Coastside Cohousing

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Home-sharing
  • Town/Small City

Founding year

  • 2025

What we do

Coastside Cohousing is going to be built on approximately 4 acres of a 14 acre site. We plan to be 36-40 homes. We are having equal number of units that are 2/2 flats, 3/2 flats and 3/2 townhomes with a 4,000 sq ft common house. The units are from 950 sq ft to almost 1500 sq ft. We are committed to being intergenerational and inclusive. We will leave the remaining property of woods and other natural beauty for our community and those homes in the area. Trails don’t exist yet but we hope those will allow everyone to enjoy the upspoiled beauty of the remainder of the property. We are less than 2 miles from the beach and closer to downtown Santa Cruz. We are actively forming and seeking new members.

Our Mission

As we are forming, we have not establised a formal mission statement yet.

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Activities
  • Property management

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2025
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2030
  • Started living together
  • 0 Total member
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
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How to join

First we ask folks to become explorers ($100) to learn about our community and meet our members. Then if they are interested they join our LLC ($500 total less explorer fee and then to start making milestone payments towards the unit down payment to get our project built. We are about to submit our design to the county.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

As we are still forming the number of adults and children etc is yet to be determined. We welcome people to visit our website: coastsidecohousing.com to inquire or attend a virtual information session or after attending an information session sign up to see the site.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Single Leader or Founding Couple

One person or partnership has ultimate authority.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Conflict resolution approach

We are forming and have stated we are consensus based but are looking into sociocracy as during our development phase this has been our most prevalant style of decisions.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Join fee: $500
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested
We have not discussed community debts. We will be for sale and as such if you can qualify for a traditional mortgage your debt is your issue

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas

Community activities and engagement

  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By several individuals through an LLC or a Tenancy In Common agreement

Setting

  • Town/Small City

Smaller municipalities with local services but rural character.

Self-produced energy

  • 33 - 66%

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Greenhouse / aquaponics
  • Land area size
    14 acres

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Location

  • California, United States

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