Radish is for sale: The compound that inspired Live Near Friends
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 compound in Oakland, California that’s currently home to 20 adults and 8 kids—including two of my own.
It’s also the place that made us realize how many people want this kind of life—and how hard it is to create from scratch.
Over the years, hundreds of people have visited Radish. The most common reaction was some version of:
“I want this. How do I do it?”
That question is what led us to start Live Near Friends.
If you want the easy answer, maybe it’s just buying Radish itself. You can take over a ready-made compound—without navigating years of design, legal, and construction work. (Warning - it's not cheap: We expect a purchase price in the $4–6M range.)
The sale includes seven private homes and a dense set of shared amenities: courtyards, a hot tub and sauna, an industrial hosting kitchen, and a set of spaces intentionally designed for overlap—meals, work, play, and rest. It’s set up for a group of friends, community, or extended family that wants both togetherness and private spaces to retreat to.
Why are we selling?
Radish has been an incredible home, and in many ways it’s better than ever. But what began as a group of friends thinking about kids “someday” has become a compound full of them—eight now, with two more on the way. We’re bursting at the seams, especially for families with multiple children.
As a result, the Radish community is splitting off to build three new compounds in the East Bay (two in Berkeley, one in Alameda) to better fit our growing families. No one is planning to live alone—we’re just expanding.
Not interested in Radish, but want to create your own? This year, Live Near Friends will begin working with people to build their own custom compounds, starting in the Bay Area. The good news: it’s meaningfully easier today than when we created Radish eight years ago. New zoning laws have opened up clearer paths for projects like this.
To learn more about Radish and the sales process, visit our sale site.
