Editor's note: This is a case study from Live Near Friends' social media manager, Morgan. Like many people who work with LNF, Morgan lives near her friends. Here is her story. After losing their Topanga home in the Palisades fire, Morgan and Greg faced the daunting question
We’ve heard from many of you: it’s really hard to find a move-in-ready compound that truly works in the Bay Area. * The units aren’t big enough for families * The space is hard to divide legally * The layout or design just isn’t right So we’re launching
This post is written by Graham Hunter — the Live Near Friends agent covering Marin and Sonoma counties. Graham helps people like you make the dream a reality. And he knows the lifestyle well. He built two different compounds in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa with his family and friends. We get
If you’re dreaming of buying a home near your favorite people—or even co-owning a place together—a regular real estate agent probably isn’t enough. And yet, most people click around on Zillow/Redfin etc, get matched with whoever responds fastest, and hope for the best. Or they
We built this blog—and this company—to help you get from “wouldn’t it be cool if…” in the group chat to actually living near your friends. If you’ve ever dreamed of raising your kids next door to your besties, building a backyard ADU for your parents, or
Grab your party hat, bring on the noisemakers, and pop the champagne (if that’s your thing). Seattle is making it easier, and more affordable, to live near family and friends. Over the past several years, both the City of Seattle and Washington State have passed a wave of changes
(Also see: LNF primer on Seattle's new housing laws) You know how much we love accessory dwelling units (ADUs) for living near friends. It’s by far the easiest way to share a yard and be close to each other. We’ve published a general guide in the
Want to know if someone lives near their besties? Don’t look at their address. Look at their feet. If they’re rocking something like this: …then they probably had to drive, bike, or cross a ravine just to borrow an egg. But if you see this? That’s a
(You can probably guess our take on this) Slate just dropped a firestorm of an article this week about parents using baby monitors to watch their sleeping children while they sneak away to hotel restaurants. The piece describes how an influencer couple faced intense backlash for using FaceTime to check
Live Near Friends (and living near friends) has been in the news a lot recently. Sharing some of the highlights I did a Q&A with the wonderful Anne Helen Petersen in her newsletter, Culture Study. It's one Substack newsletter that I very gladly pay for every
So many people dream of living next door to their friends and family—but not that many actually do. What stops them? One common blocker we see is what we call the “Bestie Barrier.” People latch onto one specific person—their best friend—as the only person they’d consider
Exciting news: Live Near Friends just launched in SEATTLE!