Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Selection of cohousing finishings

[KAREN A CARLSON (kcarlson2]

Alan: When we built in 2007-8, each unit in the 2 new buildings (we have 8 
other buildings on our site) had standard appliances, paint color, thru wall 
a/c, etc. the owner could make changes with the

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Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Selection of cohousing finishings

To keep the cost down, the builder and some of us came up with a very limited 
selection of finishes---I recall for instance a single paint color in all the 
houses.  Ha. The builder as the time for finishing got close did a lot of side 
deals with individual owners to upgrade some things.  Like one person got a 
fireplace, think we got a choice to not do carpet but do laminate flooring on 
first floor.  And then a lot of people lived with the uniform color in the 
beginning but then re-painted.  We did it within the first year I think.

The outdoor colors I don't recall.  Except that we did a lot of polling of the 
community after deciding which blocks of houses would get different colors. I 
do recall that we ended up repainting at least one block when the color--once 
it went up--looked way different than on the patch.  I THINK we, not the 
builder, absorbed the cost of repainting since it was OUR paint choice we 
didn't like

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For cohousers in a newly constructed community or one under/nearing 
constriction, how have members been involved with the builder in 
influencing/affecting selection of unit finishes? Who and how were the choices 
you could make determined?

Thanks,

Alan Friedlob
Oak Park Commons Cohousing
Oak Park, IL
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