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We’ve broken ground on a multigenerational cohousing community along the Rio Grande River in Albuquerque, NM! Our community features 25 beautiful, energy-efficient homes clustered around a shared open space, with a fully equipped common house and a range of community amenities. One three-bedroom townhome and one four-bedroom townhome are still available, priced at $545,500 and $619,500 respectively. Or you might be interested in our Wait Pool for unit sizes no longer available.

Click here to watch a video of our cohousing community: https://cohousingabq.org/video

Our land is on a quiet road with lots of families and kids. The neighborhood’s agricultural roots give it a rural feel, but the center of town is just a 3-minute drive away. Our community plans include play areas for kids, a shared farming area, a year-round greenhouse, an orchard, a workshop and electric vehicle charging.

We are diverse in age, background and identity, representing a mix of families with children, couples and singles. We range in age from 2 to 82, and there are 13 kids in our community so far. We have created a fun, caring culture among our group, regularly getting together for meals, camping trips and play dates by the river, in addition to collaborating on our community plans and supporting one another through life’s ups and downs.

In Albuquerque, there’s lots to keep us busy, from museums and galleries to nationally recognized wineries and breweries. With 310 sunny days per year, you can often find us outside—hiking, biking or skiing, or exploring the mountains, parks and historic sites all around the region. The Rio Grande that flows through the city center is a playground for kayakers, and miles of walking and cycling trails wind through its wooded banks.

Reach out to us or join an upcoming Meet & Greet to learn more about becoming a part of our community!

Email: neighbor@cohousingABQ.org

Phone: (505) 226-2802

A detached 2 story, 2 bed, 2 bath, home in the center of Arcadia cohousing.

Built in 1995-96, the 1,150 Sq. Ft. house is passive solar with radiant floor heat, heat pump/air conditioner, metal roof, and cypress siding. The lot is 2,640 Sq. Ft.

My home has an open, sunny environment with 9 South and East windows in the living/dining room. The den, with French doors to the living room, has a fireplace, a wall of built-in bookcases, desk, and storage. There is a laundry downstairs with a washer, dryer and storage. The master bedroom and bath are upstairs, and the second bedroom and bath are down. All appliances stay with the house.

Visitors exclaim on the beauty of Arcadia. Lush greenery flourishes all around the community. We have 16 acres with a community garden, children’s playground, children’s theatre, bike sheds, tool shed, pond, chickens, beekeepers, and a large play field. Our common house has 2 guest rooms with bathrooms, laundry, child’s playroom, commercial kitchen, and small library. We share meals, celebrate birthdays, solstices, the Harvest Feast, New Year’s, Halloween, etc. We know our neighbors and help each other in multiple ways.

An elementary and middle school are within walking distance and downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill are very close.

Price: $448,500. Owner plans to move no later than April of 2025.

Learn about our community @ https://www.arcadiacohousing.com/

The Wise Acres Community is a cohousing neighborhood in Kitsap County. We share stewardship of most of the land, while each maintaining our own home.

In Wise Acres, we gather for community dinners and other events, and have a shared garden, common house, hot tub & sauna. We also look out for each other, make decisions by consensus, and each choose a community job. Walking distance from Puget Sound.

Available for rent: a 1-bedroom 3-story 650 sq ft cottage. Great for a smaller household.

Here’s a link to our community website. The Current Openings page has more information on how we welcome new people.

If you respond, we’d love to learn what your experience and desire is in community life. If you include a phone number I’ll call you.

Illinois’ first cohousing community fosters intergenerational connection, diversity, and inclusiveness. We welcome all those who share our vision of creating a sustainable residential community in a vibrant urban suburb.

Oak Park Commons Cohousing seeks new members. Join the dozen households that have already helped plan and design a five story, 24-unit building near the commercial heart of Oak Park, Illinois. The building includes a mix of one, two, and three, bedroom ADA accessible units. A package friendly first floor mailroom adjoins the lobby, elevator, and parking entrances. Noise mitigation and energy efficient air conditioning assure year-round comfort.

