The Sharing Economy bursts in with a new force into the field of Real Estate.
The Sharing Economy implies money savings on the things that you can just rent for temporary use but don’t need to buy. This approach is advantageous in that case, that sometimes it’s easier to pay for temporary access to a product than to own it. Coworking and coliving are becoming increasingly popular, in addition to the usual communal pools on the roof of houses, common barbecues and meeting rooms in the lobby of a residential building.
Common office
There are several different options for using the space as an office.
- Serviced offices are premises, fully equipped with working and meeting furniture, office appliances, kitchen equipment, ready for use, which can be rented for any period of time and can be adapted to any user.
- Managed offices are premises that prepare and equip for a specific tenant.
- Co-working spaces – in this case, the company instead of a lease enters into an agreement to use office space under certain conditions and this agreement does not involve possession of the office and provides the opportunity to use the premises located in its equipment. https://coworkingplatforma.com/en/
- “separate tables” is a service, which specifies the conditions under which to the use of the customer a certain number of tables in the office are given.
- incubators & accelerators – these are the spaces for startups, which differ according to specialization.
Common house
Under the “coliving” can be accommodated apart-hotels, and office space, and hotels, and dormitories.
The main advantage of coliving is to save money without sacrificing quality and comfort. Of course, it is more profitable to pay for laundry, concierge services, cleaning of premises, utilities jointly and live in a nice area of the city than to abandon it just because of the high prices, but in order to live alone.
In 2010, Time magazine called the Sharing Economy one of the ideas that will change the World. Today’s young generation is convinced that it is cheaper, more convenient and more correct to take something to rent, rather than to buy it.
The principle of joint use of Real Estate is actively used by online traders: large warehouses and distribution centers are rented partly by retailers, distributors, logistics operators, e-commerce enterprises. Including large companies with their own warehouses to reduce costs.
So, the technology of the Sharing Economy allows Real Estate agencies to have a constant flow of customers who want to rent an office or housing. For example, Airbnb serves more by 22% tourists in comparison with the international Hilton hotel every year, the American share company, unlike competitors, is not spending money on the purchase and maintenance of the property.
The sharing economy is a new opportunity for Real Estate companies, not to lose customers and be more flexible for modern society.
