He always planned on starting a company to solve the problem for others when the time was right. Stallworth also went through his own housing insecurity while finishing up at Stanford. That's when I started thinking about how there has to be a way to split costs and be able to move in somewhere flexible for a few months on short notice without having to pay thousands of dollars upfront for security deposit and rent," she said. I could not find a place, and considered living in my car or renting a storage shed before thankfully finding friends I could move in with. "After I graduated, the home opener told me she needed the room for her grandson and gave me a hard deadline to move out. I came to California from Arizona to complete a leadership school that provided housing through a network of people in the community who opened up rooms in their homes to students. "Both James and I came up with versions of this concept before we met working together at the California State Auditor's office in Sacramento. Lennox said the housing problem is deeply personal for her and Stallworth. Lennox, the chief operating officer, was an external state auditor who graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in criminology. Stallworth, company CEO, is a Stanford University graduate with a bachelor's degree in science, technology and society. It's fun to watch people move in and buy a used bike at a local shop instead of taking fossil-fuel-powered transportation from long distances," she said. We have space for 14 bikes neatly in the backyard.
"The great thing about being located in Palo Alto is that everyone bikes to work and school. Parking has not been an issue, Lennox claimed. Something we get a lot is that the pods are much bigger than they thought when just looking at the photos." "People have commented on how well-designed the house is because we really furnished and planned it out to accommodate everyone. They find an instant community here," she said. "Everyone who stays with us has loved the experience. It’s really cool that while just walking through the house you can hear multiple languages like Spanish and German being spoken," Lennox said. "We have had residents from 15 countries. The renters are in their 20s and 30s who are mostly interns at local companies such as Tesla and Telefèric Barcelona, and visiting researchers/students at Stanford.
They replied to a Craigslist ad for a home rental and the landlord liked the concept, Lennox said. In late August, they started the concept in Palo Alto with the aim of providing affordable housing in one of the hottest and least affordable housing markets in the country. Courtesy Christina Lennox/Brownstone Shared Housing.Ĭompany founders Christina Lennox and James Stallworth originally wanted to start their business in Brooklyn, New York, but issues about shared housing prevented that from happening, Stallworth said in a Medium blog post. They have their own temperature control and air circulation, electrical outlet shelf space and a rack for hanging clothes.īrownstone Shared Housing co-founders Christina Lennox, top, and James Stallworth, bottom, brought their company's shared housing concept to Palo Alto in fall 2021. The pods, which look like brightly lit stackable storage cubes, are arranged bunk-bed style in two stories. The Palo Alto home can accommodate 14 people. The Palo Alto home offers on-site laundry, outdoor space, monthly cleaning and bright, open modern spaces. The fledgling company offers two homes: a midcentury home in the Midtown neighborhood and a home in Bakersfield. Utilities and high-speed internet are included. Would-be residents just need to apply online. There's just month-to-month rent, with no big deposit and first and last-month's rent. The idea is to make housing in the Bay Area affordable. Residents share the kitchen and other living areas, according to the company's website. The shared housing company is renting "sleeping pods" at $800 a month, where people sleep in a chamber within a room that is a bit wider than a twin bed but more than tall enough to sit up in. Its name has the cachet of a trendy Brooklyn home, but Brownstone Shared Housing has brought a new housing concept that is affordable, albeit small, to Palo Alto. Courtesy Christina Lennox/Brownstone Shared Housing. Brownstone Shared Housing's Palo Alto location is a midcentury home near California Avenue.
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