The Carpenter & Madison streets corner location includes within a pedestrian friendly half mile radius: a middle school, bus stop, grocery co-op, drug store, bank, CTA train station, Unity Temple, Rush Hospital, Fox Park, Mills Park, and many restaurants. Madison has traffic calming and bike lanes. The Village commercial center, barely a mile away offers the Lake Theatre Cinema, Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Formula Fitness Center, Public Library, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, and specialty retail and service shops.

Oak Park includes excellent K-12 schools. Lincoln public elementary school offers an optional Spanish bilingual program, Gwendolyn Brooks middle school’s wonderful performing arts opportunities and OPRF high school’s great college and career prep.

Eight two and three bedroom units are still available for purchase starting at $441,000. Units may be reserved for 30 days with a $5,000 reservation fee. Buyers pay a ten percent earnest fee when signing a purchase agreement that goes toward down payment at closing. Construction is underway with a Fall 2025 completion date.

Visit our website and talk with some of our members to learn more about who we are and how we envision building our community together.

Website: https://oakparkcommons.com/

Contacts: Charles Hoch 708-721-8817; Susan Stall 708-772-8817

We have a warm friendly group and a spectacular mountain agrihood location– in Sunny Beautiful Greece, close to world class beaches and a vibrant city. We’ve completed our collaborative design phase and we’ve begun our earthwork excavation! We gather on Zoom and in Greece, and we help each other transition to this new and improved lifestyle.

www.GreekVillageCohousing.com

Who we are-

Multinational, Multilingual, Multigenerational, Friendly, Skilled, — Communitarians!

Our group is as diverse as it is wonderful, we speak many languages and have diverse ideologies, religions, political opinions, and nationalities. We are united by our commitment to greater mutual care and connection among neighbors, to community service, to living a more sustainable and resilient life, and to collaborative governance, and to our shared vision and values.

We are remote professionals, retirees, Greeks, and lovers of the Greek Mediterranean Lifestyle. We collaborate to care for our village together, and we regularly train in sociocracy and other community living skills to ensure we thrive.

We love to cook together several times a week in our Common House using delicious local foods. We love to eat together on our outdoor plateia overlooking the stunning Taygetos mountains. We love to hike, bike, sail, stroll, explore natural and historic wonders, and drive down to the world class beaches or up to the ski slopes.

Where we are-

In Peloponnesos: The Region That Has It All.

After searching throughout Greece for a year, we settled on gorgeous Peloponnesus because it has it all- snow capped mountain ranges, vineyards and olive groves, beaches and seaside villages, cozy mountain villages, modern cities, best food and culture in the world, and ancient UNESCO archeological sites.

Peloponnesos is relatively free from mass tourism compared to the islands, and we do not need to fly or ferry in all our food and goods to an island. Importantly for us, we can easily hop in the car drive to Athens, to airports, and into Europe. It will take a lifetime to explore Peloponnesos.

At the Foothills of the Majestic Taygetos Mountains in a breathtaking mountain Agrihood

Between the Seaside Village of Gythio and the vibrant city of Sparta

People fall in love with our land. We are flanked by pristine nature of a huge national forest as far as the eye can see. Our plot juts out into the sunshine and fresh air. We have over 300 of sunny days a year and an ideal climate in our opinion. Ever present is the breathtaking view of the Taygetos mountains – ancient, majestic mountains associated with wellness and mentioned in the Odyssey. The valley below us is dotted with farms and orchards, and you can hear the sound of the sheep’s bells. This is the heart of some of the best food in the world- literally winning first prize for olive oil and near the famed blue zones of longevity . We can dine and do activities outside year-round in this arid forest region.

Despite feeling enveloped by nature, we are a very conveniently 20-minute drive down a nice road to the city of Sparta. Sparta is a vibrant city, alive every night as everyone comes out to eat and socialize.

Just 30 minutes the other direction takes us to a picture postcard seaside village and world class beaches around Gythio. The breathtaking Mani Peninsula is a short drive as are the UNESCO sites of Monemvasia and Mystras.

The beautiful city of Nafplio is an easy day trip. The ferry at Gythio will take you to the island of Crete, or you can drive to Patras and take the ferry to Italy. During your vacations from our full time permanent resident village, you can be at most major European, North African, and Turkish cities within a few hours.

But That is Not All!

Our Cohousing Village is inside an incredible, larger, Wellness and Lifestyle Community

While we will be a fully self-contained, separately-owned, cohousing village, our village is within a larger community called Peter and Paul’s Wellness and Lifestyle Village.

