Everyday life in Plushusene
Focusing on what matters – making 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 schools, light rail, nature and the city – and, not least, other residents to share everyday life, experiences and interests with – you are close to what matters and have more time for what matters.
Everyday life in Plushusene
Community Coordinator
In each residential community, we employ a community coordinator. The coordinator is the day-to-day point of contact, whose role is to organise activities that appeal to 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 flats to potential new residents.
“I look forward to meeting you”
Nicolai Fast Sørensen
Community Coordinator in Lisbjerg
The shared communication channel
The Plushusene app
The Plushusene app has been developed to strengthen neighbourly ties and make it easy to take part in activities within the community. It provides a clear overview, encourages participation and brings people closer together – even in the midst of a busy everyday 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
Property Services takes a structured approach to day-to-day operations using 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 take up less of the time.
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. You may be able to skip the gym membership, shared tools are available in the workshop, and there is no need to rearrange your home when you have overnight guests.
The outdoor areas are also designed for socialising and activities.
Communal facilities
The Common House
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 with exercise bikes, treadmills, cross trainers, a rowing machine and a selection of weights; 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 guest 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
The large communal hall 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 also 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 Shrovetide, Halloween and Christmas, amongst other things, and we also hold car boot sales. Yes, we could go on and on…
Communal facilities
Outdoor areas
The green courtyards feature biodiversity and natural rainwater management solutions that channel water whilst creating good habitats for plants and insects. There are two play areas – a playground for slightly older children and an area with a playhouse and sandpit for the youngest children.
In the courtyards, you’ll also find a conservatory and 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.
Everyday life in Plushusene
This is what the residents say
We have asked residents how they find life in the Plushusene:
I thought it would be a bit difficult to settle in, as I’m quite shy when there are lots of people together. But that’s not how it turned out at all. After just a few weeks, I knew 40 new people.
Jytte
Resident, Plushusene
I hadn’t actually considered a shared house myself, but it’s just the right thing for both me and my two children. There’s always a buzz here. It’s safe and cosy.
Wendy
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 will still feel safe and secure when one of us is bound to be on our own one day.
Bitten
Resident, Plushusene
I’m glad that we live in a community with people of all ages. There’s a real buzz and energy here. We try to be there for the older residents and help organise children’s activities. In day-to-day life, it’s really handy to be able to pop over to the communal dining area and just join in a meal. So we make a point of both enjoying ourselves and pitching in, and we make good use of the common house.
Jonas
Resident, Plushusene
Living here is as different as it could possibly be from my time living a somewhat isolated life in a house behind a hedge. Leaving my old life behind was hard, but it was absolutely the right decision. I’m enjoying it more than I ever thought possible.
Ib
Resident, Plushusene