What is coliving?
And how to find the right one for you?
There are many definitions. In our case it’s living with others while working remotely.
You have your own room and you share kitchens, workspaces, and common areas. You work during the day, then connect with fellow remote workers over shared meals, spontaneous activities, and evening conversations.
Work productively
Quiet spaces for deep work. Reliable WiFi everywhere. Dedicated call rooms. Everything you need to work well, designed around the necessities of remote work.
Find your people
Connect with remote workers from around the world. Groups small enough to learn everyone's name in a day, and leave with lasting friendships.
Spontaneous activities
Hikes, beach days, restaurant discoveries. Plans emerge naturally when you live, work, and explore alongside others.
Built for connection
Big kitchens where cooking together just happens. Cosy living rooms for game nights and evening conversations. Spaces where you naturally cross paths, no forced interaction required.
Hosts who care
Hosts who join dinners, plan weekend trips, and remember your name—not absent property managers. The kind of people that guests keep returning to see again.
Beautiful locations
Volcanic islands, alpine villages, coastal towns. Morning hikes before work, workspace with ocean views, weekend explorations. Locations where your surroundings enhance daily life.
How Colivium helps
When coliving works, it’s magical. You extend your two-week stay to two months. The strangers you met start to feel like family. You understand why some people spend most of their year bouncing between colivings.
When it doesn’t, it’s just a shared apartment with Wi-Fi – awkward silences in the kitchen and no real connections.
For a great experience, a coliving needs to get a lot of things right. The right mix of people, the right spaces, events that bring people together but don’t feel forced.
At Colivium, we analyze all public information we can find about each coliving to figure out community dynamics, conditions for remote work, unique features, and much more.
From 5+ years staying at colivings, we’ve seen patterns that make or break them. We turned this into a detailed rubric that cuts through marketing promises and star ratings.