Sustainable Coliving Sanctuary with Creative Energy in Paradise Valley Village
Located in Phoenix, United States
I am an Applied Anthropologist passionate about building sustainable communities. I love community, culture, cuisine, and critters. I enjoy dancing, cooking, writing, and collaborating to live a creative, artful life full of service opportunities.
My house is a cinderblock tract home, now classified as a ranch house, purchased in 2023 due to its suitability as a co-living space. Each private bedroom has its own entrance to the shared backyard, which is fenced, private, and has ample garden space for a sustainable food forest. Rooms are furnished in Swedish Tiny House style with convertible sofa beds for private parlor spaces.
There is a large closet used as a shared office with 5G wireless connection and other available options. The enclosed porch is now a dining room with hydroponic towers and a natural gas fireplace. The large garage with laundry facilities serves as a classroom for yoga, dancing, crafting, parties, lectures, meditation, and more. A future kitchenette will be used for cooking demonstrations and crafting kitchen items and herbal medicines.
The backyard features a patio, altar, fire pit, and outdoor kitchen. A tool shed contains tools for maintaining the space.
COMPLETED PROJECTS TO DATE
Installed solar panels.
Added wrap-around rain gutters and barrels for water collection.
Revitalized yard with prickly pear, jojoba, rosemary, aloe, Hibiscus, Jasmine, and citrus trees (lemon, lime, tangerine, kumquat) using re-wilding principles.
Upgraded bathrooms for beauty and energy efficiency.
PROJECTS IN THE BACKLOG
Remodeling the unfinished kitchen.
Upgrading the field kitchen.
Painting murals on the south and east sides of the house.
Installing a new roof and expanding the solar panel system.
Constructing a self-watering medicine circle and raised bed garden using Indigenous Olla techniques.
Creating a cobblestone path from the front porch to the side garden.
Building a water feature and fishpond to feed self-watering terraced beds.
LOOKING FOR CO-LIVING PARTNERS TO HELP CONTINUE THE TRANSFORMATION. If you're interested in permaculture, herbal medicine, upcycling, landscaping, or are someone bursting with creative energy, I'd love to have you as a collaborator. If you have these skills to teach and are interested in establishing a business, you're welcome to use the place as a classroom.
Sustainable living requires conscious connection and mindful decision-making, so I maintain a drug- and alcohol-free household. While we occasionally have fun, it is intentional; we do not maintain a constant party atmosphere, and we do not store liquor or non-prescription drugs on the premises. Smoking is allowed in the yard only, using an ashtray.
The atmosphere is friendly and the altar here is ecumenical. People of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and ways of living are welcome. The key to maintaining this space as a sanctuary is mutual respect and proper boundary negotiation. We judge individuals based on their integrity and character.
