Full Up

Well, our house is all full. It has been since June...but an interesting thing has happened now: we have a waiting list! Back in January we had some friends ask if they could be a part of the house this August and sadly we had to tell them no, but that we should have room summer of '08. And there's another friend who is commuting 1hr45min to work in Lawrence until October and I wish we could offer him a place. And now we have more friends who WE would love to have move in...not sure if it would really be an option for them, but if it was it's too bad we had to say, "we'll probably have room in a year, and definately in 2 yrs". So, I just find it interesting that while many people say we're crazy and they could never live in a community house, we seem to be overflowing with people who'd like to be a part of it. I actually think it's pretty sad that there aren't more of these cause think about how much people could benefit from sharing resources and saving money by sharing rent and gaining deeper relationships. So, why aren't there more? After some contemplation, I think it's just because no one wants to take the initiative to start even a small community house, like buy a multi family house and rent some units to friends or even ask some friends to rent a big place with them. Maybe it's that pervasive fear of buying that seems to be prevalent around here. But, I just wish we could expand and make 3 more places like ours, and I know they would fill up fast.

So, any brave souls out there? There just happens to be a 3 family huge brick house 2 streets up from us that is for sale for $179K (too bad there wasn't a deal like that around when we bought). It sure would be nice to have the "Garden St House", the "Summer St House" and maybe even the "Orchard St House" and oh wait, and yes, the "Jackson Terrace House" (which partially exists already, but another would be nice)....well I can always dream :-)...and hope someone out there decides to do something crazy...