Step 2
Attend General Circle meetings as an Observer and Social meetings as a participant
Step 3
Become an Explorer
Step 4
Become an Equity Member and reserve your home!
How to Join
Steps To Reserving a New Home
Revised 12/8/20
Now accepting new members!
Summary:
– First become an Explorer — $100 (non refundable). Send check to Sherie Rzeczkowski, King Creek LLC, 2720 Hoyt, Unit 119., Everett, WA, 98201. After you get to know us, talk with the Marketing and Membership Circle about becoming an Equity Member.
- Become an Equity Member — $500 (non refundable) and $1,500 loan (a total of $2,000) to Evergreen State Sustainable Communities, our Limited Liability Corporation (LLC). This makes you an Equity Member with full voting abilities and puts you on the priority list for choosing your home. The $1,500 is applied to the down payment on your home and it funds the construction. Send check to Sherie Rzeczkowski, King Creek LLC, 2720 Hoyt, Unit 119., Everett, WA, 98201.
- Make an additional $10,000 loan to the LLC within 90 days.
The Important Details:
1. First get to know us:
A. Visit our website to find out more about our vision and values, our members and the community design.
B. Attend social events, listed on the calendar
C. Attend a site tour to see the property and talk with some of our members.
2. Become an Explorer:
A. To become an Explorer, a household pays a $100 fee (non refundable). Explorers have the ability to attend and participate in meetings and discussions, but not vote. Your household may be Explorers for two months. If you wish to continue, then we request that you become Equity Members. If circumstances require you to remain Explorers longer than two months, please talk with the Membership and Marketing Circle.
3. Explore your financial ability to purchase a new home:
A. If you plan to have a mortgage, confirm with your financial institution how much you can qualify for (“pre-quality”). While you are free to obtain a mortgage from any institution, we are working with Dave Porter at Loan Depot who has agreed to “pre-qualify” everyone. You won’t have to explain what cohousing is to him or why you are wanting to prequalify for a home that won’t be built for 1-2 years because he knows about our project. 206 304 8228, DPorter@loandepot.com
B. Determine how much your current home might be worth by contacting a realtor (Zillow gives a rough estimate). Consider your assets and how you will pay for a new home.
C. Think about how you will downsize. Our cottages will be 800-1,200 square feet.
D. Learn what plans our community has for homes and their pricing
Steps to Equity Membership:
- Tell a member of the Membership Circle that your household wishes to become Equity Members
- Attend a Membership Orientation meeting with one of the Membership Circle members. This will orient you and your household to our cohousing community, to our form of consensus decision making, and how our community works. It is an essential part of understanding our community. After your orientation, the Membership Circle will make a recommendation to the General Circle and your membership will be voted on by the Equity Members.
- A big part of living in cohousing is participating in the work (and play) of the community. Decide which work team(s) you want to participate in and jump in! Like most things in life, you’ll get out of it what you put into it. Check the website for what work teams are doing and when they meet.
- Financial
- $2,000 makes you an Equity Member. This includes a one-time non-refundable membership fee of $500 per household. The remaining $1,500 is a loan to the LLC and is applied to the downpayment on your home.
- Within 90 days you will invest an additional $10,000 into a loan to the LLC. There will be periodic additional Required Capital Contributions from Equity Members for the construction costs of our project. These payments pay for the design and the development of the property such as roads and utilities. If you are not able to contribute $10,000 within 90 days, a payment plan may be able to be worked out. Contact the Membership Circle.
- All of these loans to the corporation, apply to the down payment of your home, up to 20%.
- The Required Capital Contribution will apply to your home purchase. King Creek, LLC uses the money to develop the land.
- We are striving to keep costs as low as possible while building a community with a low carbon footprint and environmentally friendly design.
- If you change your mind and wish to withdraw, after the project has been completed you are eligible to obtain a repayment of the funds you have loaned to the LLC (minus the $500 non refundable membership fee) when the last home is sold on the completed project, if there are funds available. We want to be clear that this is a risky investment with no guarantees and we are doing everything we can at each stage to reduce risk and ensure that each of us receives full value for our investments. Remember that we are in this together as “owner/developers.” If you choose to withdraw, you are not obligated to continue investing in the project.
- Choosing your home: Once you have completed an application, prequalified, attended a Membership Orientation, paid your $2,000 ($500 non-refundable and $1,500 toward your down payment) and understand and agree to the Required Capital Contribution and the Equity Members have approved your membership, you will be on the priority list for selecting your home site (or be next on the waiting list if the lots have not yet been established). Checks may be made out to King Creek, LLC, and mailed to Sherie Rzeczkowski, King Creek LLC, 2720 Hoyt, Unit 119., Everett, WA, 98201. These terms are subject to change based on group decisions.
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Find out more at our (no obligation) Introductory Zoom meeting:
Thursday (any Thursday) from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pacific time
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