Are you passionate about sustainable living, community engagement, and living a self-sufficient lifestyle? Vicky's Keys is seeking like-minded individuals or couples to join our vibrant communal living initiative in the beautiful village of The Keys, Sint Maarten.

At Vicky’s Keys, we believe in sharing resources, responsibilities, and experiences. Our community thrives on collaboration, environmental stewardship, and working towards common goals like sustainable agriculture, eco-friendly living, and green tourism projects. If you're looking for a place where you can contribute to meaningful projects while living in harmony with others, this is the perfect opportunity.

Vicky's Keys

Vicky's Keys

What We Offer:

• Affordable Living: No traditional rent—just a shared contribution to communal costs like utilities, food, and maintenance.
• Sustainable Lifestyle: Engage in our Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) projects, including organic gardening, aquaponics, and eco-housing.
• A Global Community: Live with people from around the world who share your passion for sustainability and self-sufficiency.
• Beautiful Surroundings: Experience the natural beauty of St. Maarten while living in a supportive, forward-thinking community.
• Skill Development: Learn hands-on skills in sustainable agriculture, eco-friendly building, and more.

 Available Spaces:

• Apartment 4A and 4B: each 25m²/ 269 sq.ft, suitable for up to 2 people per apartment.
• Apartment 6B (under renovation): 45m²/ 484 sq.ft, ideal for up to 4 people.

  Who We're Looking For:

• Individuals or couples ready to engage in communal life.
• People excited to contribute to our ongoing projects and initiatives.
• Those who value shared responsibility, cooperation, and respect for diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Court Yard

Units 4A and 4B

Permacultured gardens

Roof aquaponics

If you're interested in being part of our community, visit our website for more information and to apply: https://www.vickyskeys.com/communal-living/

Let’s build a sustainable future together at Vicky’s Keys!

I am curious what might be available. I’m very interested in this type of community and lifestyle.

I am not quite sure the best subreddit to post this in so I will be trying several. This is not exactly a hypothetical. But I am more interested in just seeing what other people. Especially those around my age and perhaps a little bit younger think of this scenario.

I am 37 M mid-Atlantic region of the US. I live with my parents in an amazing house. It has a little bit of land, and I love it here. The house is already in my name in a trust fund. So, I will take over as the sole owner someday. The problem is I am not a big earner financially and I am not really looking to change that. I live a simple life, and I am very happy not really joining the rat race. Thus, keeping up the house on my own is not really an option financially speaking. I will inherit some money, and the house is already paid for, but there are obvious expenses with a house like this. It is not a mansion or anything- to me it is exactly the right size.

The somewhat unique thing about the house is that it has two master suites, both in their own wing, both with their own bathrooms obviously. The house even has two living rooms. The yard area and garden areas are great. To me the house would be perfect for two couples to live in :)

I will admit I have been single all my life. So, my confidence in finding a partner is a bit on the low side right now. But I really think once my parents pass on, I would love to share the house with my girlfriend/wife and another couple.

Obviously, each couple would get one of the master suites and one of the living rooms. Everything else would be communal. There are three guest bedrooms also in case we wanted to have friends stay over or anything like that.

I would not charge the other couple rent or anything. But both couples would of course contribute to the expenses. Expenses like electricity, food fund, garbage fund, and stuff like that. And of course, everyone would pull their fair share as far as cooking, cleaning, and maintenance of the property goes. I really think this would be my ideal lifestyle once my parents have passed on. For the record I love living with my parents and I am super happy with my life right now. I certainly hope this is many years in the future.

I am also hoping this would maybe allow people to potentially retire early. And who knows perhaps all of us if we split costs could retire in say our 50s :)

Like I said I am just curious if this sort of lifestyle would appeal to people around my age. Say to people 40 and younger. Obviously if you are older, I would love to hear your opinion also. If anyone has any questions, I will be very happy to answer. Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I ask cause I never really got to have that experience and is one even at 28, I wish I can still experience.

I really do want something similar even if the people around me are beyond the college age range as well and don't socialize like that anymore.

I'm interested in communal living because I just want to have the experiences I missed as a late teen and young adult. And I feel this is the closest thing.

I really want some responses. How similar is it? I want to attempt communal living regardless. Again, it's the closest thing I'm gonna get to that part of life I never really got to have.

Hello! My name is Martha and Im a 20 y/o woman from Sweden. I dont rly use reddit but I rly wanna find some friends with the same ambition as myself, to colive together with! My prefered house style is mansion/chateau, and I have some really great options in Sweden rn that Im longing for, but Im open to move abroad. I am nowhere near being ready to move into one of these, but meanwhile Id love to find people who wishes for the same thing! I have so many ideas and no one to talk to them about! So please hit me up and we can start sharing ideas and advice! <3

Does anyone know of any homestead style of communal living on the land for queer and indigenous people?

Interested in learning how to build this!

Hello, I'm just a traveler looking for direction, and purpose. I'm currently in the East Bay Area. Are there any communes excepting any new hard workers? Make me a believer! Love and light

I carefully read the rules and not totally sure if this post is allowed, but I hope so!

I'm a freelance journalist working on a magazine story about unconventional roommate setups driven a little less by economics and more by desire/eccentricity (i.e. people who can probably afford to live alone—renting or otherwise—but choose to live with others for non-financial reasons, to have company, or for whatever other motivation.

For instance, I know two single moms who are best friends and they live together in one apartment even though they could live alone, because they want to share life together, and it's useful for sharing childcare too.

I've also known a few people who don't have a designated bedroom, but opt to sleep in a common area. And I've read about non-professional athletes working full-time jobs who choose to live together so they can focus on their sport together.

