What is the name of this kind of accommodation?
(Not sure if this should be on the English SE)
The specific accommodation model I'm thinking of looks very much like student housing:
- The tenant rents a room
- Room comes with basic furniture (e.g. bed, desk)
- The tenant share facilities like the bathroom with other tenants (who don't usually know each other prior to moving in)
- The tenant is responsible for the cleanliness of their room (management might check for compliance)
- Tenants usually stay for a pretty long time (months+)
Except it's not actually student housing because it is open to members of the public. This kind of housing would almost surely be centrally managed.
What is the name of this model? I'm having trouble Googling for this kind of accommodation. Simply "rent a room" seems to yield results where the landlord/landlady owns the house and they're letting out a room, so you stay with the landlord. It's not 'serviced apartments', since those seem to be targeted at families that rent the entire apartment and provides a level of luxury well above what I am thinking of. It's not 'dormitory', which generally puts many tenants into one room and is at a level of luxury below what I am thinking of. It's not 'hotel', for which rooms generally have their own bathrooms. I know this kind of accommodation exists, because I have lived in them before, but I'm struggling to find it.
Best Answer
In England they rent places like this in a 'house of multiple occupancy'.
Shorter term use can be found in 'apart hotels'. People stay there days to months.
And if you can still not find something look for 'room mate' or 'house mate' wanted. Micro apartment or bedsit.
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Answer 2
Also known as a flatshare (or houseshare or share house or even homeshare or sharehome), where you share your flat with flatmates (or housemates or sharemates). In some countries they could also be roommates even if they each have their own room, though in others roommates actually share a room.
As this is most often used by students, this can sometimes be defined as "student accommodation" even if it's open to anyone, though details may vary.
A more formal term is co-living, but I don't think I've ever heard that in normal language.
Note that the most common term in use may vary depending on the country, so specifying that could help.
Answer 3
In some places you might find it called a boarding house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding_house
Answer 4
Near some college campuses in the US there are apartment buildings with "by the bed" leases that fit this description. Generally these are two- to four-bedroom apartments, where each bedroom has a separate lease. These are generally marketed as being for students but are owned by private companies and could in theory be rented by anyone, although they have student-friendly policies like leases that line up with the academic year and shuttle buses to campus.
Answer 5
Wanting to add "Lodging". You may be a lodger rather than a boarder. Especially if you do not get meals (board). Strictly speaking lodgers do not have exclusive use, but their sleeping area is generally their own.
Answer 6
Co-living is the term you are looking for I think. This is a relatively new thing which is quite different to the house-share/flat-share some others have suggested.
If you search using that term you will find lots of links and you can judge for yourself whether they are what you are talking about.
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