Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Private use of Common Space

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

We have a blanket liabiity that covers any use. Renting it out creates no
special need for any additional liability, since the building is treated by
the insurance as a commercial building, with the assumption that it is being
rented. As to whom gets charged rental fees, in our situation if it’s a
private function, and not a family function, then the fee is charged. So for
instance, a family reunion, birthday or family holiday use has no charge, a
church retreat or a club meeting has a charge. The fee is called a rental
fee not a donation. Since we only rent to support members, there has never
been any issues of theft since we require the member to be present and hold
them accountable for cleanup and any damages. Actually, almost always the
building is left cleaner than it started.

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Goodman, JP Cohousing [mailto:goodmanj [at] jpcohousing.org] 
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:03 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Private use of Common Space

Dear Rob and others,

Thank you for your response. Where is the line drawn between a soccer club
and a church retreat or private workshop? What is the difference between
them. Are your rental fees requested as donations?

As you may have seen in my other messages on the subject, our big concerns
are liability (which I understand is different if you charge rent,)
security, and theft/loss. Do you have any words of wisdom or suggestions on
these matters?

Jeanne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: [C-L]_ Private use of Common Space


> At Sharingwood we allow private use of the commonhouse. It has to be
> scheduled 30 days in advance, all Sharingwood functions take precendent 
> over
> private uses, and there has to be a Sharingwood member as the laison at 
> all
> times, we do not rent out to non-Sharingwood functions like the local 
> soccer
> club, etc.  If the event is a non-family event, such as church retreat or
> private workshop we charge a fee for the rental. Like many of our 
> policies,
> we started with a simple one, got some experience, then modified it later
> based on our experiences. We have been allowing private use for about 5
> years, It gets used privately maybe 10 times a year, and have had few
> problems other than occaisional parking issues.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Sharingwood
>
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