Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Request for Examples of HOA/Condo Fees in Other Cohousing Communities (Chris Hansen)

[Gary Hellenga (gary.hellenga]

>
> At Bozeman Cohousing, our COA dues range from $217 for Studios, to $425
> for 3BR townhomes, with separate dues of $49 for garages and $12 for
> carports.  We cover water/wastewater, Internet, trash/recycling/compost and
> community electricity (water heaters, lights, etc.).  We just completed
> solar installation for the community electricity, using loans paid by the
> COA.  Our Reserves contributions are in accordance with our Reserves Study
> recommendations, which comes out to about 30% of our overall budget.


We use a formula that allocates 25% of costs to dues equally split by all
43 households, and 75% to dues based on square footage, with garages' and
carports' SF values scaled significantly lower.