Read a blog post about renting rooms in shared houses for freelancers

I was browsing some articles on freelancer housing and found one that talked about renting out spare rooms in shared houses specifically for remote workers. It mentioned how places like Asheville have a few houses where every tenant is a freelancer, with quiet hours and good internet built in. Has anyone here tried living in a setup like that, or do you prefer being the only freelancer in your place?

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morganl7116d ago

Oh, has @thomasb41 ever actually lived in one of those places? I had a buddy who tried a "freelancer house" in Denver a few years back. The first week was great, everyone was super focused. But then this one guy who did freelance game dev started blasting his playtesting audio at 2 AM through his headphones so loud you could hear it through the walls. My friend ended up moving out after two months because the "quiet hours" were basically just a suggestion the landlord never enforced. The internet was awesome though, gotta give them that.

thomasb4117d ago

I mean, isn't Asheville kind of a random place to base your whole freelance career around? Renting a room in a house full of freelancers sounds like you're signing up for a co-working space that never closes, which could get old fast. Idk, maybe it's just me but having quiet hours enforced by a landlord in a house of strangers seems like more hassle than just working from a coffee shop.

dianawilson16d agoTop Commenter

So the quiet hours thing - did it actually ever get enforced or just ignored?