Cohousing-L Mailing List: Is in-house plumbing and electric a must?

[Dane Laverty (danelaverty]

Diana just introduced me to Opportunity Village, and now I see this link
show up on my Facebook feed:
http://www.tentcityurbanism.com/2014/09/to-plumb-or-not-to-plumb.html .

Opportunity Village is a 30-unit community of 8x8 structures that have no
utility hookups. There is a shared central facility with water and
electricity. The group is looking to build a new community ("Emerald
Village"), and the town is encouraging them to include electricity and
plumbing in these units.

So my question for the group: would you consider living in a cohousing
community where water and electricity were provided only to the common
house and not to the individual units? This is interesting to me as way to
reduce costs in developing a cohousing community.

Thanks,

Dane Laverty
Roseville, CA