The larger community is all about nature, health and wellness, agronomy and good food, and about hospitality and community. The masterplan includes many amenities like a spa, beautiful walking and hiking trails, a restaurant , a future planned winery and olive oil experience, a farm, horses, separate residential villas, and another cohousing village nearby.

What Stage is Our Community In?

We are an intentional community right now- not in the future. Our community meets regularly on Zoom from around the world in order to designs our village together and get to know each other, and we have fun trips to Greece and gather regularly in Greece for those who are able.

As we get to know each other and design together, we plan to mutually choose those who value connected community and living more sustainably. We plan to be full long before our buildings are completed. We are seeking those who value intentional community enough to be part of our formation- those are who we will prioritize as we help develop and then purchase our charming Greek village buildings.

Our Stage of Formation: Design & Permit Complete, Excavation Begun.

We have an incredible site, awesome developers who believe in our cohousing mission, a beautiful design completed using the participatory process, and a budget and home prices. Part of our permits are complete. We’ve begun excavating earthworks and will soon begin working on utilities.

You can see photos and watch a little of one of our design workshops on our website and on our Facebook page.

Our Cohousing Identity:

Our community is rooted in the Danish cohousing lifestyle and principles as articulated in Charles Durrett & Katie McCamant’s seminal book. These time-tested standards have proven to create thriving communities worldwide. While we embrace diversity in ideologies, religion, and political opinions, we are united by a shared mission to live in a community of mutual support, connection, and resilience. We are committed to managing our village together, sharing time, and living a joyful, purpose-driven life.

One of our community’s passions is cooking and eating together several times a week, growing and buying local foods from our bountiful Mediterranean region.

We value supporting all generations, from childhood to elder life, and prioritize energy self-sufficiency and water conservation. Our community will be powered by solar and geothermal energy, with water sourced from the Taygetos snowcaps and supplemented by municipal supply for resilience.

Living outdoors and in nature is integral to our identity, inspired by our breathtaking location and climate. We envision generous shared outdoor spaces that encourage an active, outdoor lifestyle. Our aesthetic is deeply connected to the traditional Hellenic village architecture, mirroring the beauty of our surroundings and the cultural virtues of Greece. We aim to use local materials, with stone sourced from our own site and mountain.

We seek individuals who value community connection, sustainable living, collaboration, and community service, and who are inspired by nature.

Who we seek to join us? —

Those who value community connection and living sustainably, who enjoy collaboration and community service, who want to relocate to Greece and Peloponnesos, who share our vision and values and who are inspired by nature, good food, and good company.

Cost: Our home prices include the cost of our land as well as all amenities: The Common House, the pool, the gardens and plateia, the soccer field, basketball court, and pickleball court. The cost will run between €300k– €650k for your percentage of land ownership, all amenities ownership, and your 1 to 3 bedroom unit.

Enjoy the Benefits of Greek and European Residency!

Non-European members can take advantage of the Greek Golden Visa, Europe’s most affordable property-based permanent residency program. For a property purchase of €400k or more, you and your family—including spouse, children under 21, and parents—gain the incredible dual benefit of living in our vibrant village while enjoying EU permanent resident status- universities, healthcare, doing business, travel, and more. Greece remains one of the last countries offering this golden opportunity. Seize this chance to truly belong!

What to do if interested:

*Visit our website (see link above)

* Consider taking our “Is This Project For You” questionnaire.

*Fill out our Contract form at the bottom of each website page, and ask to attend one of our Friday Information Coffees.

Feel free to email our Founder and Project Manager, Evi Gerou, as well-anytime: GreekVillageCohousing@gmail.com

Check out all of our updates us on Facebook page!

Light and bright 3 bedroom home, large private or shared vegetable garden plots, storage, washer/dryer, fireplace, walking distance to amenities, patio, deck, off-street parking.
The land shares five different households. We aim for a friendly neighborhood environment where residents know and are helpful to one another. Owner pays trash. $2300/mo plus utilities.

