         
Event: Cohousing meeting in OxfordEvent: Cohousing meeting in Oxford On: Wednesday 23rd of June, 2010 From: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact: Fran Contact email: fran@REMOVE.peopleincharge.co.uk Contact number: 07889 209448 Website: http://www.earthingfaith.org/2010/06/01/cohousing-meeting-in-oxford/ Venue: Garden Room at Oxford Quaker Meeting House (http://www.oxfordquakers.org) Details: Cohousing has been around in Europe (in particular, in northern European countries such as Denmark) since the 1980s and is just now beginning to emerge as a serious option here in the UK. The hallmark of cohousing is that, unlike the vast majority of housing developments which prioritise privacy over community, cohousing is designed to give opportunities for both a healthy communal life AND a private life too. In cohousing developments, each family has its own house/unit and also has access to considerable shared space often in the shape of a common house which houses a large kitchen/diner, workshops, utility space, meeting space, and often in the shape of a common garden/grounds. So when a family buys or rents a house in a cohousing community, it is also buying into/renting the common house and other common assets as well. |