I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.
Me too! It sounds wonderful. My BFF and I have talked seriously about buying a house with two master suites or something that we can share. In Nashville, I had a big house, and there were always three or four people living with me, and I liked it. We were all introverts, so it worked. I like living alone, but it does get lonely. And scary, sometimes.
I kinda want a commune house. The next house I buy will probably be a split bedroom design so that I can ideally share with a single female friend.
I have a friend who formed a co-housing community with her friends that's pretty communal. They're all around retirement age but not ready for a retirement home. And they're all over yard work and cleaning gutters. So they designed and built (via contractor) an apartment building with a bunch of handicapped accessible one-bedroom apartments, each with a small kitchen and balcony. There's also a larger communal kitchen, several bed/bath spaces that they can reserve for visitors, gaming and hang-out areas, etc. It's near a bus hub and in a walkable part of town, as well as near a hospital. It's all very deliberate and well considered. I wouldn't mind doing something like that.
Yeah, that sounds like a dream to me!
Adult dorm, man. That is what I want.
I hung out with my cohousing friend for half an hour and someone came by asking her over for wine and someone else dropped by to suggest a movie. The whole "lonely old person" is definitely not a thing for her. It seems pretty much perfect. If my current apartment a) had communal spaces and b) went condo, it would be pretty similar.
ETA: Thanks, Tom. My friend's place is here: [link]
My parents have a group of friends currently aging in place in the 10-unit building they bought 40 years ago. Aside from the lack of elevator, it's pretty sweet.
My plan is to be moving in 6-7 years, so I am going to be all over looking for a place. Buying a whole larger building in a city would be the best thing ever.
Buying a big multi-unit with a bunch of friends in a walkable pleasant small city is really not just a pipe dream, it's doable if enough people can pool enough money. And if everyone agrees on where to live. Ah, there's the sticking point!
