Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: "Second Home" Cohousing Communities

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On May 12, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Deborah Mensch wrote:

> I suppose that owners could decide either to contribute labor to the 
> upkeep
> or to pay additional fees to cover hiring some of the work out, as in 
> some
> buyout systems in existing communities. But how do you deal with the
> decision-making? Would it be necessary to hire a management company to 
> take
> care of things that cohousing HOAs normally handle or decide?

This is why in the case of the urban cohousing solution I was proposing 
you would have to have a critical mass of people who form a community 
and others who rent and pay going rates -- so that portion of the 
property at least uses hired out labor.

With a country community, I think it would be hard if there were no one 
"living in" in a regular basis. Although some lake communities do have 
a live in caretaker who does the work and manages outside workers.

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