Very open to whatever interpretations of this are out there. I figured this subreddit would be a good place to look into for something like this. Does anyone know of people with unique living situations along those lines?

I have wanted to live in a communal setting since I was a teenager. A self sufficient, sustainable, LgbtA+ and disabled friendly community.

I literally have no idea how to go about this. I am now thirty. 🥺 Especially somewhere that would accept my guardian dogs and my cats.

I am so willing to learn, to do, to live a better life. I'm working on getting out of my unstable and unsafe home, and away from my unstable father. Everything just seems so hard.

Do you y'all have any ideas? Tips? Advice?

If it helps, I am currently in southern Oregon, UsA. I've wanted this so bad, for so long. Thank you

Hey guys. I’ve been watching Good Trouble on Disney, and love the idea of a large communal living space, do places like this actually exist? If so do you guys have any suggestion in the Ontario or British Columbia area?

I’m curious as to what other peoples thoughts are on kitchens. Is it better to have a large communal kitchen and no kitchens in homes, full kitchens in homes used for communal meal making (John makes one dish and Jane makes another) or some combination of both private and communal kitchens?

Hello everyone, I'm currently studying MA Architecture at university in the UK. For my thesis I am researching the community benefits of communal living developments such as co-housing and co-living.

I am keen to get some first-hand feedback from people who are living in these communities. I have put together a survey to help inform my research, and I would be very grateful if you could take the time to fill out the survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2js7wEfD1X7RIV0kUtN8XlyIhYuABLhE-_VMB0bmZoFkymg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Most of the questions are multiple choice and all responses are anonymous

Thank you in advance 😊

Hello everyone, I hope you and yours are all well.

I am writing to introduce you to Georgism (/r/georgism; aka geoism) and the plans we are developing to create a network of a self-governing, self-sufficient, and just intentional communities.

The key idea behind Georgism/geoism is that no one owns the land because they did not create it. People make things with their labor and capital, but no one made the land or natural resources, which are humanity's common inheritance in Nature or God's gift to humanity in common. Recognizing that the government is completely corrupt and incompetent, we have taken it upon ourselves to devise a model community that reflects proper socioeconomic ideals. The Georgist model revolves around the community recovering the cost of allowing private ownership of uncreated, natural wealth, which is the community's common property. This wealth is known as "economic rent" in political economy, and is by far the largest source of all wealth in the world, eclipsing all public debt and private equity combined.

Socializing economic rent is achieved by holding an auction for the LLC's lands (to be acquired by consensus) amongst the membership of the LLC. Members will bid for the right to occupy the land for a year, with the option to extend for another year by paying a 1% premium over the next year's winning bid. All of the location fees paid by member's in occupancy will be divided equally amongst the members at large after costs. Further, the LLC will buy-out the immovable improvements members make to the land, and lease them back to the next member-occupant, at fair market value, unless the members come to a private agreement to transfer the improvements between them. In this way, the LLC provides a back-stop guarantee to ensure members who develop the land will realize a fair return.

You can read the proposed operating agreement for the Geoist LLC(s) in full here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wu0GaZ8Z4ScV2JO58VtIj2s8bKkESRfg/view?usp=sharing

I would be very much interested in your thoughts.

I'm curious if there are any communes out there that practice hunter / gatherer methods. I have been practicing bow hunting, fishing and foraging and think it would be nice to join a group of people who dedicate themselves to this lifestyle. There is a lot of federal land in California. Maybe there is some group of people out there? I somehow doubt they would spend much time on Reddit, though...

I'm looking for people to talk with and learn from regarding communal living. I've had a really hard time finding a space to share ideas and learn from others who are more experienced on this topic - hopefully some of you are here, even though this sub seems pretty inactive.

I want to create a community living space, or join one if I can find something right for me. I'm pretty much interested in a "hippie commune" like you'd expect. Sharing meals and community activities, living collaboratively, with respect to the Earth through minimizing waste, thoughtfully cultivating plants and fungi including foods, etc. People of all ages, including families, would be great. I'm a woman in my mid 20's. Remote work, wifi and money can still exist, but working within the community would reduce the cost of room and board.

Are you interested in creating something like this too? Or do you know of a place like this that's not a college campus, retirement home, or a kids' summer camp? Or perhaps you've experienced something like it in the past and can tell me about it... Please reply!

I also do want to live in a communal living setting so any added information about how to do it in as many various places in the uk that would be lovely and I would appreciate it :) thank you if people respond aha

I am currently working on a project regarding the home search experience. If you could, please complete this 2-5 minute survey. Thank you!

https://forms.gle/jCc2XfNn5V5DLY1C9

I'm at a moment in my life where I know I need a change in my life. I recently graduated from college, and ever since I moved back home, I haven't been able to express my true self. Everyone I know, even my friends, aren't aware of how severe societal control is.

I was wondering if I were to visit/live in a hippie commune, would my student loans deter me from doing so? I feel so stuck in a reality I don't belong in.

If anyone has advice for me, it would be greatly appreciated.

-Marigold

Looking to start a communal living situation and was curious of any downfalls that people have personally experienced in communal living. Any suggestions on how to avoid these downfalls?

There haven’t been any posts for a few years now? Anyone willing to kick it back in gear? I live in a communal home and I’ve got some damn questions!

How do you purchase property if a group of people are going to share it?

What is the best community you have observed, or read about?

I was reading up on the kibbutzniks, and I found their stick-to-itiveness to be amazing. However their goal was more than simple survival, they were building a country.

What communes do you admire?