Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cardiff Place Cohousing

[Chris ScottHanson (chris]

Cardiff Place is 17 units.  Completed in 1994.

One of the very DIFFERENT aspects to the project was that it took  
only about a year from selecting a site until move in.  We purchased  
a "project" that was already permitted and ready to start construction.

Another aspect is that it is a three story apartment building style  
development with double loaded corridors on the two upper levels.   
There is no pedestrian street, per se.  Don't know if that might have  
had an impact.

If anyone hears the story I would love to know more.  I have not been  
in touch with anyone there for more than ten years.

I wonder of Alan Carpenter would know anything?

Chris ScottHanson

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On Aug 8, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Rod Lambert wrote:

> Stacia,
> I visited Cardiff Place a number of years ago and thought it a bit  
> tenuous then. I wonder if it lends weight to the believe that  
> cohousing is more robust if there are at least 20 units? (I believe  
> Cardiff Place was around 10 units?) The leaving and arriving of  
> people has less impact in the larger neighborhoods.
>
> Rod Lambert
> EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY, US
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:36:57 -0700
> From: "Stacia Leech and Gary kent" <garykent [at] uniserve.com>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Cardiff Place Cohousing
> To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> Hi Ann:
>
>
>
> I understand that Cardiff Place cohousing no longer calls itself a
> cohousing community.  The story I heard was that the original  
> membership
> and vision became diluted with each new resident to the point where  
> the
> cohousing vision was lost.  The pressure of the escalating real estate
> market in Victoria seemed to be a factor.
>
>
>
> Our community really sat up and paid attention to our new resident
> orientation process when we heard this.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Stacia.
>
> Roberts Creek Cohousing, B.C. Canada.
>
> www.cohousing.ca/robertscreek
> > >
>
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