Several months ago I stumbled upon the website couch surfing, a worldwide network for making connections between travellers and the local communities they visit. (According to Wikipedia, couch surfing is the practice of moving from one friend’s house to another, sleeping in what ever spare space is available, floor or couch, generally staying a few [...]
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About a month ago there was a great article in the Daily Mail discussing fractional ownership and private syndicates. Two yours2share members who share more than one major asset were interviewed: Graham Price shares a property and boat in France; and Bill Hosie shares a boat and an aircraft. This created a great deal of [...] Most sharing arrangements quickly find they need some kind of reservation system so that people can easily see who and when partners are using the shared asset. If they have an arrangement where free time can be booked on a first come basis, then they need the system to enable them to make the reservation [...] Do you share a house, car, motorhome, boat, aircraft dog, horse or anything else? I’m always looking for examples of sharing in action to blog about on yours2share and, if they are really good and two or more partners are willing to be interviewed, for case studies. If you are happy to tell me about [...] Here is a great case study on shareable.net about sharing a house written by Janelle Orsi, attorney. The people are based in California, but the advice applies anywhere. I’ve written before about sharing houses, in Suffolk and in Streatham. To make this work you do need to put in considerable thought, discussion and negotiation at the beginning, [...] I’d heard of cow sharing, where people pay for the purchase and upkeep of a whole, half or quarter of a cow which is then managed by a farmer, and this has always seemed such an easy idea. I’d love to find someone to keep a chicken for me alongside their other chickens and as we [...] We had a great mention in last weekend’s Sunday Times in an article called How to find affordable homes by the sea. What they didn’t mention is the yours2share method of renting a second home: find one or two like-minded people/couples or families who will rent your weekend cottage for (say) a weekend or week each [...] yours2share had a good mention in this month’s edition of The Field in an article called Staying Afloat – surf the let. Here’s a some more explanation about fractional rental and a case study about Sheldon Manor in Wiltshire where several cottages and a wing are now let to several tenants who each rent for [...] I’ve finally managed to get yours2share‘s video onto YouTube! If you want to see it in “high definition”, well much better quality, click here. |
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