Sapphire Coast, NSW · Not-for-profit · Free to use
Share food, share rides, share skills. Collective House is a free platform built by locals, for locals on the Sapphire Coast. Neighbours have always been the best answer. We're just making it easier.
Four free tools
Simple tools to share what you have, find what you need, and connect with the people around you — all in one place.
Post your surplus harvest, eggs, baked goods, and garden herbs. Browse what your neighbours have going spare. Nothing goes to waste.
Learn more →Post your next drive or find a seat on one. Split fuel costs on the Bega–Canberra run and turn a solo trip into something better.
Learn more →Run a workshop. Ask for help. Trade what you know. From chainsaw safety to sourdough — every skill has a home here.
Learn more →A local noticeboard for events, activities, and community information. One place for everything happening on the Sapphire Coast.
Coming soonWhy it matters
Times are asking more of all of us. But regional communities like ours have always had something that cities can't manufacture: people who know each other, look out for each other, and show up.
Collective House isn't a startup. There are no investors, no subscriptions, and no data to sell. Just a free tool, built by a local, to help this place do what it already does well — a little more easily.
Not-for-profit, by design
Built differently, on purpose. Here's what that means in practice.
No subscription, no freemium tier, no features locked behind a paywall. Every tool on Collective House is free for every person on the Sapphire Coast.
We have no shareholders to satisfy and no growth targets to hit. Decisions are made by the community, for the community — full stop.
We don't sell your data, profile you for advertising, or share your information with third parties. Your account exists to help you connect — nothing else.
Running costs are covered by optional donations, local business sponsorships, and community grants. Costs are low and transparent.
Collective House will be registered as an incorporated association under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW). That gives us a separate legal identity, an ABN, and eligibility for community grants — while keeping governance simple and local.
Any surplus from donations or sponsorships goes back into running and improving the platform. No money is distributed to founders or members. The association is governed by a small committee of locals with a publicly available constitution.
Who we are
Every major platform that promises to "connect your community" is built on the same model: your attention is the inventory, your data is the revenue, and your behaviour is the product being sold to advertisers. Facebook groups, Nextdoor, marketplace apps — they are free to use because you are what's being sold.
We're locals on the Sapphire Coast. We've used those platforms, watched them bury community posts under algorithm-driven noise, and grown tired of handing over our personal data just to ask a neighbour if they have spare eggs.
Collective House is our answer to that. Simple tools, no ads, no tracking, no data sold to anyone. You use it, it works, and nothing is taken from you in exchange. Taking back control of how a community connects — and putting that control where it belongs: with the community itself.
We're a small founding committee of locals, run as a not-for-profit association. No office, no investors, no agenda beyond making life on the Sapphire Coast a little better connected.
"We built this because we wanted a tool that works for us — not one that works us. No ads, no tracking, no algorithm deciding what our community sees."
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