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The cohousing Home Monitoring Network

5/31/2016

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My cohousing neighborhood, Shadowlake Village, provides a special benefit when I travel. I call it the "Shadowlake Village Home Monitoring Network".

I can remotely control the temperature in my home, so that several hours before returning from a vacation, the AC or heat is turned on hours before I arrive back.

The technology is quite simple: I just call a neighbor to do it!  And I'm happy to do the same when a neighbor travels.

The Cohousing Home Monitoring Network makes traveling easier in other ways: 
  • I can use it to water plants.
  • I can arrange pet sitting with it.  There are several teens and preteens within walking distance I can call to watch my pets at a moments notice. 
  • I worry less about theft. A stranger walking down my pedestrian pathway hauling a TV would be quickly questioned. 
  • I feel safe from fires.  Nearby neighbors would hear a fire alarm from my house and I can trust them to report it early.

The Cohousing Home Monitoring Network is just one of many benefits from knowing your neighbors.
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    About Peter

    Peter is currently the President of the Cohousing Association of the United States.  He lives at Shadowlake Village Cohousing in Blacksburg, Virginia and is working with others to make Emerson Commons a reality near his alma-mater hometown of Charlottesville. 
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