Hi all
first of my and Marianne’s apology for Thursday, we are both out of town.
The subject UNIT NUMBERING is on the agenda (see notes from last week), hence I would like to add my opinion here. As I have said before, using 25 as the street address and numbers as the unit, e.g. 7-25 is confusing, does it it refer to street number 7 or 25?
I am in favour of using letters for the units from A to Z (omitting I and L, as required by DCC), going clockwise, read from the common car park (inside, left to right, starting at M1). That would make M1, M3, M2 unit A, B, C; Alva 6 to Alva 1 unit D to J; and the High Street block starting from H3 to C1 unit K to Z. I imagine a sign at the Alva Street end of the High Street block being 25 K - Z (imagine 10-25 to 24-25), and the same at the Alva block. Using letters for the units also avoids getting a number 13…
Counterclockwise would only make sense if read from the streets (outside, left to right, starting at C1), but not every unit has a street entrance!
Ucol letterbox is obviously just number 25.
RE-ROOFING. I am in favour of re-roofing the common house. The cost has to come out of contingency. The good news is that the common house has very 'good bones’ and that the builders have not found any other real issues during the work done so far. I personally imagined a whole lot of variations due to rot or other unforeseen issues.
Happy discussing Rainer
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Hi all,
My apologies for Thursday as well, as I am also out of town.
I am in favour of re-roofing the common house with skylights of some description into the main multi-use space, so that it is a pleasant space to be in during the day as well as evening…..
I am in favour of one number and then letters…..but would like to hear discussion of other options….
We did not get any feedback at the PCG meeting regarding the formica selection and I forgot to ask at that point. Maria, Rainer can you update us there, please?
best wishes, Catherine
On 25/02/2019, at 2:03 PM, Rainer Beneke me@rainerbeneke.nz wrote:
Hi all
first of my and Marianne’s apology for Thursday, we are both out of town.
The subject UNIT NUMBERING is on the agenda (see notes from last week), hence I would like to add my opinion here. As I have said before, using 25 as the street address and numbers as the unit, e.g. 7-25 is confusing, does it it refer to street number 7 or 25?
I am in favour of using letters for the units from A to Z (omitting I and L, as required by DCC), going clockwise, read from the common car park (inside, left to right, starting at M1). That would make M1, M3, M2 unit A, B, C; Alva 6 to Alva 1 unit D to J; and the High Street block starting from H3 to C1 unit K to Z. I imagine a sign at the Alva Street end of the High Street block being 25 K - Z (imagine 10-25 to 24-25), and the same at the Alva block. Using letters for the units also avoids getting a number 13…
Counterclockwise would only make sense if read from the streets (outside, left to right, starting at C1), but not every unit has a street entrance!
Ucol letterbox is obviously just number 25.
RE-ROOFING. I am in favour of re-roofing the common house. The cost has to come out of contingency. The good news is that the common house has very 'good bones’ and that the builders have not found any other real issues during the work done so far. I personally imagined a whole lot of variations due to rot or other unforeseen issues.
Happy discussing Rainer
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Hi Rainer and everyone else
I was wondering about an address that gave an indication of where to find the unit. So all are at 25 Alva St, but the units are then numbered M1-3, A1-6, H1-8 (for ground floor front doors) and U1-6 (for upstairs front doors). So that there is an indication in the address where to start looking for the unit. Thus the Thomsons would be at unit H4, 25 Alva St. Or H4/25 Alva St.
I'm definitely in favour of new roof for common house with solar-tubes over the large dining room - it will need natural light, and the current skylights are going.
Won't we have fun on Thursday night! Anne
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 2:04 PM Rainer Beneke me@rainerbeneke.nz wrote:
Hi all
first of my and Marianne’s apology for Thursday, we are both out of town.
The subject UNIT NUMBERING is on the agenda (see notes from last week), hence I would like to add my opinion here. As I have said before, using 25 as the street address and numbers as the unit, e.g. 7-25 is confusing, does it it refer to street number 7 or 25?
