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Some news: We’re selling Radish next year
Interested in buying a ready-made friend compound in Oakland? Keep reading ... This is a personal one. I'm Phil, the founder of Live Near Friends. Radish is my home in Oakland— a friend compound that houses 20 adults and 8 (soon to be 10) kids across 6 buildings. It&
Making the ask: Persuading family to move nearby
Sisters Sarah and Sydney took advantage of the opportunity to live next door to each other. Then they persuaded their mom to move a few blocks away. Here’s how they successfully made the ask at each critical juncture, and their advice for other families and friends who want to
After the Palisades fire: How two families found home together again
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 build you a custom friend compound (Bay Area)
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
Building a Family or Friend Compound in Sonoma County
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
Why You Shouldn’t Use a Random Real Estate Agent (when you want to Live Near Friends)
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
✨ Start Here: Your Guide to Living Near Friends
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
The new Seattle housing laws that make it easier to live near friends
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
Seattle ADUs 101: What you need to know
(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
Crocs: The (un)official footwear of living near friends
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
The great internet Baby Monitor Debate
(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