Co-living: An Example of Sustainable Housing

Yes, sustainable co living spaces are the sureshot answer to your modern urban housing problems.. Of almost the entire lot. Because let’s be honest, it’s not like less and less people are moving to top tier cities right now. In fact, long gone are the days when you used to look up to your elder cousins. And be fascinated by the fact that they’ve managed to settle in a Bangalore or a Mumbai. But no more. Now, it’s second nature for young folks like you to live away from their hometown. Thanks to the million opportunities turning up everyday.

And hey, utilisation of space is just one of the factors that makes co-living a sustainable form of housing, there are plenty more. Like why else would we have decided to start our own co-living spaces 5 years ago? And that leap of faith has made us at Stanza Living stand where we are today. As the largest and the leading co-living network in the entire country. So now that you know whatever you’re gonna read is coming from a legit source, it’s time you read on and get convinced. So you don’t turn green with envy when your peers start living their best life in a co-living space and you don’t.

So what are the reasons why co-living is the perfect example of sustainable housing?

The short answer is because they’re, ummm, well, simply better than your traditional PGs. But for the long answer, we’ve made a list of the benefits of coliving spaces for you.

• Utility of space
• Sharing of resources
• Enhances wellbeing
• Convenience and ease
• And it’s still affordable

Utility of space

If you don’t believe our cities are getting cramped day by day, just ask Mumbaikars for proof. And it’s why co-living spaces are an efficient form of housing. Because they’re mostly vertical properties that allow more people to live together than traditional houses. So in a way, co-living spaces operate on the same logic as some families living together as joint families by sharing space and resources. Except in co-living spaces, you won’t have to deal with the cons of having one too many relatives breathing down your neck.

Sharing of resources

When you live in a co-living space, you basically share resources. Be it the common areas or the utilities or even the commuting costs by carpooling. On top of it, co-living spaces make that much less of a food wastage by cooking in bulks, as opposed to each of the residents cooking their meals separately. So when your mummy taught you that sharing is caring, who knew she meant caring for the environment too?

Enhances wellbeing

Let’s face it, another one of the major advantages of co living spaces is that you get to live with a community. And not just any community, but one with like-minded folks. Also, we don’t need to tell you about the kind of pitfalls a lack of social connections and a surge of screen time has led to. So think about it.

Convenience and Ease

Look, you can’t just isolate sustainability from convenience. They should be overlapping for sure. And that’s a big reason why co-living is such a strong housing concept. Because it’s not only about the community living, but it’s also the convenient living experience aided by the use of tech and professional services. Long story short, they’re not sustainable if people don’t live in them, right? But so far, co-living spaces are not showing any signs of that. So…

And it’s still affordable

So what does money have to do with sustainable living? Well, for starters, everything. Because here’s the thing, despite the uber cool living experience and the provision of the best-in-class amenities, it still provides you a lot of value-for-money. See, we’re not saying they’re cheap, they just make your money count for more. Because think about this. If not a co-living space, imagine the amount of money you’d need to spend to get the same list of amenities in an independent flat. Yup, that, there’s your answer.