Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing communities within larger condo associations

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Nov 8, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Joelyn Malone wrote:

> My question is, how do your legal documents fit in with the legal  
> documents for the rest of your development?

I think this is a very exciting development. I don't think your legal  
documents need to be a separate entity from the rest of the building.  
If is a condo, each unit is unit. Condo fees are allocated on  
percentage interest. We would need to know more.

What will be the bigger issue is the use of space and how you are  
integrated into building rules. Being able to set your own rules for  
your floor will be very important. If you have large common spaces,  
you may have to pay more in condo fees than other floors, or if you do  
your own cleaning, less.

It will be very interesting to see how the rest of the building  
changes because you are in it.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org