Packing your suitcase and going to telecommute in a dream location, the promise of co-living is enticing.
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One year after the entry into force of the confinement, decreed on March 17, 2020 to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic,
20 Minutes is
interested in the consequences of the past twelve months on the lives of French people.
And in particular the generalization of teleworking.
For those who can work remotely and are fed up with restrictions and bad weather, coliving is an attractive option.
This new trend combines in the same place of life - pleasant - shared accommodation and coworking.
Telework, Zoom in pajama bottoms, loneliness at home.
A year ago, France discovered life in confinement.
Since then, life has been organized according to the restrictive measures linked to the coronavirus crisis, with days that follow and look alike.
What feed desires elsewhere, escape the anxiety-provoking and rainy climate and pack your bundle to go to work in the sun.
With the spread of teleworking, the only things you need are a computer and a good internet connection.
The temptation to leave is therefore all the greater, especially while waiting for a probable turn of the screw this Thursday.
A possible escape thanks to “coliving”, the new trend which combines a productive working environment and a pleasant living environment.
What is coliving?
Small sequence of Anglicisms: coliving - a contraction of "co" (together) and "living" - therefore combines colocation and coworking (shared workspace) in the same place.
As long as to do by offering a nice habitat in an equally nice place.
Los Angeles, Sydney, Paris, Barcelona, Bayonne… The concept already exists.
And it was on him that Matthieu Zeilas and Hugo Grange, two French entrepreneurs who launched their start-up Palma Coliving in the summer of 2020.
The idea came to them naturally: “A year and a half ago, I wanted to launch a start-up, I went to Barcelona,” says Matthieu Zeilas.
I didn't know anyone, so I looked for a coworking space.
Then I heard about coliving and it did "tilt".
Today, "we offer top-of-the-range coliving, in sunny destinations", explain the two thirty-something, aware that "the period is favorable".
For now, Palma Coliving is two villas near the sea, in Palma de Mallorca and Valencia, Spain.
But make no mistake, these are not vacation homes.
“Our residents come to work, they have intense days.
We are there to offer them a comfortable working environment adapted to their activity and a pleasant living environment.
We offer an environment that boosts productivity and breaks out of the routine, ”indicate Hugo and Matthieu, who each run a villa.
Everything is designed for the comfort of residents.
“The villas are chosen for their environment, they are furnished, equipped, with several internet connections.
Each person has their own room and can enjoy coworking and communal living spaces, a meeting room.
Ergonomic chairs, desks, screens, whiteboards have been planned.
We also have a meditation room ”, describes Matthieu, enjoying the view of the orange and lemon trees in the garden.
All this for “around 1,000 euros per month all inclusive.
With invoice ”.
Who is coliving for?
“We are addressing digital nomads,” says Matthieu.
They are often in their thirties and several years of experience.
They are above all freelancers, self-entrepreneurs, influencers, who are offered to join a community, a network ”.
And places are expensive: “Since our opening, we have received hundreds of requests from teleworkers of fifteen nationalities,” he continues.
Including "a lot of Parisians who sublet their studio and join us for one, two or three months, completes Hugo.
Suddenly, the two villas are accessible on the waiting list ”.
Well settled in the villa in Palma, the coworkers benefit from a pleasant living and working environment.
- Palma Coliving
And do not settle there who wants.
After filling out a form on the site, "we organize a video interview to ensure that the profile is in line with our philosophy", detail the founders.
Self-employed, remote workers or “digital nomad”, that's yes.
Students, parents or residents with pets in their suitcases, that's no.
"We probe their expectations, to find out what they can share with others."
An interview passed hands down by Vanessa.
An independent talent recruiter, the 30-something, who can work 100% remotely, is used to co-living.
“Some time ago, I took a year off to go around the world.
When I got home, I couldn't see myself returning to an office, she says.
During the first confinement, I was already living in coliving in Barcelona.
Then I discovered Palma Coliving and I arrived in Mallorca in October, never to want to leave again ”.
For her, who has already lived the nomadic life in an apartment in other European cities, there is no photo: “When you are a nomadic worker, you arrive in a new place where you don't know anyone and at a certain time. , we want to have a community.
Co-living is a state of mind and the ideal starting point for meeting people and stimulating creativity.
In the event of slack, exchanging gives new impetus.
All this in a place that encourages you to be even more productive in order to enjoy life outside.
Taking your lunch break by the pool and heading to the beach after work, it's still great!
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Take a dip in the pool after work, do you feel like it?
- Palma Coliving
What more does coliving have to offer than a classic hotel or shared apartment?
“Unlike a roommate, you don't have to worry about the logistics: you put down your suitcases and your computer and you're ready to work,” says Vanessa.
I have a productivity that I didn't necessarily have in my apartment, alone in Paris ”.
When you're a digital nomad, “you look for an environment that ensures productivity,” specifies Matthieu.
At the hotel, there can be great services, but not emulation ”.
Especially since the villas host “events”: Workshop, meditation or yoga workshop, “networking afterwork” sessions with entrepreneurs, developers or external influencers.
And co-living seems to have found its audience: “Our project is to extend over the next five years to around thirty destinations that lend themselves to our vision: in the sun, in a house that offers a good quality of life. , with people who connect with each other, confide Hugo and Matthieu.
Next destinations: other cities in Spain, the south of France, Portugal and Greece ”.
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