Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: HOAs in Cohousing

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Sep 1, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Marta Vanegas, Concordia Organizer wrote:

> Of course, if we had MORE common facilities, a little friendlier 
> set-up and the cars would be parked on the side somewhere, to keep our 
> children safe... it would be darn close to cohousing.  (My husband 
> indeed insist that I go ahead and propose some changes to this effect 
> at our next HOA meeting, usually attended by a few retired residents.  
> Hah!)

One of the biggest differences I see is the child friendly environment. 
This has not been the case in other regular condos with which I've had 
any experience.

Another is landscaping. The residents do fabulous garden work and 
regular condos do either a minimum or it looks very sterile.

What I would like that SOME condos have is an onsite manager. Small 
condos generally do not, no matter what kind they are. One of my 
research items is who large a place needs to be to afford even a part 
time onsite manager.

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