Come spend your winters in sunny Chile

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About the Communities

  • Forming
  • Home-sharing

Founding year

  • 2025

What we do

When it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Chile enjoys long days, reliably clear blue skies, dry heat in the afternoon followed by cool nights. The mild, rainy winters support a variety of ornamental plants and bring abundant greenery, though grass turns yellow mid-summer if not watered. There’s undeveloped land that overlooks lakes with mountains in the background, and there’s isolated farms set in rolling hills with a volcano in the background. The ocean is at most a few hours away. Mosquitoes are rare and do not carry diseases, and the only venomous spider of concern only bites in self-defense. Some drawbacks of Chile are visa and residency complexities, the risk of burglary when properties are left vacant, unreliable contractors, dogs barking all the time, and remoteness.
This community aims to provide a “home away from home” and a social life in rural Chile, through everyday group activities such as sports, music, card games, arts and crafts, meditation, learning, in addition to sharing responsibilities of decision-making, maintenance, gardening.
No strong desire to be off-grid or self-sufficient. No plans for an income-generating activity.
Location: to be determined, probably somewhere between Puerto Montt and Chillan. Of particular interest are Termas de Chillán (mountain town/ski resort), Pucón area (well-developed, but too congested?), Pingueral (seaside gated community), any of the lakes in Los Lagos or Los Rios regions, countryside east of Temuco.
A first step could be renting a large house for a few months, together.
Constructive feedback appreciated, please reach out!

Our Mission

Come spend your winters in sunny Chile in a dynamic rural community

  • Purpose
  • Home-sharing
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2025
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2026
  • Started living together
  • 1 Total member
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
1

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Join fee: Yes
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Vehicle Share, Workshop, Swimming pond or pool, Outdoor Kitchen, Fire pit, Gym or sports area

Age demographics

  • Mixed adults (few or no children)

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Location

  • Araucania, Bio Bio, Los Lagos, Los Rios?, Chile

Come spend your winters in sunny Chile

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7 months ago

Worktrade Opportunities on Big Island Hawaii

We are continuing our work-trade program at Bridge Hawaii for the right people on this beautiful 86-acre land located along the Hāmākua Coast. Ideally, we want to host those individuals who can help with the garden and who can support with build projects for up to a 3 month stay. This work-trade would include lodging, food staples, community kitchen, running hot water showers, off-grid electricity, and laundry. There is access to high speed wi-fi. We often have a car that can be reserved. We also have full bar signal strength with Verizon cellphone service. We have about 2 acres of permaculture garden that needs to be cared for including; weeding, planting, picking up mulch, some tree trimming, ect. We are currently in a building stage on the land. We have a few current grant projects we are working on and some build projects that are underway. We are an intentional community with about 8 permanent residents. There are rescue dairy cows, mini cows, mini donkeys, horses, a donkey, cats, dogs, and active bee hives. We are a drug and alcohol “free” space. A glass of wine or beer with dinner is fine, but absolutely no day drinking or parties. We have a meditation temple and many waterfall pools that are wonderful for swimming. Close to some of the nicest beaches on island. We have snorkeling gear and a kayak. Since this is an animal sanctuary, we limit the consumption of meat on the land. Fish, eggs, honey, and dairy are fine. Let me know if you’re interested by sending an email or text for our application. Maomi (801) 623-0738 ma***@*****************ii.com

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