Jesse Fox-Allen

Auroville was founded in 1968 with a simple and radical premise: human unity is possible. People from dozens of countries came together to build a town without national politics, focused on sustainable living, education, and shared purpose.

Growing up there, community was not an abstract concept, it was daily life. Shared resources, collective decision-making, festivals that brought everyone together, and the sense that you belonged to something larger than your own household.

That experience left a mark. I learned early that the way we organise housing and land shapes the way we relate to each other. A village designed for togetherness feels fundamentally different from a suburb designed for isolation.

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to create an Auroville-like community somewhere in the world, not a copy of Auroville itself, but a place built on the same principles: chosen neighbours, shared common ground, individual homes within a collective whole.

Europe offers something Auroville could not: centuries-old villages, fincas, cortijos, and estates that already contain multiple dwellings, ready to become modern communities without starting from bare land.

The challenge was never the vision. It was the mechanics: how do strangers buy together safely? Who holds the funds? What happens when someone changes their mind? How do you structure ownership so everyone is protected?

ShareVillage is my answer to those questions. It is the infrastructure I wished existed when I first started talking to people about buying a property together, transparent milestones, safeguarded funds through a regulated payment partner, and a platform designed to help groups find each other and move forward with confidence.

This is not about selling houses. It is about enabling a way of life, the kind I was lucky enough to grow up with, and the kind I believe more people are searching for now.

If you feel the same pull toward collective living, individual homes, and building something lasting with people you trust, I would love to hear from you.