Co-housing Community Pilot

Cohousing is a form of group living, which clusters small, individual homes around a ‘common house’ – which is the hub of the community with its own kitchen/dining/activity room, shared laundry and vehicles, guest rooms and craft rooms/workshops.  The overall site and shared facilities are owned/managed by the residents.

Cohousing Hafan Las is a group wishing to create a close, supportive community, with a good mix of people at different stages of life, but at least 1/3 of people over 50.  By building a community of mutual support we are demonstrating a positive approach to all stages of life, embracing new possibilities and having an active involvement in the creation and management of the project. We want to be a show case for groups to visit and learn from our experience, and encourage more examples of this model of living in Pembrokeshire

Project Outcomes:

This pilot did not receive the interest that was expected and did not fully achieve what was intended.  Its main benefits were only to raise awareness of Co-housing to residents of Pembrokeshire and to research the potential of a suitable location(s). Some reference material is available for other groups to use in similar projects.

Lessons Learned:

For personal reasons the initial committee members left and for a long period it was only one person that was leading the pilot and this was not sufficient to get the pilot off the ground.

The project could have benefitted from working closer with the Community Land Trust pilot project.