Re: Seeking info about women sharing cohousing units <– Date –> <– Thread –>

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hello,

	If the units are designed as bedroom/bathroom/sitting-room suites 
sharing a common kitchen and living rooms, can one then have a 
mixed-gender shared cohousing unit?  After all, elderly men have much the 
same community needs themselves.

Regards,
David




Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:47:06 -0500
From: "VAN DEIST" <vandeist [at] msn.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Seeking info about women sharing cohousing units
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
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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