A friend has sent me a cutting: The Guardian carried a half page advert – how did they afford it? – for Mutual Living in the 21st century, forty homes built together on the passivhaus principle with communal facilities, offices and workshops, see …

At the lunch meeting in Oare I mentioned that I had done some investigations into site size and costs of building. These are very preliminary indeed and to be taken as such but may help move the discussion along. Site size: As we know there are a …

So far our thinking has resulted in this; A plan for a shared living project. Our group are creating a vision of a place to live which enables us to pool resources to live sustainably into our later years. We want to buy some land, or rebuild exis…

What a day out that was! Of course I just want to have the house, studios, gardens and view of Pheasant Barn, Oare… if not the East and North winds, which we were april fooled into thinking don’t blow there. Thank you Hilary and Michael for runn…