Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Seeking info about women sharing cohousing units

[eileen mccourt (emccourt]

I am very interested in this concept, especially in a larger home with a
group of women; one kitchen with separate private baths and bedroom suites
is ideal, but I am also willing to consider sharing a bath if it is well
appointed and large enough to accommodate the stuff for two people.  This
idea is what first drew me to cohousing.  I was exploring the idea of a
retirement option for single women, and in talking about it with friends and
acquaintances, I was told about cohousing.  I still like the idea of one
household with a group of people.  I don't know if this is because I grew up
in a large family, but I don't have a need for extensive private space.  It
seems that most larger homes in cohousing are still too small to work for an
unrelated group of four or five people, though.  A retrofitted convent?  I
have heard of apartment "pods" radiating from a common house, which is also
an attractive idea.

Eileen McCourt
Oak Creek Commons Cohousing 
Paso Robles, CA.

-----Original Message-----
From: Coreen Plewa [mailto:plewac [at] msn.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:12 AM
To: 'Cohousing-L'
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Seeking info about women sharing cohousing units

Have you considered living in Santa Fe, New Mexico?  We at ElderGrace have
several women who might consider sharing a two-bedroom, two-bath home which
won't be built until end of 2007.  You would need to be here to meet them
and I can't speak for them.  Please see our website www.eldergracee.org. 
Coreen Plewa

-----Original Message-----
From: Lia Olson [mailto:liajo [at] sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:55 AM
To: Cohousing-L
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Seeking info about women sharing cohousing units

This is an interesting idea, and-- as a woman approaching retirement who
will
have a comfortable income yet not enough to be able to purchase a home on my
own, but who is, nevertheless, determined to live in a co-housing
community--it's one I'm interested in exploring.  I wonder if there are
other
women out there who would like to open communication about this possibility
and
see where it leads.

Lia 


--- Communities Magazine <communities [at] ic.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>       I'm writing to ask a favor of Cohousing_L readers.
> 
>       Do any of you know of two or three or four older women who share a  
> single housing unit in a cohousing community, or share a house in a  
> lot-development-model cohousing  community? It's for a program on  
> older women sharing housing on Retirement Living TV, a national TV  
> network with programs for older people. They're considering doing a  
> program on older women who live together for companionship, support,  
> connection, and to share expenses and save money. I'm trying to help  
> find women who do this, to help the producer of this possible segment  
> find some people to interview.
> 
>       Thanks very much for any suggestions you can send.
> 
>       Diana Christian communities [at] ic.org
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