See our details and photos here: www.tranquilitycohousing.com

Ashland Oregon, nestled in the mountains of Southern Oregon (drier and warmer than most of the State) is home to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a ski area, mountain biking and hiking trails, wineries, live music, numerous activities (Ecstatic Dance, Kirtan, etc) and excellent schools.
Available early August 2024

Beautiful middle unit of triplex with sweeping meadow views for sale. This sun-filled GO Logic passive house is 500 sq ft on the first level; plus an additional, spacious, full loft. Includes living/dining space, kitchen, full bathroom, bedroom with walk-in closet, additional storage in attic, and established front and back gardens.

Homeownership includes Common House with commercial kitchen, great room, living room, children’s play rooms, and two guest rooms (with full baths) to accommodate overflow friends and family. This 42-acre coastal Maine community includes open space, woodlands, community gardens, and a newly-installed high tunnel for growing produce. Priced at $289,000. If interested, please contact owners at (757) 435-3183. Serious inquiries only. Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage (mainecohousing.org)

4 Bedroom 3 ba end unit for sale in Nevada City, CA.

Easy access to parking, not far from common house. Wonderful Nevada City Redbud Way Cohousing community.

Home is light and lovely. The number 4 choice in original build of the community.

Earlybird price as is at $597.

Live your best life in our our beautiful mountain cohousing village– in Greece!!! It’s a more meaning and connected life for those who cherish community, sustainability, and the flexibility to work where the air is clear and views are inspiring. It’s a home for families to grow, professionals to thrive remotely, and retirees to contribute meaningfully. We’ve got a spectacular location and group, have completed our collaborative design phase, and have begun our earthwork excavation! We will break ground on the buildings this year.

www.GreekVillageCohousing.com

Who we are: multinational, multilingual, multigenerational, friendly, skilled, — Communitarians!

Our group is as diverse as it is wonderful, we speak many languages and have diverse ideologies, religions, political opinions, and nationalities. We are united not just by our varied backgrounds but by our commitment to greater mutual care and connection among neighbors, to community service, to living a more sustainable and resilient life, and to collaborative governance.

We are remote professionals, retirees, Greeks, and lovers of the Greek Mediterranean Lifestyle. We collaborate to care for our village together, and we regularly train in sociocracy and other community living skills to ensure we thrive.

We love to cook together several times a week in our Common House using delicious local foods. We love to eat together on our outdoor plateia overlooking the stunning Taygetos mountains. We love to hike, bike, sail, stroll, explore natural and historic wonders, and drive down to the world class beaches or up to the ski slopes.

Where we are: We are beginning to excavate earthworks for our village of 33 homes and an absolutely incredible Common House. We are passionate about our breathtaking location in Peloponnesus Greece.

After searching throughout Greece for a year, we settled on gorgeous Peloponnesus because it has it all- snowcapped mountain ranges, vineyards and olive groves, beaches and seaside villages, cozy mountain villages, modern cities, best food and culture in the world, and ancient UNESCO archeological sites.

Peloponnesos is relatively free from mass tourism compared to the islands, and we do not need to fly or ferry in all our food and goods to an island. Importantly for us, we can easily hop in the car drive to Athens, to airports, and into Europe. It will take a lifetime to explore Peloponnesos.

We’ve begun to excavate earthworks for our charming village homes and Common House and anticipate a timeline of between 2 and three years till completion.

Our Location in Peloponnesos: the low foothills of the Taygetos Mountains between seaside village Gythio and famed city Sparta.

People fall in love with our land. We are flanked by pristine nature national forest and jut out into the sunshine and fresh air. Ever present is the breathtaking view of the Taygetos mountains – ancient, majestic mountains associated with wellness and mentioned in the Odyssey. The valley below us is dotted with farms and orchards, and you can hear the sound of the sheep’s bells. This is the heart of some of the best food in the world- literally winning first prize for olive oil and near the famed blue zones of longevity . We can dine and do activities outside year-round in this arid forest region.

Despite feeling enveloped by nature, we are a very conveniently 20-minute drive down a nice road to the city of Sparta. Sparta is a vibrant city, alive every night as everyone comes out to eat and socialize. Just 30 minutes the other direction takes us to a picture postcard seaside village and world class beaches around Gythio. The breathtaking Mani Peninsula is a short drive as are the UNESCO sites of Monemvasia and Mystras. The beautiful city of Nafplio is an easy day trip. The ferry at Gythio will take you to the island of Crete, or you can drive to Patras and take the ferry to Italy. During your vacations from our full time permanent resident village, you can be at most major European, North African, and Turkish cities within a few yours.

