One resident, a doctor, told us that cooking is very worried because normally not cook for herself,

How cohousing works is well described in the book Cohousing: A contempory Approach to Housing Ourselves from the American pair of architects Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant, redflagdeals who traveled several months after cohousingových communities in Denmark and then started to promote a cohousing project in the USA.
People TROUS in social house. redflagdeals A few minutes before dinner is a good time to have a little rest and exchange bits and pieces of their lives. At one of the tables depicts a little girl experiences the parents of kindergarten. The children's playroom opposite is heard laughter. Chef salad finalized. At six people sit down at tables and dining swirls life. Dinner at Trudeslund begins.
For the 33 families who live in the community Trudeslund it was a typical night. For us it was the first of many nights that we had to spend. We were not sure how to get used to the regular dining with 50 or more people, redflagdeals but our doubts were soon dispelled. When we know the benefits redflagdeals of a pleasant aspects of dinners and life in cohousing overall, we were amazed that we ever thought about how to live differently.
Dinner is served at the community center every evening (except redflagdeals two Saturdays of the month, which are reserved for private parties). Every private redflagdeals home also has a fully equipped kitchen, so that residents can participate in joint dinner as often as they want. Many residents in her community center x 3 or 4 times a week and the remaining days are more intimate family dinner at home. Some eat in the social house almost every night and the time saved by not having to shop, cook and clean, spend with their children. We quickly got used to it every day for several hours more. Common dinners are not only comfortable, but also very nice because they are usually filled with interesting conversations with people you know. Every night they involve 50 or more percent of the population.
It is the duty of every adult inhabitant redflagdeals once in a while to cook. Two adults with one child assistance are responsible for planning dinner, purchased raw materials, preparation, serving and cleaning up after meals. Cook for 60 or more people, redflagdeals it seems like a huge task, but in a very well-equipped common kitchen, it is not much more complicated than cooking for six people in a normal redflagdeals kitchen redflagdeals - you just have to get used to use 6 x greater monožství anything. Residents redflagdeals are written for dinner at least two days in advance and pay for the meal after dinner when cooks costs divided by the number of people. Children under 13 years pay half price, babies up to three years old eat for free.
Our first cooking (enchiladas for 80 people) was intimidating experience. But the satisfaction that at the end of the evening we felt our stress has hidden. Another experience it was much easier because we dominated the tricks on how to cook for a large group (we learned ropes of cooking for large groupes).
One resident, a doctor, told us that cooking is very worried because normally not cook for herself, let alone for 50 people. To his surprise, not only succeeded, but even discovered that he enjoys cooking and began to cook more at home.
In the community for more than 60 adults, so everyone comes out cooking about once a month. Cooking one day and worry associated with it are well worth it, because the remaining 29 days you can dine without work. Residents Trudeslundu are proud to have the best system dinner - is a reliable, yet flexible enough to adapt to the changing needs of each family. We agree with that.
As our base and home to six months Trudeslund cohousing, which we know best. It is located in Birkerod north of Copenhagen and its 33 houses with large social house was completed redflagdeals in 1981. Private homes are built around two streets for pedestrians. When the building was used by the natural characteristics of sloping wooded land - Social House is located at the highest point where the two streets intersect at the same time. Cars are parked in the upper part of the land and built houses go as row, so most of the lower part could remain forested, forming a popular place for children to play.
Common dinner is just one of the practical benefits of living in Trudeslund. The community center will also find a common warehouse n shop (store), which is stocked with household goods from toothpaste after cornflakes. Every household has a key from him, so that residents can pick up the goods at any hour. Do the books are written, what they take at the end of the month you get a bill. We were interested in whether goods sometimes disappear without written. And really - sometimes it happens (likely a rather because people forget to write entries than because they wanted to steal something) and the deficit must be paid from the general budget. Residents, however, know that the serious problems redflagdeals with the accounts would mean closing the deal.
Business manages one of the nine "special interest groups". Each adult member of one such group. Other interest groups are responsible for outdoor spaces, special acti