Before land, before legal structures, before role assignments — you need to know whether your group shares enough of the same vision to build together. This stage is about honest conversation: What does success look like in year 10? What are your non-negotiables? What are you each willing to give up?
Key questions & considerations
- 1.Do we agree on the scale — how many households, how much land?
- 2.Do we agree on the income model — full pooling, partial sharing, or expense splitting?
- 3.Do we agree on governance — who makes decisions and how?
- 4.Do we agree on what 'self-sufficient' means to us?
- 5.What happens when someone wants to leave?