Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: cost estimates

[Marganne Meyer (marganne]

At 10:11 AM -0700 2/14/10, Cindy T wrote:
> I'm wondering if a community where each person was responsible for 
> building their own house, with some construction guidelines 
> established, would be able to avoid this problem?  Maybe communities 
> with experience doing this successfully could share their 
> experiences?

I think that's the difference between building units that have shared 
walls versus building individual homes based on what you can afford. 
That leave an individual with more control over their own expenses. I 
know there are several in existence that subscribe to this list. 
Perhaps we can hear from them?