PinnedMember-onlyLapping it up, in Las PalmasI’m a Piscean, for as long as I can remember I’ve been happiest when I’m close to the water, although I’m a terrible swimmer. I also love travelling although in recent years, mainly due to the pandemic, I haven’t strayed very far from home. For the past twenty years, I…Digital Nomad Lifestyle5 min readDigital Nomad Lifestyle5 min read
Jul 7, 2021Member-onlyAre you letting out a room or providing a home?There’s a well worn saying, ‘You can’t have it both ways.’ Never is this more true than when it applies to letting out a room in your home, especially if you are the type of person who would rather they didn’t have to. Like many older people, I let out…Spareroom4 min readSpareroom4 min read
Jun 25, 2021Member-onlyHomesharing in Later Life — My StoryI first started sharing my home in 2017, when I was 57. Amrit, a friend of a friend, moved in with me. When we met, I was managing two AirBnB rooms, and it had stopped becoming fun with all the changing of sheets, meeting and greeting guests, and the constant…Homesharing5 min readHomesharing5 min read
May 12, 2021Member-onlyWhen a pandemic nearly crushes your startupEverything was rocking back in January 2020. The startup I co-founded with my colleague Steve in September 2019, called Silver Sharers, experienced exponential growth thanks to a feature in the Evening Standard widely shared on social media. …Rooms To Rent5 min readRooms To Rent5 min read
Apr 13, 2021Member-onlyCo-Living Communities and our Ageing Society: Preparing for the FutureI co-host a large community on Facebook of people, most aged 50+, who share a common desire to challenge the media narrative around ageing called Advantages of Age. Amongst the many topics we discuss, ranging from online dating, exercise regimes to whether we prefer to leave our grey hair au natural or dye it, how and where we want to live in the future is a hot topic. Co-living is a popular option, but as one member acknowledges…Coliving3 min readColiving3 min read
Feb 16, 2021Member-onlyRemove the income tax payable for live-in landlords over 60 renting out a room long termThere are currently over 6m empty bedrooms in the homes of those aged 60+ in the UK. Homeowners aged 60+ account for 55% of all UK homeowners. For most of them, the central part of their wealth is in their homes, but they can also have cash flow problems. Recently…Petition3 min readPetition3 min read
Feb 14, 2021Member-onlyIntroducing nestfulMeet some of the people that we’ve helped to find a place to call homeHome Sharing1 min readHome Sharing1 min read
Feb 10, 2021Member-onlyWhy we Need to Rethink Boomer HousingOnly yesterday I received an email from a man, in his early sixties, who had suddenly been made homeless. Lacking the necessary finances to afford to stay in a hotel, he was looking for somewhere affordable in which to live. A few months earlier, I heard from a friend, also…Co Living Space3 min readCo Living Space3 min read
Jan 30, 2021Member-onlyThere’s more to life (and sharing) than moneyMoney is often the initial motivation for seeking ‘paying guests’, but many mature homeowners go on to find that the experience of sharing their home rewarding in other ways too. Take Sarah, a North London homeowner in her 50s. Back in 2014, when a business setback meant money was very…Homesharing3 min readHomesharing3 min read
Published inOnePager.vc·Jan 27, 2021Member-onlyCrazy or a Cultural Phenomenon? My Startup Story.Marc Andreessen of venture capital company Andreessen Horowitz reputedly said, “Breakthrough ideas look crazy.” Indeed, that was the opinion of a Ph.D. I recruited to help me gather insight into a living style, born out of my own experience. Like many other people in their fifties, when my children moved…Startup Life3 min readStartup Life3 min read
