The changing patterns of work, rising loneliness, and the emergence of the sharing economy are making people re-evaluate the environment they want to live in. Some co-living schemes offer co-working space, and with people increasingly opting to work from home, this will be an attractive facility, along with flexible contract lengths and a less onerous form of letting agreement than the traditional private rented sector, according to CBRE’s Europe Co-Living report.
CBRE’s findings indicate that overall the co-living concept was similar in all the cities studied, but with variations in room sizes and typologies and the local regulatory framework. These are explored in the city sections of the report, with a focus on London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Madrid, Milan and Vienna.Â
The co-living concept in London generally consists of a large managed re
