Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Does your community clean all the common areas yourselves?

[KAREN A CARLSON (kcarlson2]

Twice a month our community uses cleaners to do basic cleaning of our common 
house and the stairways and corridors of our two multi unit buildings.  We use 
our workdays esp in winter to do more thorough cleaning. We also have extensive 
grounds and gardens that require lots of work. I think hiring out or doing all 
yourself depends on how residents want to use their time doing what. When we 
decussed hiring cleaners not all were on board at first. One young person said 
she changed her mind about cleaners when she realized the supporters of hiring  
were the ones who did the most work around the commons. The basic talking point 
was that we all have households to clean so did we really want to take on 
6000sf of common space cleaning? 
So giving up cleaners needs to have really deep support as a lot won't get done 
because so much of residents' time will be spent taking over what is now hired 
out. 
Good luck making your decision.
Karen Carlson 
Arboretum Cohousing 
Madison, Wi
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> On Oct 2, 2018, at 11:18 AM, Susan Green <susan.mx [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Our cohousing community is a 4 story building that is cleaned by a
> maintenance company twice a week. We are talking about doing the work
> ourselves. If your community does this, we would love to hear about your
> experience and any lessons learned about organizing the work and
> maintaining standards of thoroughness. Thanks very much.
> Susan Green
> Aria Cohousing Community
> Denver, CO
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