Cohousing-L Mailing List: Songaia Cohousing to Expand? Sign up to receive Announcements

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Songaia Cohousing is 38 people on 11 acres in 15 units near Seattle.

But this might change, read on...

Since construction, we've received 2-3 inquiries per week on availability of
homes... this is despite our consistent website messaging that no units are
available (we have had just one resale in our six years). What we've done
over the years is refer people to other Seattle area cohousing
communities... and we know of people who have subsequently moved into
Sharingwood, RoseWind, Jackson Place, Duwamish, and Puget Ridge.

I think the value of our homes for our location, which is an easy commute to
a lot of good Seattle/Redmond jobs and the beauty of our land are attractive
to many. Our vibrant community culture, which includes singing, much
celebration, and an extensive food program, etc. deter some, but attract
others.

We have recently begun talking about expansion - we've been a strong
community since our 2000 expansion to cohousing. In 2000, we self-developed
new duplexes and retro-fitted two buildings into our common house and 3
duplexes (prices were $170-235K).

Our expansion visions are still emerging, but ideas include new rental
spaces retro-fitted from existing buildings and new housing clusters. We're
considering both Elder/Senior-focused and multi-generational spaces. This
work is just beginning and we are just now starting to engage with people
outside our existing community, including prospecitive developer partners.
We are not yet prepared to engage with prospective new members...

If you are interested in being notified about these opportunities - or other
Songaia Announcements, you can join our brand new LOW VOLUME mailing list.

Just visit our homepage:

http://www.songaia.com

and sign up using the little form at the bottom of the page (you can always
unsubscribe there as well).

Note: Songaia does NOT have any current openings (rental or sale). People on
the Songaia Announcements list will be the first to hear of any
opportunities. Some new rental situations may be possible in 2006 (and of
course owners of existing units might choose to move on as well, though none
have shared that intent). New and possibly retro-fitted units for sale would
come on the market over the next few years - we don't plan to self-develop
this time (grin).

Craig

P.S. Maybe I'll see you at the National Cohousing Conference (
http://cohousing.org/conference.aspx)! You need to register before June 25
to take advantage of the early-registration discount!