Portaferry Cohousing

02/06/2026

Last week architect Chris kindly showed us around his new extension, an innovative build using wood fibre insulation that we were interested to see.

19/04/2026

Good to be back on the land today doing work in the food forest

15/04/2026

We will be doing some work on the land this Sunday 19th April from 10:00 am. All are welcome so if you want to find out more about Portaferry CoHousing and see the site this would be a great opportunity.

25/03/2026

A great night at our event at the Deer’s head last night. A big thank you to John Barry for his help and our architect Murray Bell for joining our panel.

24/03/2026

Delighted to say that our talk for the Imagine Festival has sold out ! Don’t worry if you weren’t able to get a ticket as we will be holding an on line introductory session next week (details will be posted tomorrow)

19/03/2026

Our flyers have arrived. Don’t forget we have an event on at the Imagine Festival next Tuesday. All the details are here https://imaginebelfast.com/event/co-housing-the-radical-idea-of-neighbours-who-know-each-other/

12/03/2026

Just a reminder that tickets are available for our event as part of the Imagine Festival. If you are interested in finding more out about the project this will be a great place to start.

Explore how Co-Housing can build community, tackle loneliness, and create sustainable living.

19/02/2026

Great to be at the launch of the Imagine Festival this morning, some wonderful events on...including ours !
Thrilled to be part of the event this year, tickets are free but you need to register on line here :

Tuesday 24th March
8pm
The Deers Head

https://imaginebelfast.com/event/co-housing-the-radical-idea-of-neighbours-who-know-each-other/

08/02/2026

Here is an article about us in the Irish News.

Ireland’s first communal housing development:

Bulk buying toilet paper is one of the more day to day potential benefits of the first truly communal housing developments on the island of Ireland, one of the team behind the project has revealed.

The developers of the cohousing project near Portaferry, Co Down, hope to break ground on the 32 home community this summer after planning permission was granted last year.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/26v5rrcp

04/02/2026

Here is a wonderful video from Marmalade Lane Cohousing. Really gives you a good idea of what cohousing is all about and what we are trying to achieve here in Portaferry.

Marmalade Lane is a Cohousing Community in Cambridge UK. https://www.marmaladelane.co.uk// More about Cohousing at UK Cohousing Network https://cohousing.org...