Living with strangers

Tenants of co-living like the independent and flexible arrangement as well as the chance to meet different people

A three-bedroom apartment available for rent from co-living company Login Apartment, which has 16 units in Queenstown, Novena and East Coast.
A three-bedroom apartment available for rent from co-living company Login Apartment, which has 16 units in Queenstown, Novena and East Coast.PHOTO: LOGIN APARTMENT
Freelance digital marketeer Christine Tan (right) on co-living in Hmlet in Sarkies Road with Malaysian Chow Beatus
Freelance digital marketeer Christine Tan (right) on co-living in Hmlet in Sarkies Road with Malaysian Chow BeatusST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
A three-bedroom apartment available for rent from co-living company Login Apartment, which has 16 units in Queenstown, Novena and East Coast. Co-living company Hmlet, started in 2016, has 800 rooms in more than 20 locations in Singapore, including th
Co-living company Hmlet, started in 2016, has 800 rooms in more than 20 locations in Singapore, including this one in Sarkies Road. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
An artist's impression of lyf's upcoming, nine-storey co-living space in Funan. The property is expected to open in the fourth quarter of this year.
An artist's impression of lyf's upcoming, nine-storey co-living space in Funan. The property is expected to open in the fourth quarter of this year. PHOTO: LYF
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May 11, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
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Singaporean Christine Tan and Malaysian Chow Beatus have been sharing a two-bedroom apartment in Sarkies Road for the last five months, but they were strangers before moving in together.

They are among a growing group of young working professionals here who rent a room in an apartment shared with other tenants, usually strangers, in an arrangement called co-living.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 11, 2019, with the headline 'Living with strangers'. Subscribe
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