You can find out more about our location on our website.

Our Stage of Development – Formation Stage. Design & Permit Complete, Excavation Begun.

We have an incredible site, awesome developers who believe in our cohousing mission, a beautiful design completed using the participatory process, and a budget and home prices. Part of our permits are complete. We are excavating earthworks this year and working on utilities. We hope to break ground on the village very late this year or early next year. Some of us live in Greece, and many of us go to Greece regularly every 3 months to see the land and be together in person. We meet each week and work together using Zoom. You can see photos and watch a little of one of our design workshops on our website and on our facebook page.

Some Details:

Our community prioritizes traditional cohousing values and design as articulated in Charles Durrett and Katie McCamant seminal book on Cohousing.

Our village will also be adjacent to a larger community- “Wellness and Lifestyle Community” that spans the entirety of a low foothill and valley. This larger community phase of development plans for a nature based and agricultural/ gastronomy based resort community with villas, several restaurantes to walk to, a spa and agrotourism hotel with services some members may want to purchase, and walking paths amidst nature. There will be another cohousing community to keep us company nearby, and we will also be surrounded by a resort vineyard, olive and fruit tree orchard, farm, horses, beekeeping, outdoor yoga and meditation area, and miles of hiking trails.

Aesthetic: Our village aesthetic will mirror the charming village architecture around us as well as the landscape. We are inspired by the UNESCO world heritage site and village of Monemvasia. We seek to use local materials as much as possible.

Outdoor living: We envision generous shared outdoor spaces for an active life lived outdoors.

Who we seek to join us: Those who value community and either live in Greece or want to relocate to Greece.

Cost: Our home prices include the cost of our land as well as all amenities: The Common House, the pool, the gardens and plateia, the soccer field, basketball court, and pickleball court. The cost will run between €300k– €650k for your percentage of land ownership, all amenities ownership, and your 1 to 3 bedroom unit.

Golden Visa Permanent Residency: We are not a vacation village. We live in Greece full time as our home. Thus, we all must be permanent residents of the EU or citizens of Greece. Our non-European members will apply for one of several permanent residency options. The most popular and most frequently used property ownership visa, the Greek Golden Visa. The latter is Europe’s lowest cost permanent residency through property ownership program, providing EU permanent resident benefits for the entire family -spouse, children under 21, and your parents. The cost of a Golden Visa in Greece is the lowest in Europe and requires a purchase of a property totaling €250,000 or more by August 31st, 2024. After this date, the cost of Golden Visas rises to €400k. Greece is one of the last remaining countries to have a Golden Visa, as Spain and Portugal have discontinued their programs.

What to do if interested:

*Visit our website at www.GreekVillageCohousing.com, consider taking the “is this project for you” questionnaire.

*Reach out through the website contract form and ask to attend one of our Friday Information Coffees.

Feel free to email our Founder and Project Manager, Evi Gerou, with your interest: GreekVillageCohousing@gmail.com

Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn!

Welcome to our Tiny Home with the big footprint, at Elderberry Senior Cohousing in central North Carolina!

With 325 square feet of indoor living space, this thoughtfully designed home, called Little Berry, is your opportunity to live simply, and take full advantage of all the wonderful amenities of community life!

The 12’ long galley kitchen includes everything you need to create meals, from simple to gourmet. The ample refrigerator, portable induction cooktop, both a microwave and countertop oven, and sink are all part of this versatile kitchen design.

An impressive 12’ x 8’, the bathroom includes both a soaking tub and tiled shower with a folding teak seat.

Storage offerings are abundant. Above the doorway in the bathroom, 12’ of storage extends the entire length of the room. Beside the shower is an ample closet to hold linens as well as toiletries. Two more closets in the main room provide plenty of space for both hanging clothes and shelves for supplies.

Shaded by a lovely oak, Little Berry has a 10’ x 15’ year-round covered patio that extends the living space. North Carolina’s mild weather makes this area livable most days and evenings of the year.

Its prime central location is another important feature of this home. You have easy access to many desirable amenities within our community.

