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.
As we are forming, we have not establised a formal mission statement yet.
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.
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.
One person or partnership has ultimate authority.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
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.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
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
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