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's been our grand experiment in designing life around proximity to people you care about.
The question we hear the most is some version of: “How do I build my own Radish?” That curiosity—and the desire to make this kind of life more possible for more people—was a big reason we started Live Near Friends. Over the past two years, we've helped Live Near Friends users find and build their own Radishes in Seattle and the Bay Area, with more cities coming soon.
Now that we are selling Radish, we wanted to give the Live Near Friends community a first look. If our home has ever made you think, “I want something like that,” this might be your moment to make it your own.
Radish has been the best home I’ve ever had. It has witnessed 7 weddings, 8 births, and housed dozens of our closest friends.
Those who have followed our story will know that we always planned to sell before year 10. It’s crept up on us faster than expected. The current plan is to find buyers mid-2026 and move out by the end of 2026.
This is a one-of-a-kind property—we knew it the moment it hit Zillow in 2018. We made an offer before ever stepping on site. Since then, we’ve added several buildings, completed major renovations, and built out amenities that support a thriving, happy community.
Interested in buying it?
We are looking for a buyer (or group of buyers) who wants to continue the legacy .
In January, we’ll be distributing a full packet of information and hosting tours for interested buyers throughout the spring of 2026.
The packet will include floor plans, timeline for sale, and some ideas on how to structure a purchase (e.g. LLC, TIC). This is not a typical property, and we won’t be running a typical quick sales process. We want to give groups plenty of time to form and explore a purchase.
If you want to stay in the loop, sign up for this interest list and we’ll send you the information packet next month.
So why leave? Nothing’s wrong — this was always the arc. Radish was designed to be the ideal home for 10 years of our life. As expected, our families have simply gotten to big and need larger suburban-style homes. The community is staying intact, and developing 3 new properties with larger units to house bigger family size (more on that soon…).
The plan is that all of the Radish residents will move out end of 2026 and move into one of these three new communities. And we will sell Radish to a fresh group of people.
Interested in buying Radish? Join the interest list to get more info.
We’ll send a full packet in January and start tours in spring 2026.
Timeline
- Now–Jan 2026: Sign up for interest list
- Jan 2026: Full info packet released to interested parties
- Spring 2026: Tours + buyer groups form
- Late Spring: Submit offers
- End of 2026: We move out / sale completes
What should you do in the meantime?
Start chatting up your friends. Send them this post. Invite them to dinner to discuss. Now could be the time to make your ultimate “live near friends/family” dream a reality.
Disclaimer: This is preliminary info, not a formal listing or advertisement. Nothing should be construed as a warranty or representation. Details may change. Please do your own due diligence.
This sale is happening via me as an individual, not through Live Near Friends.
