Cohousing-L Mailing List: Shareable units in cohousing (was Unit mix/size)

[rhmorrison (rhmorrison]

  19 years ago I had an idea for what I call a shareable unit, which could be 
in a coho or non-coho community. My idea is very similar to what Susan Green, 
Mariana Almeida, and others on this thread suggested. I don't know of any cohos 
in the US that have such a unit. I wish more of them did. Most coho units that 
are large enough to be shared by two or more unrelated people have a design 
that makes such sharing awkward. I myself would not have a housemate in a 
conventional coho unit, but would be willing to have one in a "shareable unit". 
   In addition to holding down costs, one reason why a shareable unit should 
have a shared kitchen is that in most places if a living space has its own 
kitchen, under zoning it's considered a separate dwelling unit.

Bob Morrison
Mosaic Commons Cohousing
Berlin, MA