How to use this blog:

This blog is serving as the work-in-progress for a community which has yet to actually form. Currently it contains the dreams of one person. Soon it will contain notifications of meeting dates, notes from meetings, and our evolved group-vision. As the community solidifies we will probably convert to a formal website. For now, you can use this to keep up on our progress.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

A note on expectations and timeline

My expectation with these meetings is to start forming a group. The process involved in a group purchase is usually pretty lengthy and the commitment of owning a home is huge. There is tons of prep work to be done around how we're going to govern ourselves and the legal structure of ownership, as well as how we're going to finance this. And eventually finding an actual house that suits us.

Plus we all need to get to know each other and make sure this will be a viable (and prosperous) living situation for each of us.

I expect the whole process will take no less than one year. In fact, I want it to take at least a year so I can know you for a year before we own a house together. As for maximum durations, I think 3-5 years is tops, but I know that co-housing project routinely take much longer than that to get off the ground. I'll keep working on it for as long as I've got some people with me.

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