Founding cohort · Pacific coast of Mexico

Retire for a season.

A bed, two meals a day, surf, a gym, and a real library — one flat monthly rate. No laptops in the courtyard.

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Concept sketch — the real cove will be better

The idea

Coliving figured out community. Then it filled the living room with standing desks.

Casa Marea keeps the shared table and loses the hustle. It's a house on the Pacific where the point of the day is the day itself: the morning swell, a long lunch, a book you actually finish. You're not coming here to work. You're coming here to stop.

06:10 · First light

Paddle out with whoever's awake

The break is a short walk down the sand and the coffee is already on. Nobody asks what you do for a living before 8 a.m. Or after, really.

08:30 · Breakfast, included

Eggs, fruit, the good bread

Breakfast and dinner come with your room, every day. One long table, salt still in your hair, no one opening a laptop.

12:40 · The hot hours

Lose the afternoon in the library

A real one — floor-to-ceiling, analog on purpose. A deep chair, a ceiling fan, a novel you've been meaning to read for six years. Or the hammock. Nobody's checking.

17:00 · Golden hour

Gym, rooftop yoga, or a second surf

Move because it feels good, not because a watch told you to. The gym is proper — bars, plates, a rack — and the roof faces the sunset.

19:30 · Dinner

One long table, cooked for you

The sun goes down, the plates come out, and the conversation is about anything but work. This is the part people stay for.

Casa Marea · est. 2026

The place

Come in — the door's open.

You're in the library

A thousand real books and not a single desk.

This room is the heart of the house — and the clearest statement of what it isn't. There's no coworking floor. There never will be.

The house

Everything you need to do very little, well.

We're building in a small surf town on the Oaxaca coast — final site announced to founders first. Here's what the house holds.

Sleep

The rooms

Shared rooms with proper beds and real privacy curtains, or private rooms with your own bath. Linen, laundry, cleaning — handled.

Eat

The long table

Breakfast and dinner included daily, cooked by people who live here too. Local fish, garden vegetables, no meal-prep containers.

Read

The library

Floor-to-ceiling and analog on purpose. Bring a book, leave a book, disappear into a chair for an afternoon.

Move

The gym & roof

A real rack, bumper plates, mats, and a rooftop for morning yoga and evening stretch — sunrise one side, sunset the other.

Surf

The break

Walkable waves for most levels, house boards to borrow, and neighbors who'll tell you the honest forecast.

Grow

The garden

Jungle on three sides, a kitchen garden you can actually dig in, and shade to sit in when the digging loses its charm.

All imagery on this page is concept illustration — no renders passed off as reality See the founding offer →
A note from the founder

I spent nine years shipping other people's roadmaps and took my first real break at 34. Two months on this coast fixed things I didn't know were broken. Then I came home and couldn't find anywhere built for that — every "coliving" I toured led with the wifi speed.

So I'm building the house I couldn't find: fixed monthly rate, two meals a day, surf and a library, and a firm house rule that the courtyard is a laptop-free zone. The founding cohort funds the build, and every peso of it sits in escrow until we open the doors.

If that sounds like your kind of season, I'd love to have your name on the library wall.

[Founder name] Founder, Casa Marea · on the coast scouting sites now
What exists today
  • A shortlisted site in two surf towns
  • The capital plan & escrow account
  • This founding cohort
What doesn't, yet
  • A signed lease — that's what your deposit funds
  • Photos of the finished house
  • Any promise we can't keep

The founding offer

The First 40.

29 spots left11 claimed
Tier 1 · Refundable

Hold a spot

$765/mo shared$900
$1,360/mo private$1,600
  • $200 deposit, fully refundable any time before opening
  • ~15% off the public rate for your first stay (1–6 months)
  • Priority booking ahead of the public waitlist
  • The founders' channel, from day one

Change your mind, get every dollar back. No questions, no forms.

Tier 2 · The Founder Pass

Lock the founder rate for life

$695/mo shared$900
$1,240/mo private$1,600
  • $1,000 deposit, applied in full to your stay
  • Lifetime founder rate — every stay, forever, ~23% off
  • First pick of rooms and dates before anyone else
  • Your name on the library wall, if you want it there
  • Skip every future waitlist

Non-refundable once the lease is signed; refunded in full if we don't open by the promised date.

Both tiers prepay lodging, not equity. Every deposit sits in escrow with [escrow provider] until the doors open. Rates all-inclusive of breakfast and dinner.

How it works

Plain words, no asterisks.

Now

Founding spots open

You claim a spot. Your deposit goes straight into escrow — not our operating account.

Winter 2026–27

We sign the lease and start the build

Founders get the town name first, then monthly photo updates — the real kind, dust and all.

Late 2027

Doors open, founders book first

You pick your dates and room before the public waitlist even hears about it.

The backstop: if we haven't opened by the backstop date in your agreement, every founder — both tiers — is refunded in full from escrow. Automatically.

Questions

Asked honestly, answered honestly.

Can I stay long-term on a tourist visa?
Most visitors to Mexico get a tourist stay of up to 180 days — enough for a full season. Longer stays or repeat visits may need a temporary resident visa. We'll share a plain-language guide with founders, but your visa is your responsibility and we won't pretend otherwise.
Is this a coworking or digital-nomad space?
No — deliberately. There's wifi in the rooms because it's 2026, but there are no desks, no calls in shared spaces, and the courtyard and library are laptop-free. If you need to ship a deadline every week, you'll be happier somewhere else, and we'd rather tell you now.
What's included, and what isn't?
Included: your bed or room, breakfast and dinner daily, the gym, yoga, house surfboards, the library, laundry, cleaning, and the community. Not included: flights, lunch, alcohol, surf lessons, and anything off-property. No resort-fee surprises.
When does it open, and where exactly?
Target opening is late 2027, in one of two shortlisted surf towns on the Oaxaca coast. Founders learn the town the day we sign the lease. We'd rather name a real date and place late than a fake one early.
What happens to my money before opening?
It sits in escrow with [escrow provider] — we can't spend it on operations. Tier 1 deposits are refundable any time before opening. Founder Passes are refunded in full if we miss the backstop date. This is prepaid lodging, not an investment; nobody should expect a financial return.
Who is this for — and not for?
For: people taking a real break — sabbaticals, between-chapters, recovering optimizers, surfers, readers. Not for: anyone hunting networking events, growth hacks, or a quiet place to grind. We're cheerfully strict about this; it's what keeps the table good.

Last call, no pressure

Own your mornings again.

Claim a founding spot, or leave your email and watch us build it. Either way, you'll know the town before the internet does.

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