I am in *favour* of using letters for the units from *A to Z *(omitting I and L, as required by DCC), going *clockwise, read from the common car park* (inside, left to right, starting at M1). That would make M1, M3, M2 unit A, B, C; Alva 6 to Alva 1 unit D to J; and the High Street block starting from H3 to C1 unit K to Z. I imagine a sign at the Alva Street end of the High Street block being 25 K - Z (imagine 10-25 to 24-25), and the same at the Alva block. Using letters for the units also avoids getting a number 13…
*Counterclockwise would only make sense if read from the streets (outside, left to right, starting at C1), but not every unit has a street entrance!*
Ucol letterbox is obviously just number 25.
RE-ROOFING. I am in favour of re-roofing the common house. The cost has to come out of contingency. The good news is that the common house has very 'good bones’ and that the builders have not found any other real issues during the work done so far. I personally imagined a whole lot of variations due to rot or other unforeseen issues.
Happy discussing Rainer
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Kia ora
Riding the wave of constructive development, let us also chip in with our thoughts. Hopefully the costs for a new roof with solar tubes are acceptable and we can go with that. It would probably prevent having to fix any issues with current skylights later.
We agree with Anne and Catherine regarding using letters and numbers. The simplest version, causing the least confusion, in our minds, is to use only three letters corresponding to the three buildings and the three streets they are closest to: A, H, and M. One building, one letter: easy to communicate and to remember. (Did you know we live in an A3 unit already? That’s block A, unit 3.)
With this numbering we can prevent visitors from having to go through the alphabet mentally - or from thinking that U might be another block/building/street.
Last, we think that “High Street Cohousing, 25 Alva Street, Dunedin” is a rather silly combination. Not sure how invested we are in ‘High Street’ as a name, but perhaps we want to let go of it. Urban Cohousing Otepoti doesn’t have the same issue but is quite a mouthful. Maybe a fun brainstorm session is in order.
Regards Sander and Karen
On 25/02/2019, at 10:06 PM, Anne Thomson <e.anne.thomson@gmail.commailto:e.anne.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Rainer and everyone else
I was wondering about an address that gave an indication of where to find the unit. So all are at 25 Alva St, but the units are then numbered M1-3, A1-6, H1-8 (for ground floor front doors) and U1-6 (for upstairs front doors). So that there is an indication in the address where to start looking for the unit. Thus the Thomsons would be at unit H4, 25 Alva St. Or H4/25 Alva St.
I'm definitely in favour of new roof for common house with solar-tubes over the large dining room - it will need natural light, and the current skylights are going.
Won't we have fun on Thursday night! Anne
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 2:04 PM Rainer Beneke <me@rainerbeneke.nzmailto:me@rainerbeneke.nz> wrote: Hi all
first of my and Marianne’s apology for Thursday, we are both out of town.
The subject UNIT NUMBERING is on the agenda (see notes from last week), hence I would like to add my opinion here. As I have said before, using 25 as the street address and numbers as the unit, e.g. 7-25 is confusing, does it it refer to street number 7 or 25?
I am in favour of using letters for the units from A to Z (omitting I and L, as required by DCC), going clockwise, read from the common car park (inside, left to right, starting at M1). That would make M1, M3, M2 unit A, B, C; Alva 6 to Alva 1 unit D to J; and the High Street block starting from H3 to C1 unit K to Z. I imagine a sign at the Alva Street end of the High Street block being 25 K - Z (imagine 10-25 to 24-25), and the same at the Alva block. Using letters for the units also avoids getting a number 13…
Counterclockwise would only make sense if read from the streets (outside, left to right, starting at C1), but not every unit has a street entrance!
Ucol letterbox is obviously just number 25.
RE-ROOFING. I am in favour of re-roofing the common house. The cost has to come out of contingency. The good news is that the common house has very 'good bones’ and that the builders have not found any other real issues during the work done so far. I personally imagined a whole lot of variations due to rot or other unforeseen issues.
Happy discussing Rainer
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