Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Condo docs - private or common ownership of porches, decks, patios and balconies

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

We have one long porch on the front of each set of 2 or 3 homes. These
are community owned. The challenge is that people "feel" like they own
them.

Our backyards are "semi-private" and any decision to do something or
to block it off must be approved by the others in the same building.
It only goes to the trustees/community if you need a building permit.
We've had some frustration with mowing--both folk who don't want the
community mowers to do it (and some new plantings mowed down) and some
who *do* want the community mowers to do it and it falls off their
list.

-Liz
(The Rev. Dr.) Elizabeth Mae Magill
Pastor, Ashburnham Community Church
Minister to the Affiliates, Ecclesia Ministries
www.elizabethmaemagill.com
508-450-0431

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 8:23 AM Mayhew Seavey <mayhew650 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all
>
> Hager Homestead is finalizing our condo docs and looking forward to
> moving in to our community in a few months.
>
> A question that is concerning to our members is whether to have the
> porches, decks, patios and balconies attached to our units be part of
> the unit or a Limited Common Element jointly owned by the community but
> with exclusive use rights to the unit owner.
>
> We're interested in what other cohousing communities have done and why.
> What are the pluses and minuses of individual household ownership of
> these elements versus common ownership.
>
> Thanks
> Mayhew Seavey
>
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