This one is personal. We are putting Radish, my home, up for sale. Last year, we announced that we'd be selling in 2026. Today, we're excited to share more details about the sale and offer the first opportunities to tour the property. Radish is a residential
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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&
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
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