Convenient access to the Common House, just steps away, that offers:

+ A comfortable guest bedroom for family and friends

+ A large dining table that seats eight so you can host parties and gatherings

+ A big screen for streaming movies at nights with popcorn and friends

+ A fully equipped kitchen with two large ovens and ample counter space

+ Laundry room with three washers and dryers, and utility sink

+ A quiet corner with comfy chairs and couch where you can read or enjoy the fire in the wood stove.

And some of the outdoor features you have close by:

+ A fire pit with chairs and swinging bench

+ Zelda, our community golf cart

+ The cabin porch to gather for Monday morning coffee

+ 130 acres of wooded trails with streams and scenic overlooks.

This home lists for $165,000.
Contact Mike Moore at moore.michaelj3@gmail.com for more information.

Learn more about Elderberry Cohousing at https://www.elderberrycohousing.com

To arrange a visit to this home and begin your membership process, contact Karolyn Mangeot at richard.mangeot@usa.net.

Fantastic 2Br/1B condo located within Aria’s vibrant cohousing community. The open floor plan boasts a spacious living and dining area, perfect for entertaining. A custom built-in work area provides a dedicated space for productivity, while the in-unit laundry closet adds convenience to your daily life. As an owner, you’ll have access to Aria’s shared amenities, including a fully equipped kitchen, dining area, library, and community spaces. Additionally, a bedroom suite near the community den is available for rent, ideal for accommodating out-of-town guests.

Aria Cohousing is in the heart of the new 17-acre Aria neighborhood development. The community’s large patio, garden area, playground, and open spaces are a hub for community happy hours, BBQs and movies in the park.

Within a 10 minute walk you will find restaurants including a Starbucks, nail salon, hair salon and 2 city parks. Easy access to Denver public transportation includes multiple bus routes and just one stop from the light rail station to Arvada, Downtown and the airport.

For more about the Aria community visit https://www.ariacohousing.org/.

This condo is an Affordable Housing unit, and buyers must qualify through the City of Denver. Qualification requirements are as follows:

Your household income must not exceed: 1 person $78,183 | 2 people $89,352 | 3 people $100,521 *Children included in household total
Your monthly housing expenses must be 35% or less of your take home pay.

For more details, visit https://denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Department-of-Housing-Stability/Resident-Resources/Affordable-Home-Ownership.

Inquires please contact: Jordana@BradfordRealEstate.com 303-921-0332

4-Month Rental of Fully Furnished Home

In Friendly Cohousing Community

FrogSong Cohousing, Cotati, Sonoma County, CA

April 1 – July 31, 2024

$2,000/mo includes all utilities, HOA, Satellite TV, Internet, & Monthly House Cleaning

My 3-bedroom, 1&1/2-bathroom ground floor 2-story unit is 1290 square feet, fully furnished in an Asian / Scandinavian style with in-floor radiant heating, a well-equipped kitchen, and a small private garden which opens to a shared community lawn. Downstairs are the kitchen, dining room, living room, and work area with a desk and a half bathroom. Upstairs has the 3 bedrooms and full bathroom.

The main bedroom has a queen-size bed. The 2nd bedroom is furnished as a spacious office, ideal for working from home with a desk overlooking the community meadow and a large screen to connect to your computer. The 3rd bedroom is a multipurpose room with a library and home fitness equipment. Renters will be asked to sign a written lease, share financial information, and provide a one-month security deposit.

Living at FrogSong Cohousing offers a rare opportunity to be part of a multigenerational, supportive community while enjoying the privacy of your own home. FrogSong was founded 20 years ago and continues as a collaborative, sustainable community. FrogSong is 100% solar with parking and 20 EV charging stations (not included in rent) for electric vehicles. We have an organic garden, permaculture landscape with 79 fruit trees, a common house with a large kitchen, dining room, guest rooms, laundry room, children’s play area, fully furnished wood workshop, as well as an outdoor children’s playground, BBQ, table tennis and hot tub.

We gather in the common house 2-3 times a week for optional common meals, community meetings and various activities like movie or game nights. We spend time together outside working in our vegetable garden, doing landscape work or getting together for spontaneous outings and walks.

