While researching co-operative housing, most of the
information I found about co-ops was for projects which were built from the
ground up or were major renovations using existing housing stock adjacent to each
other. Our co-op was not like that. We were looking for existing housing but it
didn’t have to be in the same area. What we ended up with were single family
dwellings and some duplexes which were in different Halifax neighbourhoods. I
believe that the house on Prescott Street was the only one of our co-op’s
houses which was in the North End.
It was an interesting experience to house-hunt by committee.
I remember looking at quite a few residences. There was usually a group of us
going through trying to figure out if the house was right for us and, at the
same time, who would get to live there. We were a group of couples. I think
that my boyfriend only knew one of the couples. The rest were unknown but that
would change in a hurry!
House hunting by committee
Sources
Cole, Leslie. Under
Construction: A History of Co-operative Housing in Canada, Borealis Press,
Ottawa, Ontario, 2008.
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