Housing has been built and thought about the same way for a hundred years. The way we live has changed. The way we approach housing needs to change with it.
Median home prices in Massachusetts exceed $650,000. A 20% down payment requires over $130,000. The average young professional earning $60-$90K would need to save for 10-15 years, if they saved aggressively and nothing else went wrong. Meanwhile, rents keep climbing. The gap between what people earn and what housing costs has never been wider.
Massachusetts has one of the oldest housing stocks in the nation, meaning many homes were built long before modern standards for ventilation, insulation, and air quality. Americans spend 90% of their time indoors, yet most homes aren't designed with health in mind. Poor ventilation, inadequate natural light, toxic materials, and proximity to noise and pollution all take measurable tolls on physical and mental health.
Single-family zoning, car-dependent layouts, and gated communities create physical barriers to human connection. People come home, close the door, and live in parallel. Neighbors don't know each other. Young professionals especially, new to a city and renting in apartment buildings, experience chronic disconnection. Housing should bring people together. Instead, it drives them apart.
We believe housing should be where people thrive, financially, physically, and socially.
Restored Living exists because we believe the housing model is broken and the fix isn't incremental. It's structural. We're not trying to make the existing system slightly more accessible. We're building a new model: one where ownership is shared, homes are healthy, and community is built into the foundation.
Our name says it all. We're restoring what housing was always supposed to be: a place that restores you. Not just a roof. Not just an investment. A home that actively contributes to your financial security, your physical wellbeing, and your sense of belonging.
We make ownership accessible through co-buying. Split the down payment 2-4 ways. Share the mortgage. Build equity from day one, for less than what you're currently paying in rent. And it goes beyond the mortgage: when you share a home with people you trust, the cost of living well drops across the board, from utilities and everyday expenses to the things that actually make a house feel like a home.
Every property in our network is evaluated using a Healthy Home Index: measuring natural light, air quality, outdoor access, noise levels, ventilation, and community design. We believe your home should make you healthier, not sicker. This isn't a luxury feature. It's a baseline requirement.
We match co-buyers based on lifestyle compatibility, values alignment, and financial fit. Then we provide the structure: co-ownership agreements, communication frameworks, and shared decision-making tools, so the community thrives long after move-in day. Intentional community isn't an accident. It's designed.
Young professionals using co-buying as a launchpad. Build equity for 3–5 years, then transition to traditional ownership with a strong financial foundation.
People who choose shared living as a lifestyle. Reduced costs, built-in community, and a home designed for connection, indefinitely.
Individuals who want real estate exposure without landlord headaches. Own a share of a co-buying property and earn returns while residents manage the day-to-day.
Homeowners with extra space who want connection, supplemental income, or both. Open your home to compatible co-buyers and transform unused rooms into community.
This is the question everyone asks. It's the right question. Our answer: the Sell-to-Stay model. When a co-owner needs to exit, for any reason, the remaining owners have first right to purchase their share at fair market value. If they can't or don't want to, we help find a replacement co-buyer through the Hub. The group doesn't collapse. Your home stays your home. It's like a prenup for your house, designed not because things will go wrong, but because knowing the plan makes everything work better.
Aidan founded Restored Living after witnessing firsthand how the traditional housing model fails the people who need it most. Raised in a family that valued community and practical problem-solving, he saw an opportunity to combine modern technology with timeless principles: share resources, live well, build together. Restored Living is the result, a company built on the belief that housing should restore people, not drain them.