WisHope - Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Sunset House is a sober living home in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County, operated by WisHope. It holds NARR Level II certification from the Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing and carries a certified capacity of 8 residents.

A Small-Household Sober Living Home in Waukesha

Eight beds is a household, not an institution, and that scale is the point for someone who wants fewer housemates and more say in the day-to-day rhythm of the house. Wisconsin does not publish street addresses for recovery residences, so an application here runs through the operator instead of a public directory listing, but the certified capacity and the city are matters of public record.

NARR Level II Certification Through WASH

The Wisconsin Association of Sober Housing certifies this residence at Level II, its designation for peer-managed housing with structured expectations and outside clinical support, not services delivered on site. Certification is voluntary in Wisconsin, and a residence that carries it has committed to a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and house rules before move-in, and accepted an outside complaint process. For an eight-bed house, that written record substitutes for the scale a larger program uses to establish trust.

A Waukesha County Recovery Residence

Waukesha is the seat of Waukesha County and sits inside the Milwaukee metropolitan area, which puts residents within range of county courts, outpatient providers and Milwaukee-area employers. A small household in this location suits someone who wants a Milwaukee-area job market without the density of the city itself.

One of Five WisHope Houses

Sunset House shares an operator with The Recovery Village, a 69-bed certified residence also in Waukesha, and Lawnsdale House, a 12-bed certified residence in nearby New Berlin, along with two smaller Waukesha houses, The Lois House and The Farm. The range in size across the five gives WisHope room to match a resident to a household instead of fitting everyone into one model.