The Live Near Friends Blog

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Our Fall Webinar Series: Building a Custom Friend Compound in California

Live Near Friends' fall webinar series takes place on Thursdays at 12:30pm. Register Here Jordan from Live Near Friends here. I lead Custom

Now serving: Peninsula, Lamorinda, Santa Cruz

For years we've helped Bay Area friends and families do something the housing market makes weirdly hard: live near the people they love.

Live E-Seminar · How to Build a Custom Friend Compound in California (Using New Zoning Laws)

Hello! Phil from Live Near Friends here. We're hosting a live online session on building a Custom Friend Compound - a cluster of 2-

Reflections

Someone has to take the leap

Why the plan to live near your friends dies in the group chat — and how to keep it alive Here's a story we

Update: Selling Radish (my 7 home Oakland compound)

Usually on this blog, we write about how to buy or build a compound for your friends. This post is about selling one. I'

Announcing: Build a Custom Friend Compound

Today we're launching two things: the Friend Compound Field Guide — 18 real Bay Area properties reimagined as 2–4 home compounds, with architectural designs, costs, and timelines — and Custom Compounds, our end-to-end service for groups ready to build one.

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