  How many units does the 
> residence have?  Is the building you are interested in like an 
> apartment complex, or more like a multi-family house?
>
> Light, Life, Love, Liberty, and Laughter!
>
> Perry
>
> ~!93!*!93/93!~
>
> ryoung [at] lmi.net wrote:
> This is not QUITE co-housing, but I'm kicking off an effort to form a 
> group of
> families with kids to buy a small multi-unit residence in the El 
> Cerrito to
> Oakland area. No Common House, no developement, as little 
> organizational
> overhead as possible, but shared goals, shared childcare, shared meals 
> in our
> own spaces.
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