Neighborhood: FrogSong is located in downtown Cotati, within walking distance of Oliver’s grocery store, restaurants and public transportation, including the Smart train. Sonoma State University is 3 miles away and offers many public musical and other events. Sonoma is renowned for its good wine, scenic coastline and redwoods, yet is only 55 miles north of San Francisco and 30 minutes from the coast.

The Ideal Renter: Will be a vaccinated, boosted non-smoker(s). We would especially welcome someone (an individual, couple, or parent and child) who is/are familiar with living in community and interested in exploring co-housing. To get the most benefit from living in community, renters may participate in community meals and other activities. Sorry, but no pets.

Future Rental Opportunity: It is likely my home will be available again for rent from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, as I will be traveling extensively over the next year, so let me know if you are interested in those dates as well.

For more information on this rental, contact Bob: bflaxper@gmail.com

The FrogSong community website: https://www.cotaticohousing.org

This beautiful, light-filled 1 Bedroom/1 Bath unit newly reduced to $349,000 is located in Village Hearth Cohousing — a 55+, LGBTQ+ and allies community in liberal Durham, NC. Custom closets and lighting, new HVAC unit, unique kitchen with glass front cabinets and new refrigerator. Make downsizing a reality in 690 square feet, organized with 3 large hall closets and an attic plus bath and bedroom closets. A 2600 square foot Common House is a short walk away with its a gourmet kitchen, laundry room, guest suite and exercise room. You can go to villagehearthcohousing.com for details or call Marg at 561-714-8009 to arrange a visit. Please find more information here.

MOUNTAIN HEARTH VILLAGE

Join us on Zoom and for onsite visits about co-creating an eco-friendly, inter-generational, small participatory community where we support each other as loving neighbors through all that life brings, through to the end.

Let’s redefine rural living and come together to create a neighborhood that supports friendly cooperation and socialization.

People who engage in meaningful, productive activities with others tend to live longer, boost their mood, and have a sense of purpose. Studies show that meaningful activities with others may actually improve cognitive function.

Here on our 5.5-acre homestead, we could meet the demand for several tiny homes and a few homes of around 850 sq ft, so it will be a pocket neighborhood and a beautiful community.

Mountain Hearth

The Mountain Hearth Organizing Group

Mission Statement: To live in community with shared agreements.

Vision: To be honest and transparent in our dealings with each other, and to be respectful of the plants and animals we share the land with.

ARE YOU A GOOD FIT?

The questions below will help you know if you will be a good fit for this community. Decide if you agree, disagree, or feel neutral.

I want to be a part of this because I have time, resources, and skills to contribute.

I value Mother Nature and act accordingly.

I am open to change and transformation and am willing to do the work towards that.

I respect other paths and do not hold my ideas as the best.

I value a sense of community with others.

I would like to participate in some group activities.

I am willing to give some time to my community so it runs smoothly.

I would like to further develop my gifts and talents in community and encourage others to develop theirs.

I appreciate diversity in my community.

I am willing to face the mysteries of birth, childhood, adulthood, aging and death.

DAY TO DAY LIFE

MEMBER ASSOCIATION

For all members to enjoy the benefit of community life, the ideal is that everyone participate in some form. We all share our gifts to maintain the life of the community. That way everyone is involved, but no-one overburdened. Your gift might be compassion, or healing arts, or a strong back or gardening/farming. Together we make it work.

We would all participate in committees and workgroups to focus on various elements of the community. Each month the Member Association meets and decides issues before it. Most decisions related to community life are made by consensus where everyone’s opinion is encouraged and respected. We might form ad hoc committees and work groups for special projects.

SHARED VEHICLES

We could have one or more vehicles that we share and plan for in weekly meetings. This allows for a more eco-friendly lifestyle as well as homeowner-residents can sell or donate their own cars, cancel their own car insurance and stop paying local property taxes for a vehicle. We will develop a price-per-mile that all residents pay, for instance .70 per mile might cover all vehicle costs?

PETS

Mountain Hearth is currently a bird sanctuary and a migratory haven for many species of birds. Decide what are the parameters of pets: how many, what size, what kind. Discussion and agreements that include large, roaming dogs, barking dogs, and outdoor cats (which destroy about a billion birds each year).

LIFELONG LEARNING

We encourage and help each other to get out to area educational programs, workshops, and lectures on various subjects to encourage continuous learning and personal development.

