Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: HOA fees

[Alice Alexander (aliceanne4]

Hey all, I encourage you to revisit this collaboration of Coho/US and CRN,
led by Philip Dowds at Cornerstone Village in Cambridge, looking at fees
and dues in cohousing communities, and how communal costs interact with the
more traditional shelter expenses.

This part II includes a link to Part I
Cohousing Costs After You Move In: Part II Findings of the Study
<http://www.cohousing.org/Cost_of_Living_Part_2>

Alice Alexander
Durham Central Park Cohousing

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Beverly Jones Redekop <
beverly.jones.redekop [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> You could make a survey asking about monthly amounts for landscaping,
> private home repairs, common house repairs, private home insurance, snow
> removal, private internet, etc... The total is not very meaningful. The
> individual items might not be either...!
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 9:56 AM Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah <welcome [at] olympus.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Maraiah here-- part of RoseWind Cohousing Port Townsend WA for 28 years,
> > followed other communities that long too.
> >
> > It's really hard to compare assessments across communities, as what is
> > covered varies enormously. My community has relatively low assessments--
> > about $100 a month per household -- but we have no expenses for snow or
> > leaf removal, no communal property taxes (all paid individually), no
> > community responsibility for maintenance of individual homes. We fund
> > reserves, liability insurance, landscape maintenance equipment, utilities
> > for the common house (no air conditioning cost, less heating cost than
> > northeastern groups, for example), and various committee expenses.
> >
> > To get any useful information, I think you'll have to be much more
> > specific in your questions. What specific expenses, for how many
> > properties, in what climate, etc. There are so many variables!
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Alice Alexander