Cohousing-L Mailing List: Costs of CH spaces [ CH TV + Simple Wins

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Thomas Lofft <tlofft [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

> Rooms cost $20,000-$30,000 each at a very basic 10' x 12' x $200/sq. ft. 

Another number I'm curious about is the cost by square footage to maintain or 
its value in terms of use or something like that.

We have a need for indoor active play space. Where a pingpong table can be set 
and/or the under 8 can go to run around with push toys, balls, etc. Basically 
to clear the dining room of such activities after (and during) meals. On snow 
days, it would be nice to have quiet adult activities in the dining room and 
loud kid activities in an active play space. We have 20 kids. Snow days are 
loud.

We have a large, beautiful room that is a workshop and storage. Some of us 
would like to have a much smaller room for the workshop -- just large enough to 
store tools and have a workbench. And find storage outside for lawnmowers, etc. 
Then we could use the workshop with all its wonderful windows for active play 
space. 

One argument for doing this -- besides noise reduction and fostering 
intergenerational play -- is the cost of the larger room in comparison with the 
little use it gets except for storage. I don't know how to calculate that. 
ideas?

Sharon
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Sharon Villines

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