411 is a Residential, Intentional Community in an Extraordinary Setting

411 Middle Street (or 411) is a residential community with intentions around personal development, mutual support, health, and planet-friendly living in a beautiful and well-maintained setting.

Our 1860’s Victorian Mansion was converted to apartments in the early 1900’s and has been owned and operated by Bob Vaccaro and Dan Rawling since 1999. During this time Bob and Dan added living spaces in the carriage house and attic, added an extraordinary porch, sundeck, and several garden seating areas, restored the exterior, added parking; and Dan created amazing gardens for all our housemates to enjoy.

We are an easy 12-minute/.6-mile walk to Portsmouth’s iconic Market Square, and we are close to at least 3 bus stops.  A map is available on our Contact Us page.

Who lives at 411?

When our eight apartments are fully occupied, we have 17 to 20 housemates, depending on the number of apartments that we rent out by the room and the number of couples living at 411.  All our housemates value our intentions noted above.  They are mostly single professionals, vary in age from 20s to 70s, about half men and half women.  Some are well-off financially and some live paycheck to paycheck.  Several housemates work remotely or downtown and are car-free. The average stay is 2 years, but a few housemates have lived at 411 much longer. We thrive on this diversity.  The residents of Apt 3 (the Carriage House apartment) share their extraordinary great room and raw vegan food preparation equipment with all 411 housemates.

How to make 411 your home

All housemates have month-to-month agreements. When a housemate decides to leave 411, the remaining housemates in his or her apartment frequently assist Bob in selecting a replacement. To be considered for any opening, first read the Tools for Living at 411 and the Agreements for Living at 411 on this website. If these resonate with you submit an application by emailing the answers to the questions on our application page to Bob at bobvaccaro1@gmail.com.  If Bob thinks you would be a good fit, he will call you for a phone interview based on which he will invite you to view the space that’s coming available and meet one or two housemates who are available.

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