A shared home and workspace, enabling purposeful engagement in comfort, respecting our individuality.
For a retreat to escape routine, to find inspiration and dig into projects, or as a homebase.
A diverse multigenerational community, welcoming entrepreneurs, retirees, digital nomads, artists…
Connect, share and exchange — taking advantage of serendipitous opportunities and participating in community events.
By embracing diversity and serendipity we create vitality in our lives. A coliving hub supports our independent lifestyles as a home and workspace crossing paths amongst friendly faces and great common spaces.
There's always folks to whip up a soufflé with, watch a movie or even learn some reiki… Yet also productively pursue passions, to collaborate supporting member's journeys and starting new ones, or simply take it in.
Creating amazing new spaces,
reinvigorating historic ones…
We're evaluating candidates that support broad uses into the future. If you're smitten by any do just reach out to learn more, to help define the needs or indeed to visit. Click through for maps and more details.
collective spaces for comfort, interaction and outreach
countryside for escape and adventure
towns, villages and attractions for outings
Couvent d'Aubin €250k
not a great location however as a retreat hub it would have plenty of capacity to bring itself alive and host lots of interesting residencies and events; it would accommodate small apartments and also be suitable for families with its large garden
pros
- apartments
- fabulous capacity for dynamism (despite location)
- interesting towns nearby
- immediately usable
- significant acquisition
- dubious weather
- unexciting surroundings
VV Cap-Pyrenees €220k
solid and suitable for extensive facilities including cohousing
pros
- huge—giving apartments and space for many residencies and studios
- good village and station 20mins bike
- large wooded garden of 2ha with 16m pool, and southern exposure towards the mountains
- good town 40mins
- some wooded walks on doorstep; hilltops 30mins
- debateable architectural style and ability beautify
- mountains and skiing 45mins+
A community endeavour
Our purpose as a member owned cooperative society will be in providing living spaces supporting community with varied common facilities and creative working spaces for a plethora of events, experiences, and knowledge to exchange!
As participants in a dynamic ecosystem we share its opportunities whilst generating rental revenue as a social enterprise — reinvesting in hosting workshops, talks, activities and even festivals, enriching not just ourselves, but the wider community.
By doing it collaboratively, we reduce our footprints and enhance the effects. Day-to-day decisions will be made as a do-ocracy, permitting unintrusive activities to be freely undertaken, yet having recourse should it ever be needed.
Members
- residents and patrons giving stability
- remote-work professionals returning yearly for a month or so
- short-term guests seeking a retreat and new energy
- residencies and incubation for artists and knowledge experts (supported by patrons)
- volunteers to help maintain facilities (supported by all members)
Patronship
- property to be mutually agreed by all patrons
- a dedicated cohousing unit for full-time use† by the patron, friends or for rental; with decoration to own specification by a contractor of choice or community team
- curation of residency programmes (choice of fields and participants) and where backed by the patrons to this end, ownership of pieces created for community display ('on loan from' the patrons)
- prioritised use of workshop spaces (e.g. art studios) where established
- a significant allocation of interest-bearing withdrawable community shares
- all other benefits without favouritism
Benefits
- a dynamic, diverse and purposeful community
- communal spaces facilitating both connection and individual pursuits
- private units with optional collectively managed housekeeping and community meals
- regular events, outings, programmes and festivals; including outreach
- collective facilities, from kitchen and sports equipment to vehicles
Facilities to accommodate all of us…
- lounge, cinema and breakout spaces for relaxed interactions
- a library and quiet areas to find solitude and focus
- multiple station kitchen and dining for collaborative cookups
- multi-purpose spaces for events, talks, workshops, creative pursuits…
- hottubs, sauna, firepits, yoga and workout room
- dedicated coworking for collaboration and productivity
- year round terraces, with conservatory for winter months
- a minibus for communal trips, and electric car / bikes for individual use
- pets and families welcome with restrictions
Operations
Our model combining co-ownership with rentals ensures a resilient business that not only generates returns, yet that reinvests into itself and its community for better lives and longevity together!
- incorporated as a Co‑operative Society in the UK for the mutual benefit of its members
- fractional or dedicated co-ownership with community shares, returning their value if you withdraw them*
- year-round volunteer staff (with stipends) looking after maintenance, driving and some catering
- maintenance fund covers costs into the future to limit bad surprises
- community fund from revenue surplus allows us to invest in good surprises — events and new facilities
- reduced impact and sustainability♻️ by virtue of collectivity
- may expand as a network of multiple properties exchanging co-owner use
Filature €140k
imposing old factory building in good condition, with a garden; could be a lovely space in its semi-rural location with good towns, and potential to linkup with local associations and producers; if adventurous environment/activities
Châtaigneraie d'Olargues €260k
In a fantastic natural location, amongst chestnuts above a lovely rocky river. With creative efforts, stone walls, arches and pergolas, could be transformed into a good value and pleasing if unremarkable property.
pros
- independent studio-apartments
- chesnut tree garden
- significant acquisition, yet immediately usable
- nice surroundings but not so diverse
- isolated with very little to pop out to
Say hi to some of our ambassadors and board
…and our founder
You can reach out to jacob@hub.house anytime, and the questions page has a pile of other details including the different ways you can participate in the project, such as volunteering. Anyone wishing to make an investment alongside me (e.g. for cohousing), is invited to become a patron or cofounder.
Our values… we don't believe in believing too much!
Let's learn from and support each other.
We encourage diversity. In our roles, places we live and people we know. Without judgement. Dynamic ecosystems brim with serendipity.
We enable deconcentration. Spending money where it makes a difference, away from big metros. Benefitting alongside our neighbours.
We embrace dynamism. Investigating the unfamiliar, creating resilience in ourselves, uncovering opportunities for all. We won't be left behind.