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

[KAREN A CARLSON (kcarlson2]

(Sorry— sent too soon).
Changes with the architect. For example, I made one BR larger by moving a wall, 
thus allowing a 12 ft closet. I upgraded to mini-splits instead of wall a/c. I 
added sconce lighting. Other owners made changes. (I think there were some 
limits on certain changes—like location of an added bathroom) Of course we each 
paid for these upgrades. So there was a basic unit cost based on unit size plus 
a cost for changes.
To save in common area, we left one room unfinished. It later became our 
exercise room. The kitchen had upgrades like a 10-ft wood central work island, 
grease trap, plus other changes.

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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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