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Coliving in Buenos Aires: What It Is, How Much It Costs and Where It Is Growing

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Coliving lets residents rent a bed or private room while sharing facilities such as kitchens, lounges and coworking areas.
  • In Buenos Aires and Córdoba, monthly prices range from $250 for a bed in a shared room to $1,000 for a private room, with services and flexible contracts often included.
  • Students, digital nomads and young professionals are the main groups choosing the model, which emphasizes community living.

Coliving offers a middle ground between renting an apartment and staying in a hostel: residents have their own bed or private room, but share spaces such as a furnished kitchen, living room, coworking area and, in some cases, terraces.

The model began in San Francisco in 2010, according to coliving.com, when Silicon Valley technology professionals started living and working together while developing new companies. It later moved beyond the technology sector and spread to cities around the world.

In Buenos Aires and Córdoba, Wanna Colive charges between US$250 and US$450 a month for a bed in a shared room, and between US$400 and US$1,000 for a private room. Prices commonly include services, cleaning and furniture. Contracts are flexible and do not require a traditional guarantor or deposit. Another Buenos Aires operator, Codreamers, offers rooms at Callao House for between US$450 and US$550 per month to people aged 20 to 38.

It is a shared housing model in which each resident rents a bed or a private room, not the entire apartment, within a property with common spaces such as an equipped kitchen, living room, coworking area and, in some cases, terraces.

· Juan PuppoWanna Colive's CEO and co-founder defines the coliving model.

Juan Puppo, CEO and co-founder of Wanna Colive, says the model differs from other shared accommodation because it prioritizes “creating a community through shared spaces.” Hostels target tourists and short stays, student residences serve students and generally operate institutionally, while traditional rentals usually require guarantees, deposits, advance payments and more rigid contracts.

The main residents fall into three groups. University students from other parts of Argentina often stay for more than a year, while foreign students remain for an average of five to six months. Digital nomads generally stay less than a month. Young professionals are drawn by flexible contracts and the chance to share spaces with people of similar ages and interests.

creating a community through shared spaces

· Juan PuppoPuppo describes the feature that distinguishes coliving from other forms of shared accommodation.
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