Cohousing-L Mailing List: Is there a high contact cohousing

[Kathleen Lowry (kathleenlowrylpcclmft]

Hi! I had a great experience with an ad hoc  coho community during COVID. Three 
of us decided to become COVID family so we met most mornings for coffee and 
most evenings for a small potluck meal. Saved my mental health.
Now I’m looking for a cohousing community and would love one like that-where 
most days there is a group that gathers once if not twice every day. 
Wishful thinking? 
Kathleen

> On Aug 29, 2022, at 6:28 PM, Rud Merriam <rudmerriam [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Locally in Texas the sale price is not publicly available. The appraised 
> value is public record. The Realtor website lists a range for the selling 
> price.
> 
> Zillow is a general source for price information, also.
> 
> Generally, everyone knows the purchase price when the community started. Why 
> shouldn't everyone know resale prices? That's part of being in the community.
> 
> <Making a note that our by-laws / HOA rules will include this as a 
> requirement.>
> 
> 
> -73 -
> *Rud Merriam K5RUD*
> Silverwood Commons, TX (in formation)
> 
>> On 8/27/22 19:49, David Heimann wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> 
>>     A quick note ... at least in Boston, and I believe generally, the sale 
>> of a condo unit or any other housing and the price of that sale as well as 
>> the appraised value of the unit, is public information.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> David
>> 
>> 
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:28:03 -0500
>>> From: Kathleen Lowry <kathleenlowrylpcclmft [at] gmail.com>
>>> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
>>> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Secrecy vs Right to Privacy? Sharing vs Hiding?
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>>> 
>>> Very good question. As a family therapist we say individuals, and possibly 
>>> families ?are as sick as they are secret.? Secrecy and trust are 
>>> antithetical. Kathleen
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 29, 2022, at 1:13 PM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l 
>>>> [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ?I have been flummoxed recently by one or two stoutly stated claims that 
>>>> information about sales and new residents does not have to be shared with 
>>>> anyone except the Board because it is a violation of the right to privacy. 
>>>> Sharing the asking price of a unit is unacceptable and no one?s business 
>>>> unless they are making an offer. New resident information is made 
>>>> available after the unit is sold, even after closing. It is confidential.
>>>> 
>>>> When we recently discussed the policy on architectural review and worked 
>>>> on clarity about what needed review and what didn?t and how to record 
>>>> this, right to privacy was raised. Who could see this information? What 
>>>> right did people have to ask?
>>>> 
>>>> The legal question here is easier to answer ? by law the condominium has 
>>>> to sign a document swearing that no changes to the unit have been done 
>>>> that violate any of the condominium rules so it should have some 
>>>> protection against liability. And if you start rearranging the plumbing it 
>>>> affects this whole wing of the building. But where does this idea come 
>>>> from that people want to keep everything secret and it has nothing to do 
>>>> with living in a community?
>>>> 
>>>> Legally a condominium owner can sell to whomever they please within the 
>>>> zoning codes, etc., but does that mean they should/could/can/might keep a 
>>>> sale secret until someone notices they are moving out and someone else 
>>>> seems to be moving in? Or no one is moving in and the unit seems empty?
>>>> 
>>>> But we have an exclusive rights in our bylaws so that the Association can 
>>>> always purchase a unit rather than having it go up for auction. How do we 
>>>> exercise this right if the sale is none of our business?
>>>> 
>>>> Certainly the community spirit of "we all in this together," "what you do 
>>>> affects all of us," and "we can only do this if everyone is on board? 
>>>> develops more strongly in the development phase when things are touch and 
>>>> go. When units are selling for half a million dollars and there is a 
>>>> bidding war, ?its my money? is a stronger argument than when everything is 
>>>> at risk. But is it inevitable that selling units will be just like selling 
>>>> houses on the open market?
>>>> 
>>>> Why would I want to live in cohousing if I wanted to do whatever I 
>>>> pleased, no questions asked, and no information shared? And why would I 
>>>> even live in a condominium ? a shared ownership scheme.
>>>> 
>>>> Is this sentiment increasing in other communities?
>>>> 
>>>> Sharon
>>>> ----
>>>> Sharon Villines
>>>> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
>>>> http://www.takomavillage.org
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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