CREATE SUSTAINABLE/GREEN INITIATIVES

Encourage streambank restoration, dealing with invasive plant species, gardening, green spaces, solar panels, recycling programs, and re-using to promote sustainability.

Non-violent Communication

We would develop a process for resolving the difficulties that are bound to arise among people who are trying to live in community. Resolution comes with openness and honesty on the part of both parties, and the outcome often leaves the parties with a stronger relationship and a lasting bond.

PURPOSE

The Mountain Hearth Organizing Group is a partnership for the purpose of developing a pocket neighborhood and intentional community (hereinafter referred to as “The Hearth” which is projected to be between 10 and 20 people at 128 Spruce Drive, Old Fort, NC, 28762. One of the members of the organizing group is Developer/Member Sheridan Hill, who is currently working with a permaculturist and soil specialists to clarify best practices for this particular 5.5-acre piece of land.

MEMBERSHIP

We aim to be streamlined in our community agreements so that we don’t feel like we are spending large amounts of time in meetings.

Members may be onsite and offsite. Interested persons become Hearth Members by attending three meetings, joining a working committee and contributing two hours per week (one hour social, one hour committee work) per week to The Hearth. To leave the group: stop attending meetings. Minutes of discussions and decisions made will be distributed to attending and absent members before the next scheduled meeting.

ORGANIZING GROUP FUNCTIONS

The organizing group’s functions include but are not necessarily limited to: formalizing the mission statement, vision, and circles.

Membership Circle: Orienting new members to the group, ensuring that all members receive regular teaching and reminders about Shared Agreements, developing methods for holding members accountable for Shared Agreements, including the consequences for continual disrespect of agreed-upon decisions, and how are they put into play.

Legal and Financial Circle: Working with other teams to ensure dues-paying, meeting legal and financial obligations, if and when dues become necessary.

Land Stewardship Circle: To develop guidelines for pre-construction, oversee utilization of the permaculture plan into the Shared Agreements, guiding members in the process of using Common Areas, guidelines on camping on property (is any form of off-grid allowed, and if so for how long?)

Construction Circle: For members who buy a lot, the Construction Circle guides members in: using the soil scientist plan in planning the dimension, location, and sizes for dwellings and accessory buildings; abiding by all restrictions and covenants, including: setbacks for buildings on their property, size of house; whether garage and or basements are allowed; timeframe in which members must build the house once construction has begun; pitch requirements for roof; definitions of types of homes allowed, including defining modular home, mobile home, tiny home, cottage, accessory dwelling.

Meetings: In our meetings, we begin with several grounding breaths together, then someone reads the mission statement and vision.

A limited form of sociocracy will be used in group decision-making.

All decisions are to be discussed thoroughly before a decision is made, and we will always seek consensus.

When a vote is called, the Membership Circle oversees reaching consensus, using the 5-finger method (1=strongly object, 2= have reservations; 3= neutral; 4= like it; 5=100 percent agree.

Email Sheridan at info@ReaLifeStories.com for info and visit www.mountainhearth.net for all updates.

video: https://youtu.be/-aRaDsozml0?si=gdSSOLhbTGv_njQe

The Wise Acres Community is a cohousing neighborhood in Kitsap County. We share stewardship of most of the land, while each maintaining our own home.

In Wise Acres, we gather for community dinners and other events, and have a shared garden, common house, hot tub & sauna. We also look out for each other, make decisions by consensus, and each choose a community job.

A 1-bedroom apartment is available. The apartment is the daylight basement below the main level of the house. The apartment’s main room has a large picture window and natural light from above. The separate bedroom has an attached bathroom and an modest walk-in closet. Adjoining the full kitchen is a separate storage / laundry room. At about 600 sq ft, the apartment is not huge but works great for a smaller household.

Here’s a link to the our community website. If you respond, we’d love to learn what your experience and desire is in community life.

Live your best life in our our beautiful mountain cohousing village– in Greece!!! It’s a more meaning and connected life for those who cherish community, sustainability, and the flexibility to work where the air is clear and views are inspiring. It’s a home for families to grow, professionals to thrive remotely, and retirees to contribute meaningfully. We’ve got a spectacular location and group, have completed our collaborative design phase, and have begun our earthwork excavation!