Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: pre-built or owner built

[Deryk Wenaus (derykw]

Thank you for your responses regarding owner built houses vs. pre-built houses. 

Phillip, your two points make sense. Having the community go through the design 
process together actually creates community. I heard someone else mention on 
this list years ago that if you just sell lots it's so easy to enter and some 
people might misunderstand the whole vision of community. Your other point 
about efficiency is also well taken. 

Sharon, I don't envision sound transfer being much of a problem. this will be 
new construction so building proper party walls will be quite easy. And in fact 
could be quieter than two houses close together. There will be no up/down 
sharing of houses which would be a bigger concern. 


Does anyone have any experience about the robertson creek cohousing? they seem 
to have built the majority of their houses as stand alone and further apart 
then most co-housing complexes. However their's was not owner built. 

thanks in advance for any replies.