[GBlist] Re: Small cabin suggestion

["Marilyn" <timex@dsl.ca>]

Hi Craig:

I question the "no kitchen needed" statement in a big way.  If you want 
your mom to feel dependant and as good as institutionalised, that's a good 
way to do it, though neither of you may realise it until too late.
A full kitchen probably isn't needed if she is going to take her major meals 
with your family.  
But food and the ability to get it when you need it are central to our 
feelings of  safety and security.  A small hot plate, a microwave and an 
half size fridge would be a good compromise maybe?
Think about if she would want a cup of tea in the middle of the night?  We 
grannies tend to sleep less at night the more grannified we get, and a cup 
of tea at 4 a.m. often goes down really well.  Would she want to go to 
your kitchen and disturb everyone?  What about the weather where you 
live?  Would she have to put on her long woolies for part of the year to 
come and get a glass of lemonade or a piece of toast to nibble? (We tend 
to snack more and eat less at mealtimes too - your stomach often feels 
better this way).  What if she should make friends and one or two of them 
come to visit, or the local pastor drops in?  Would she want to drag them 
over to your kitchen in order to do the hospitable thing and offer a 
beverage and a bit of cake?
Please think this over carefully.  I know this is not BUILDING advice in 
the sense that you meant it, but never-the-less, I think it's very important.

marilyn

Quoth Craig Cyr at 16:56 on Friday, November 23, 2001:

> I need some advice and this list is never short on advice ;-)
> 
> My elderly mother might move to our home. However, we don't have enough
> room and will need to construct a detached dwelling somewhere on our 5
> acres (or whatever you want to call it) of about 250-300 sq. ft. No
> kitchen will be required.
> 
> Some questions:
> 
> 1) Recommendation on a style of construction? (panelized yurt, etc.)
> 2) Recommended web site with floor plans?
> 3) Special considerations that any of you might have had in similar
> circumstances (elderly relative living in detached dwelling).
> 
> All input GREATLY received.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
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