Vacancies to Live Here

We currently have two vacancies. The first is The Byre, a two-bed private-leasehold house, with a minimum price of £255,000; full details are available here. The second is Oak Cottage, a three-bed property which the present private leaseholder says will be on the market from September with a minimum price of £250,000; a proper evaluation, however, has not yet been made.

General info

Threshold has 14 self-contained homes. Seven of these are privately leased, while the remainder are either rented or co-leased through Aster Housing Association. Threshold also lets three rooms in the communal farmhouse.

All residents at Threshold have the same rights and responsibilities, whether they live in the private houses or the farmhouse.

Despite the different types of accommodation available at Threshold, all applicants wanting to join the community undergo a common selection process.

When selecting new people, we seek to maintain a diverse community in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. As a self-managing project, we need people who, whatever their outside responsibilities, have plenty of energy and enthusiasm to make an active commitment to the running of the community.

It is also necessary for us to have a suitable mix of skills in order to run the business aspects of the site and maintain the dwellings and associated land. Therefore, when deciding upon new members, we consider the current composition of the community and determine how best this can be supplemented.

Prospective members need to familiarize themselves with Threshold and to meet as many of us as possible. This involves visiting at least twice (probably staying overnight) and joining us in some of our activities. There is also an “Application Questionnaire” to be filled in after your first visit. To complete the process, we will arrange a time for three of us to spend about an hour talking with you about your application.

If you are interested in joining the community, visiting before a suitable vacancy comes up can be helpful as this will speed up the whole process when an opportunity does arise.

If you would like to visit Threshold with a view to joining the community, the ideal opportunities (in order to meet most members) are either at one of our scheduled events, or else at one of our regular Tuesday communal work mornings. However, visits at other times can be negotiated if necessary. For people travelling a distance we are happy to offer self-catering accommodation in our farmhouse by prior arrangement. Please be sure to book (via info@thresholdcentre.org.uk) a reasonable time in advance. Overnight rates are £20 single and £30 for two sharing.

For further information about leasing or renting a private dwelling, please read our information sheet here.

If you are interested in renting a room in our Farmhouse, more information will be added when a vacancy comes up.

You can also sign up to our Threshold newsletter at the bottom of this page to receive news about the community as well as updates when we have vacancies.