softfennec
@softfennec

thinking about shared-ish housing that's just like. everyone gets a flat to themselves but then also there's a shared cooking/hangout/project/catgirl lounge area


softfennec
@softfennec

this definitely exists somewhere, and it's not that hard to do starting with a house and some people you get along with, but it's hard to find the house and the people


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Housing co-op goals, tbh -- we just have a big Victorian house and separate bedrooms rather than separate flats. I will say, it's definitely a lot of work but it's far from insurmountable -- ask your local friends and start making spreadsheets!

for me personally the problem is that i don't really have local friends, let alone ones i'd want to buy a house with (or the money to pay the down payment on a house of any size, i suppose, but the multiple people would presumably help with that part)

the specification of separate flats is, i guess it could be summarised as "personal space needs", as well as kinda like, limiting friction. there's people who are great housemates to live with and i don't think i'm one of them, but if shared space is more limited i could do my share of the chores there.

and just like, i can imagine people who i could hang out with every day but who i wouldn't exactly want to live in the same two-bedroom with. letting more of the space be optionally shared rather than always shared just feels better to me.

the realistic option here is probably either having multiple flats but they're shared between two or three people (i know some arrangements like this but they're rather special), or only having individual rooms but there's still multiple bathrooms and kitchens and such and you try to arrange people to cause the least trouble

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