Common house kitchen
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Common house kitchen
You will have a kitchen in the common house. It's too important of a social anchor to forgo. You can host your neighbors spontaneously, share a common meal which is a preplanned hosting of your neighbors, host your friends and host community events for your preferred demographic of people ( neighborhood , religious groups, seniors etc... ). You can even do holidays to if you coordinate well enough with your neighbors. It's such a good thing to have.
When building you have to optimize for a a few things.
One is at least 4 burners. They can be electric or gas but don't cheap out on this. You can add portable burners to save space or building costs but 4 is the minimum.
Two is at least a stove. It doesn't have to be the biggest but some way to cook big birds ,other meats and deserts will get used by somebody at some point. If not you then maybe a guest.
A big airfryer and big crock pot are high desirability as well but it's understandable to not get them immediately . I wouldnt call them a need
The tricky part about a common kitchen are the building requirements. It could potentially be considered a commercial kitchen if you meet the criteria for your local building codes. It can wildly vary state to state so I'd look them up and decide as a group if you want to get the appropriate features to make it a commercial kitchen ( I believe it opens you up to food safety laws too ) or maybe the group decides to pare down the kitchen use cases to avoid being classified as a commercial kitchen.
Along with that would be general fire safety tips / guidelines.
Even if your city ends up not caring that you cook alot in the common house , having the knowledge helps you be prepared for conversations with city people when they come up and your specific Cohousing consultant can help explain your use case too
Until next time
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