Resident information.
What daily life looks like, how ownership works, and how joining will happen. Applications are not open yet. When they open, the list hears first.
Who this is for.
People who want to own their home and run their own day, and who have no interest in doing it in isolation. People who would rather not spend another decade managing a roof, a lawn and a furnace.
Some arrive from a house that has become too much. Some are choosing their surroundings on purpose for the first time in years. What they share is wanting independence and company at the same time, which is exactly what this is built for.
- This is independent living. No care services of any kind are provided or arranged, and none are built into the fee.
- No staff over you. Maintenance and grounds are contracted. Nobody lives on site to check on you or manage your day.
- No schedule. Dinners and gatherings are open invitations. Skipping them costs you nothing and nobody comments.
- Not a rental. You own your home and hold a real voice in how the community is run.
What daily life looks like.
Your home is yours, and most of the day belongs to you alone. The common house is where the day widens out: a kitchen worth cooking in, a long table, a room with a fire, guest rooms for your family, a studio, and a terrace where the evenings tend to end.
Cooking rotates. Several residents sign up for a night and the rest come and eat. On nights nobody has signed up, the kitchen is still yours.
A private home you own
One level, step free, with your own kitchen, laundry and a covered patio facing the green.
The common kitchen and long table
Shared meals several nights a week, cooked on a rotation, in a kitchen built for several people at once.
Guest rooms for your family
So children and grandchildren can stay the weekend without anyone sleeping on a sofa.
A studio and a work room
For projects, for making things, and for work that needs a proper desk and good internet.
Grounds and gardens
A kitchen garden, shaded walks, and a raised bed of your own if you want one.
Nothing to maintain
Roof, exterior, grounds and shared systems are handled, and covered by the shared monthly contribution.
How contribution works.
Every home here is privately owned, and joining means buying one. What that takes depends on the community, on which of the three plans you choose, and on how it is sited.
Rather than publish a number that would be wrong for most people, we would rather have the conversation. Tell us what you are working with and we will tell you plainly whether this can work, without any pressure either way.
You own your home
Along with a share of the land, the common house and the grounds, and a real voice in how the community is run.
A shared monthly contribution
Covers upkeep, insurance and reserves for the common house and grounds, exterior maintenance, and shared utilities.
Your own utilities
Power, water and internet for your own home are billed to you, as anywhere else.
When you go
Your interest may be sold to an incoming resident. You will see exactly how that works, in writing, well before you commit.
Nothing on this page is an offer or a contract. Before anyone commits anything, you will receive the full documents to read at your own pace and to take to your own attorney and your own family.
How joining will work.
Applications are not open yet. This is the process as we intend it.
1. Join the list
No obligation of any kind. You hear first when applications open in a given community.
2. A conversation
Several, in fact, without pressure. We talk about what you want and whether this is really it.
3. A visit
Come and stay a night or two once the common house is standing, and meet the neighbors already committed.
4. The documents
The full terms, in writing, to take to your own attorney and your family with as much time as you need.
5. Choosing your home
Founding residents choose first, and help shape decisions the rest will live with for years.
Questions worth asking early.
Do I own my home, or am I renting?
You own it. Joining gives you the home and a share of the land, the common house and the grounds, along with a vote in decisions that affect everyone.
Are any services or care included?
No. This is independent living, and everything beyond maintenance of the shared buildings and grounds is yours to arrange, exactly as it would be in any home you own. Neighbors being neighbors is a happy side effect, not a service we provide.
Is there a kitchen in my home?
Yes. Every home has its own kitchen, compact and properly equipped, with an island and dining area in the larger plan. You are never obliged to eat with anyone.
The common house has a second kitchen, much larger, built for several cooks at once. That is where the shared dinners happen. Having both is deliberate: the choice is yours every night rather than made for you by the floor plan.
Do I have to eat dinner with everyone?
No. Come to all of them, one a month, or none. Nobody keeps count and nobody asks. Be honest with yourself about it though, since meals sit closer to the center of life here than in an ordinary neighborhood.
May I bring my dog?
Yes. Dogs and cats are welcome in your home and on the walks, with a few sensible rules about the garden beds and leashes on the green.
Where do my children and grandchildren sleep?
In the guest rooms in the common house, reserved ahead on the shared calendar. Your family can stay a week without anyone being underfoot.
Is there staff?
Maintenance, landscaping and housekeeping of the common house are contracted, and covered by the shared monthly contribution. Nobody lives on site to look after you, and nobody is watching you either.
Who can buy a home here?
Anyone. Homes are sold without restriction, and 5D Communities complies fully with the Fair Housing Act. Guests of any kind are welcome at any time.
Applications open to the list first.
Join and we will write to you before anything is announced publicly.
No more than one note a month. Your address stays with us.