Do we like the Bay Area? I think we do, or could at least learn to love it.
Have we harbored a dream, an awesome dream, of creating The Compound? A home for Gheorghies and those who love us? We have, friends.
Can we scrape together $4m for a place that's already built and optimized for multi-family living? Shit, there are banks we could rob if nothing else.
With all of those questions answered in the affirmative, I think it's time to make a move.
20 adults and eight kids currently live in seven units across four buildings in the 14,000 square-foot compound in Oakland. The collective are selling the property after eight years and moving to new digs that better fit their growing families. Phil Levin and his wife Kristen Berman started Radish in 2018, and brought in their friends over time.
Though initially curious about how this sort of communal living would work, Levin says, “It turns out that our friends were not weird,” Levin said. “This is sort of the universal desire, and it wasn't being expressed because it wasn’t on the menu for people.”
Our friends might be weird, to be honest. But the desire is definitely there. Deadline for offers on the property is July 10. Anyone know a lawyer?
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4:30 came early this morning. But I made it and now I have a breakfast beer (pernicious) in the Charlotte airport as my reward.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels, Mark. And Robbie, you know I’m in on the compound.
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ReplyDeleteI believe it is his day!
As for compound, boo on CA. Too expensive.
Of course, not sure what wouldn’t be.
But for something different, if one family is interested in a literal 360’ “waterfront” view, and has some disposable income to throw out there, in the 757, there’s this for sale: https://www.middlegroundlight.com/
Have you seen this, Whit?
Happy Dads Day (late) to all of you who are Dads!
I could be talked into the lighthouse at the right price.
ReplyDeleteI’ll pass on the Radish. 6 mil for .31 of an acre in Oakland to live in a tiny house does not feel like a fit. Love you guys, but that’s a lot of scratch to live in a 2026 version of 30-frat.