Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Quantifying the value of community

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA.
About 18 years in. Approximately a third of our houses have been through 
resale. 

We have not seen any difference between cohousing price and general resale 
value of the house. In other words, homes have sold for about the same as 
they would have without being in cohousing. Why? Maybe because as you 
suggest, the pros and cons balance out. For example, you get the value of 
common amenities and such, but have to pay about a thousand dollars a year 
in assessments. You get community, but have extra calls on your time and 
energy, if you participate as expected.
Or maybe it's because our whole town is liberal and cool and community 
minded, making the cohousing less "different". 

Bottom line - no difference. 

Lynn Nadeau