• Welcome

    If you are interested in living in cohousing in the UK, you're in the right place.  Fill out the form below and join the KIN community.

    It can be an overwhelming process to, literally, build a community. At KIN, our aim is to bring people together around community housing projects. We have the expertise and support needed to make things happen, be that design, finance, securing land or providing general advice.

    Your information will help us connect you with others also interested in cohousing. Together we can demonstrate to local councils and financiers that there is a genuine demand for cohousing, enabling us to collectively secure the kinds of sites required to deliver the homes and communities you want to live in.

    At present we are specifically looking at London, Bristol and Exeter.  However, if there is sufficient interest in other areas, then we are happy to explore those too.

    You can find out more about KIN at kinarchitects.co

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  • Locations

    Next, tell us about where you would like to live. At present we are specifically looking at London, Bristol and Exeter. However, if there is sufficient interest in other areas, then we are happy to explore those too.

  • Are you interested in urban or rural locations?*
  • Which cities are you interested in living in or near?*
  • If you are interested in living in London, which boroughs are you interested in living in?
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  • If you are interested in living in Bristol, which wards are you interested in living in?
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  • If you are interested in living in Exeter, which wards are you interested in living in?
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  • Household & community

    All coushousing has something in common, but there can be differences in people's idea of what makes an ideal community or neighbourhood.  The questions below try to give us an idea of what kind of community you’re looking for.

  • With whom would you like to live?
  • How many bedrooms do you need?
  • Who else will / might be in your household? If you know, let us know their names. Click on the plus button below to add people.
  • What is most important to you about your future community? (select up to 5)

  • Resources

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    It is a significant undertaking to create a community housing scheme, especially if the project includes building new homes. The process involves forming a community group and agreeing the brief, raising funding, securing a site, designing a scheme, gaining planning permission, completing the technical design, and then constructing the homes and shared spaces. The process usually takes a number of years from start to finish, so it’s useful to know a bit about your timeline and resources.

  • What timescale from now to moving in works for you?
  • Do you have a sense of your financial situation?
  • What is your financial situation?  Answer whichever apply.
  • Would you be interested and able to invest before the construction of your new home?  With more pre-construction community funding, we can reduce costs by being less reliant on bank loans.

  • Personal data

    Your personal data privacy is important to us.

    We will use the information you share to help create or find the right community for you. We’ll be in touch by email to keep you up-to-date on progress and tell you about the community events we are running.

    We may share some of your information with other potential community members, or potential collaborators on your project. This may be in discussions, at events, and/or via online platforms/groups for the communities we are working with. We will not share your financial information with anyone, without further explicit permission to do so. 

    We will never sell or divulge any of your information to uninvolved third parties. We will not share your financial information with anyone, without further explicit permission to do so.  When financial matters need to be discussed (e.g. with banks and investors) information will be aggregated and/or made anonymous (eg: 'the community we are working with has...').

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