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What is CoLiving?

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Let’s start with an official definition of Coliving from Wikipedia. Coliving is a type of intentional community providing shared housing for people with shared intentions. This may simply be coming together for activities such as meals and discussion in the common living areas, yet may extend to shared workspace and collective endeavours such as living […]

Condo, Apartment, Townhouse – What’s the difference? Is there a difference?

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Apartment, condo, walkup, flat, townhouse – what are all of these things?  What’s the difference between them? Can an apartment be a condo? Can a condo be a townhouse? What is a flat anyway?!? There are so many different types of rentals! In all the years we’ve been looking at rentals, we’ve seen very little consensus […]