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

[VAN DEIST (vandeist]

I'm helping to develop elder cohousing in Venice, FL.  I'm also an advocate 
of Shared Housing and have designed two, barrier free models for this 
purpose.  One model is a 1200 ft2, 2BR, 2BA, split design cottage (2 master 
BR suites).  The other model is a much larger, 4BR, 4.5BA mini estate ( 4 
master BR suites).  I'm living in and sharing the smaller model, but I 
haven't had the opportunity to build the larger model.  I always thought 
that the 4 master BR suite (based on a B&B design) would be best utilized by 
three owners who would have the 4th suite available for guests, renters, or 
caregivers.  If you've got the people; I've got the design.

Van Deist
Venice, FL


> From: Lia Olson <liajo [at] sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Seeking info about women sharing cohousing units
> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:55:18 -0800 (PST)
>
> 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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