Co-living comes with different plans. But in its more modern way, it’s a form of furnished housing managed by companies that offer shared living spaces including a lots of facilities and amenities. These spaces may be structured within a variety of residential buildings, like villas or apartments, but they all focus on shared areas like a kitchen, utility area, lounge and workspace, with private or shared bedrooms and ensuite bathrooms. Monthly rental usually covers housekeeping, appliances, high-speed Wi-Fi, community gatherings, security, utility payments, and at least one meal. Some co-living spaces also provide areas with gaming consoles, pool tables, libraries and access to a gym and pool.
There are many emerging and promising start-ups in this industry. Here are our top 5
Nomad House:
Nomad House is not a single co-living space, rather, it’s more like an Airbnb providing co-living opportunities worldwide. All you need is to type in the destination you are headed to and their system lists available spaces for co-working and co-living arrangements. If you’re headed to Asia or Europe for instance, you will get listings starting from as little as $15 a night for a room, Wi-Fi, communal kitchen facilities and a pool.
Roam:
Roam offers a network of co-working and co-living spaces in awesome locations. Think of Miami, Bali, Tokyo, and London! The general idea is that you only pay $500 a week and you get access to any of their stylish properties with rock-solid Wi-Fi and a community of like-minded entrepreneurs.
The River Inn Miami location, for instance, consists of several wood-frame houses which are decked out with vintage furnishings. You get access to a swimming pool, a lawn for pop-up classes and events and weekly communal dinners. All this, plus, if you’re not a fan of conventional residential responsibilities like cleaning, don’t worry! That, plus the bills, are all taken care of.
Sun and Co.:
Sun and Co. is the first co-working and co-living community in the entirety of the Mediterranean Coast. This is a place for entrepreneurs, freelancers, digital nomads, location independent workers and pretty much anyone to find leisure and work-life balance.
The Sun and Co. community is made up of like-minded entrepreneurs sharing working and living spaces, and ideas. Here, you get an actual co-living experience with everything you need under one roof in a stylish house located in the middle of Jávea, Spain.
AngkorHUB:
AngkorHUB is named after the renowned temple, Angkor Wat, and is located in the middle of Siem Reap, Cambodia. As a co-working space, they allow drop-in sessions and provide high-speed internet, desks, chairs, Skype booths for private calls and air conditioning. As a co-living space, they provide meals, airport pick-up services, SIM cards, laundry services, social activities and much more.
Cambodia tends to have occasional power and internet outages but thankfully, AngkorHUB has backup 4G internet and power generators that automatically pick up in case of internet or power outages. The Hub also has a spacious green garden with coconut trees and bananas, and their “Skype Hut” also has a hammock, something you will not resist bragging about when you get back home.
