Last November Catherine, Maria and I met Ravinder Soin and his wife Upkar at my place for a meal and a mini-induction workshop. They live in Sydney but Rav works regularly in Otago and has fallen in love with Dunedin. There was only a 1bedroom unit available then, but Rav has just noticed that a 2/3 bedroom unit is now available so has been back in touch. He says they have the finance ready to go.
I have sent him the organising agreement at his request. I also asked whether they are planning to live in the unit or to rent it at least for a while. (He has asked about renting, and about resale) I have suggested that they Skype in on 8 June.

Anna Maxwell and Anthony Doesburg are also interested in D1, are flying down from Auckland for the induction workshop on Saturday 8 June. I had a long conversation with them about a month ago.

On Monday 13 May Anne, Sue, Alex and Claire met Ken Pullar and Sue Kim to talk about High Street Cohousing. Both teachers, Ken runs NetNZ which used to be OtagoNet, Sue (who is Korean) teaches at LPHS. Ken particularly is very interested, had read the Cohousing book; Sue probably wants to meet more of us and learn more. We told them that there would be an additional $10,000 (or so) on top of purchase price to cover extra legal expenses. They will come to the induction workshop on Saturday 8 June, and they have already deposited the initial $100 each in our bank account. They are also interested in D1, and are looking forward to meeting more cohousers on Saturday 8 June.