What We're Not
We're not a real estate platform. Zillow, Redfin, and Trulia are search tools. They help you find a home, but they don't help you afford one, structure the ownership, form a group, or navigate the complexity of co-ownership. Once you click, you're on your own. They make money when you transact, regardless of whether the transaction was right for you.
We're not a co-living operator. Common, Bungalow, and similar companies own properties and rent rooms. They collect your rent. They benefit from appreciation. You build nothing. If you've lived in one, you know the dynamic: the company is the landlord, you are the tenant, and the "community" is largely whoever happened to move in that month. It's a managed dorm experience, not ownership.
What We Are
Restored Living is a co-buying platform. We help groups of people purchase homes together through structured co-ownership. The property belongs to the group. The equity belongs to the individuals. We provide the infrastructure that makes this work — from finding and vetting co-buyers, to curating properties, to building the legal agreements that protect everyone, to guiding the group through financing and closing.
Three Pillars, Not One
Most housing companies optimize for one thing: price. We optimize for three things simultaneously, because we believe they're inseparable:
Affordability
Co-buying splits costs across the group. The result: monthly ownership costs that are often lower than renting the same space.
Health
Every property is scored with our Healthy Home Index — evaluating light, air quality, outdoor access, noise, walkability, and community design.
Community
We match co-buyers by values, lifestyle, and compatibility — not just income. You choose who you live with. We make it possible to find them.
The Pricing Difference
Transparency is a core value. Our pricing is simple:
- Explorer (Free) — Create a profile, browse co-buyers, see potential matches, and explore our curated property inventory. No credit card required, no time limit.
- Guided ($400 flat fee per group) — Everything in Explorer, plus our agreement builder, financing guidance, dedicated matching support, and curated property finder. One fixed fee, no commissions, no percentage of the home price.
Traditional real estate agents take 2.5–3% of the home price. On a $650,000 purchase, that's $16,250–$19,500 — paid by you. Our $400 flat fee covers the co-buying infrastructure for your entire group. We don't make more money when you buy a more expensive home.
The Sell-to-Stay Model
The most common objection to co-buying is: what happens if someone wants to leave? We built our answer into the legal framework before you ever sign anything.
The Sell-to-Stay model works like this: if a co-owner decides to leave, they have three options, chosen by the group before move-in:
- Rent and stay invested — the departing co-owner rents out their unit/room and continues to benefit from appreciation without living there
- Bring in a replacement — a new co-buyer is sourced through the Hub; the departing owner is bought out at fair market value
- Sell the property — if all co-owners agree, the property is sold and proceeds are distributed per ownership shares
These terms are agreed upon before anyone moves in. There's no ambiguity and no leverage. If you've ever had a roommate situation go sideways, you understand why this matters.
What Restored Living Is Actually Building
We're not building another app on top of the existing broken housing market. We're building a different path through it — one that makes ownership accessible, health a feature rather than an afterthought, and community a design principle rather than an accident.
The name isn't marketing. "Restored" is the core thesis: housing should restore the people who live in it — financially, physically, socially. The current market does the opposite for most people. We're here to change that, starting in Massachusetts.