I first met Carrie on a tour of Pioneer Valley Cohousing following the Northeast Cohousing Summit. A little later, she invited me to join her and five others to bring our dinner plates from the common house to her lovely space and eat together. Carrie rents a space in the cohousing community. She is an […]
Read More...Can You Spot the Mistake Kathy Made?
Here is a story about a mistake Kathy made. She had a disaster of a housemate. It is what many people are afraid of when they think about sharing housing. Read it and see if you can spot how and when Kathy stumbled in selecting this person to be a housemate. Kathy says, “When I was […]
Read More...How to Sublet in Your Shared House (So Everyone Is Happy)
So you want to sublet your room? You have some grand opportunity—an internship, a semester abroad, a temporary gig assignment—that will take you away from the area for a time period, but you don’t want to give up your space completely. You’d like to come back to your space, your house, and your housemates, but […]
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