Springhill Cohousing

Cohousing - a community where you like your neighbours

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:05:39 +0100

Joanna Moorhead, from the Guardian, reports on the growth of cohousing in Britain.

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Springhill Cohousing

Properties for sale or rent at Springhill Cohousing

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:59:55 +0000

There are sometimes properties available for rent or sale at Springhill Cohousing

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Springhill Cohousing

The development of Springhill Cohousing: a personal view

MaxComfort — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:24:58 +0000

Max Comfort offers a wonderfully detailed (and at times very sobering) account of the development of Springhill Cohousing in Stroud...

1. How we got started

In 2000, David Michael successfully negotiated to buy 2 acres of land close to the centre of Stroud and on a steep, south-facing slope. He put down £150,000 returnable deposit from his own funds and began to spread the word about the project. By the Autumn of 2000 he had attracted some ten households, all of whom purchased 5,000 £1 shares in the Company intending to buy the land and chose which house type they were going to purchase. The choice was 5, 4 or 3 bed houses, and 1 and 2 bed flats. At the last minute the vendors asked us to go to sealed bids and we ended up paying £550,000 for the site. We exchanged contracts but David negotiated a long period to completion, which gave us time to gather the funds for the site purchase.