The operation of coliving is at the crossroads of hotel service, colocation and coworking. A living and working space with a multitude of services. To discover very quickly !
La mode du coliving se développe en France après avoir conquis les Etats-Unis et de nombreux pays anglo-saxons. Vous avez dit coliving ? Il s’agit d’une résidence locative où ont été créés en plus d’un logement individuel des espaces communs de travail et de vie en communauté.
Co-living: private space and common space
Thus, opting for a co-living residence means benefiting from both a private space and a common space. The private space can be a bedroom, a studio or a small apartment (T1 to T2), most often furnished and having a bathroom or even a kitchenette. The common part of the residence offers a multitude of services: living room, kitchen, laundry room, garden, terrace, parking, concierge, workspace, games room, library, gym, swimming pool, TV room, meeting room... The offer can be declined indefinitely.
The concept of co-living is therefore to allow everyone to stay comfortably while benefiting from the advantages of community life, which range from the financial aspect (sharing of costs and resources) to the human aspect (dialogue, mutual aid, discovery, services, friendship…). Like a hotel or university accommodation, the co-living residence is managed by a manager who takes care of reception and logistics. It is often real estate agencies that manage co-living residences.
Co-living: flexibility and user-friendliness
Le coliving offre une possibilité de logement des plus souples. Le bail peut être d’un mois seulement (Cocool propose même des logements à la journée ou à la semaine). Le bail maximum est d’un an mais il peut être reconduit.
L’avantage du coliving est la mutualisation des dépenses. Dans son loyer, le résident paie son logement, mais également les frais d’électricité, de gaz, d’eau, d’internet, l’entretien des locaux et son assurance habitation. Il bénéficie d’un large espace habitable pour un coût assez bas puisque partagé.
The coliving formula is aimed at people on a business trip for a mission or an internship. But coliving is also open to people on vacation or on a leisure stay, as well as those in an in-between situation (new job, separation, reflection break, etc.). More and more retirees are also opting for co-living.
Coliving: colocation and coworking
The co-living residence enhances its housing offer with the possibility of staying there to work. This is a practical solution for mobile workers, whether self-employed or salaried.
The coliving has a coworking space, a kind of open space on a human scale, equipped with electrical outlets and internet connections. It also offers equipped meeting rooms, individual offices for privacy, a printer and (most importantly) a coffee machine.
The offer is therefore aimed at both self-employed workers and companies that need to relocate their employees. Co-living offers a solution that replaces both hotel accommodation and renting a workspace. If the company is called upon to have employees live there throughout the year, it can sign an annual lease and sublet if necessary.
Co-living: where and how much?
Le coliving est un phénomène assez récent en France mais on trouve déjà des résidences dans les grandes villes de France (Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes…) mais aussi dans les villes moins importantes comme Avignon ou Biarritz. Il s’agit souvent de bâtiments neufs ou rénovés spécifiquement pour le coliving.
The cost of a rental depends on the services of the residence and its geographical location, but you can budget between 500 and 600€ per month for a coliving in the provinces (count 100 to 200 € more for Paris and the Paris region).
Coliving: for whom and why?
Co-living is primarily intended for single people, even couples, but less so for families with children. It is clearly a solution that allows you to live alone without being completely alone. There are as many transients as there are long-term residents.
Home sharing is a trendy trend. The twenty-first century no longer praises ownership but rather that of sharing: flatsharing has become a very frequent way of life, coworking has been boosted by digital professions and we travel by carpooling. Coliving can only seduce Generation Z (those born around the year 2000).
In the United States and in Anglo-Saxon countries where coliving is no longer a discovery, studies show that coliving is suitable for a very wide range of profiles. Schematically, it is suitable for people who have not opted for the traditional family model (couple with children) and who live alone, by choice or by constraint, temporarily or for a long period. Coliving is also very favorable to bringing people from different backgrounds together.