Done right
Rooms designed around the tenant who actually exists in that location. One title, multiple self-contained rooms, multiple incomes. Costed properly and approved on time. An asset that pays for decades.
Asking what it costs tells you almost nothing.
Built right, a co-living home is an income for life. The same build on the wrong site is a debt for life. The price is identical. The outcome is not.
You don't need to own land to have this conversation. Sourcing and assessing sites is part of what we do.
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Why a price is the worst place to start
Most enquiries open with a cost per square metre. It is a fair question and a useless one. A build cost only means something once you know what the site can hold, what that specific rental market will pay for a room, what a compliant Class 1b build actually requires, and whether the feasibility survives real numbers. Without those four things, a price is just a number — and it is usually the number that gets people into trouble.
Co-living is not a new idea
One rental listing. This is the queue.
People have shared a roof for as long as there have been cities. What changed is that we largely stopped building it properly, so single renters end up in someone else's converted lounge room with no lease of their own. Done properly it means a private room and bathroom, an individual lease, bills included, and shared space that was designed rather than left over. The demand is not in question. Whether it works on your site is.
Same build. Two completely different outcomes.
Done wrong
The wrong room mix in the wrong street, costed at standard residential rates, compliance discovered late. Vacancies you carry every week, and a loan that outlives your enthusiasm.
This is what done right looks like
The standard we are aiming for. This is what a good rooming house can be.
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Four questions you cannot answer from a spreadsheet
Is there demand on that street?
Suburb averages hide the pockets where rooms sit empty.
What does a compliant build really cost?
Standard residential rates don't carry a Class 1b build.
What room mix will that market rent?
Design around the slab and you lose yield for thirty years.
Does the feasibility survive real numbers?
Many don't, once costings and management are counted.
Getting any one of these wrong is expensive, and none of them are answered by a suburb report or a builder's square-metre rate.
A Discovery Session answers all four
A working session with the builder, not a pitch from a salesperson. Bring a site you own, one you are considering, or nothing at all. You leave with:
- Concept plans and room types that could work on a site like yours
- Real build costings, not square-metre estimates
- Current co-living demand data for that location
- A detailed feasibility study you keep
- A clear yes or no on whether to proceed
Sometimes the answer is no.
We have told plenty of people not to proceed. The site didn't support it, the numbers didn't hold, or the location wouldn't sustain the tenancy. That is a good outcome. Finding out in 45 minutes costs you 45 minutes. Finding out after settlement costs you years. We will build wherever you ask us to. But if we can help you do it right, why wouldn't we?
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How we work
The detail, if you want it.
Questions people ask before booking
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Bring your site, your plans, or just the idea.
We will tell you honestly whether it stacks up.
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