Everyday life in Plushusene
Focus on what matters – time for what matters
At Plushusene, you live close to others, and there is always someone around. This brings an added sense of security to everyday life.
Residents help each other with the little things – walking the dog, taking in a parcel, hanging a picture or sharing a useful tip. These everyday encounters also create opportunities for conversation, discovering shared interests and forming new relationships.
With a low-maintenance home, close to shops, schools, public transport, the town centre and, not least, other residents with whom you can share your daily life, exchange experiences and pursue shared interests, you’ll focus on what really matters and have time for what’s important.
Everyday life in Plushusene
Community Coordinator
In each co-living community, we have a community coordinator on staff. The coordinator is the day-to-day point of contact, whose role is to organise activities that engage all resident groups and foster a sense of community.
Activities are developed on an ongoing basis, based on the residents’ interests and wishes – and usually in collaboration with the residents themselves. In this way, the residents themselves help to shape the community and what takes place within it. The community coordinator also supports resident-led activities, which play a major part in everyday life.
The coordinator is also responsible for showing vacant properties to potential new residents.
“I look forward to meeting you”
Sally Taha Boutrup
, Community Co-ordinator in Køge Nord
The shared communication channel
The Plushusene app
The Plushusene app has been developed to strengthen community spirit and make it easy to take part in activities within the residential community. It provides a clear overview, encourages participation and brings people closer together – even in the midst of a busy daily life.
You can also keep up to date via a screen in the Common House.
Your community coordinator will help you get started and is always on hand to help.
Everyday life in Plushusene
Property Services
Each co-living community has a dedicated caretaker who is closely involved in day-to-day operations and has a good knowledge of the estate and its residents.
Property Services takes a structured approach to day-to-day operations within a centralised management system and is responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the exterior of the buildings and the communal outdoor areas, rectifying faults and defects, and coordinating with external partners. Property Services is also responsible for the resource-sharing tool.
This means that shared activities are primarily about spending time together and shared interests, whilst practical tasks play a lesser role.
Communal facilities
Communal facilities and activities
The Common House is a natural place to meet. The house is open from early morning until late in the evening. Shared facilities also mean there is less you need to make room for in your own home. Fitness equipment and shared tools are available and there is no need to rearrange your home when you have overnight guests.
The outdoor spaces, too, are designed for socialising and activities.
Communal facilities
The Common House
The Common House is the community’s main meeting place. The building, which covers 712 m², has two storeys. On the ground floor, you’ll find a professional kitchen and dining hall, a multi-purpose hall with a basketball hoop, large screen, table tennis table, badminton net and more, as well as a workshop with workbenches and shared tools such as a drill, stepladder and hand truck.
On the first floor, you’ll find a gym; a creative room with space for all kinds of projects; a lounge with a book exchange, fresh coffee and the daily newspaper; a children’s den with a play kitchen, games and beanbags; a shared office for the Community Coordinator and Property Manager; and a large roof terrace.
There are also four three rooms with separate entrances from outside, which can be booked for overnight guests. This means you may not need an extra room in your own home that is only used occasionally – something worth considering when choosing the size of your home.
Everyday life in Plushusene
Activities in the Common House
The Common House offers plenty of opportunities for activities. One of these is communal dining, which is optional and paid for by the residents who take part. Here, you can share healthy food, stories, laughter and, from time to time, a kitchen shift with your neighbours.
We have a flexible meal club concept with different roles, making it possible for as many people as possible to take part. If you want to join a meal, you contribute by helping out as part of a cooking group. Often, however, you can simply sit down and enjoy the meal, giving you a welcome break from the practical tasks of everyday life.
The Common House provides a venue for everything from film nights, talks, ball games, team training and fitness to creative activities, workshops, projects in the workshop, relaxing in the lounge with a newspaper and a coffee, and playing in the children’s corner.
In addition, we celebrate events such as Shrove Tuesday, Halloween and Christmas, and we hold car boot sales. Yes, we could go on and on…
Communal facilities
Outdoor areas
The green courtyards focus on biodiversity and ecological rainwater management solutions, which channel water whilst creating good habitats for plants and insects. There are play areas for both the youngest children and slightly older ones.
Both Solvognen and Kærulven have conservatories, and at Solvognen you’ll also find raised beds.
Everyday life in Plushusene
Activities in the outdoor spaces
The playgrounds offer plenty of opportunities for climbing, building in the sand and balancing on play equipment.
Throughout the outdoor areas, you’ll find picnic tables where residents can meet for a cup of coffee, enjoy food they have brought along or simply stop for a spontaneous chat. And when the weather calls for a little more shelter, the orangery provides a cosy place to gather and extends the outdoor season.
Herbs, vegetables and flowers are grown in the community gardens – depending on what the Community Garden Group decides. The edible produce from the gardens can be used, amongst other things, for communal meals, and the children also have the opportunity to take part.
Everyday life in Plushusen
This is what the residents say
We have asked residents how they find life in the Plushusene:
I have a lovely family and good friends, but I don’t see them every day, of course. Here, I’m never alone unless I want to be. I’ve also made a really close friend here.
Happiness
Resident, Plushusene
I love living here! I’ve made loads of great friends and acquaintances who share my interests. I work from home and really appreciate the fact that there’s always someone at home when I need a break and a chat.
We’ve been thinking that moving here now and building a long-lasting community will mean that it’ll still be safe and comfortable when one of us is bound to be left on our own one day.
Bitten
Resident, Plushusene
We went to the open day, and the whole family agreed that this was what we wanted.
It was a good decision. Now we’re experiencing a sense of community and mutual support in our everyday lives. It might be carrying the shopping bags in from the car park or looking after a neighbour’s cat. Small but important things in everyday life. It’s really great to feel that people have chosen to be part of the community. We’ve missed that.
Joy
Resident, Plushusene