Frequently Asked Questions

The idea of shared living spaces, where each resident has a private room and access to common areas, is called CoLiving. They can benefit from the chance to interact and connect with others who share their interests while maintaining their privacy in their own room. 

For foreigners, students, and professionals looking for affordable residential apartments close to their workplaces and places of study, it provides excellent short-term housing in Singapore. 

Co-living provides higher-quality living conditions. These residences are tastefully built, taking into account all the conveniences and needs of the residents.  

Connecting Spaces is a property management business located in Singapore to rent private properties and operate CoLiving Business from private properties. We rent them from Landlords and Agents to for CoLiving purpose

Contrary to popular belief, co-living is actually legal in Singapore. 

If the following conditions are met as mentioned in the URA Guidelines shared above, : 

(1) the sublease is carried out with the landlord's knowledge and written approval; 

(2) the tenant's lease is for a minimum of three months; 

(3) a maximum of six occupants are residing in the unit, 

Then subletting is legal.

No, we are not Real Estate Agents. In fact, we work closely with many Real Estate Agents to rent their landlord's property. We are considered a Master/Main Tenant. This creates a win-win-win relationship between the Agents, landlord and us. 

Sure, we do provide services to landlords and owners directly to advice on direct rental needs,  space optimization for your properties and also property management services. 

For landlords, all you have to do after signing the Tenancy Agreement with us is to enjoy yourself and collect your rental on time. 

Of course! Real Estate Agents are our closest partners in our CoLiving business. They have a wonderful relationship with landlords/property owners and we are here to provide the solution by renting their landlord's property long term. This will allow them to focus on renting out more properties and improving their real estate business in the long run. 

No, we do not collect any amount commissions from either Landlords or Agents.

We will be reinstating the minor renovations we have done prior to how we took over the unit unless the Landlords/Owners tells us otherwise. The reinstatement will be at our cost so not to worry. 

Actually there is not much of a difference. Renting to a us, a CoLiving Operator :

1. You only deal with us (1 party) and not the CoLiving Tenants.

2. We ensure the house is kept clean by having weekly external housekeeping vendor to clean up the place.

4. We manage all CoLiving Tenants and ensure everyone lives in Harmony.

5. We manage all minor repairs, complaints and disputes from all CoLiving Tenants.

6. You do not have to worry your unit will be empty at any time of the lease, we provide you long term rental assurance.

7. We pay you promptly without the need for you to chase tenants for payment.

8. We reinstate everything at our cost back to as it was before once the tenancy period is over.

9. We add value to your property by adding digital technology, additional aircon units, etc to your unit all at our cost. 

As long as you adhere to the URA Guidelines for CoLiving, you can do CoLiving on most Private Residential Properties

You must adhere to URA Guidelines. 

1. The property must be approved for residential use.
2. The property must meet the minimum size requirements (35 sqm or 376.74 sqft) set out by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).
3. The property must comply with the by laws of the residential building or the condominium.
4. The property must not be located in a restricted zone.
5. Minimum of 3 months stay.
6. Maximum of 6 person occupancy limit.
7. The living/ dining, and kitchenette areas must all be preserved during any modifications to the unit in order for it to continue to function as a single, self-sufficient residential unit. 

For more information refer to the URA Guidelines here

Currently, we only operate our business in Singapore. We are a legally owned business entity registered in Singapore. We will share more information if we ever expand our business to markets outside Singapore