A few years ago, I moved back from the UK to Singapore. As all Singaporean Singles know, getting your own place when you’re unmarried is prohibitively expensive, due to the many BTO restrictions singles face. Since I’ve covered this in my various articles with Stacked, I won’t bore you by repeating myself here but, suffice it to say, 1.5 years on, I’m ready to throw in the towel regarding finding an affordable multi-generational property.
However, I’ve not quite given up on having “a room of one’s own”, to paraphrase Virginia Woolf, and so I’ve been toying with the idea of renting or trying co-living. (If you’re curious about my Singapore property journey, click through to see how it all started.)
Note: this is not an advertorial for co-living as the stay was completely paid for by myself (not sponsored by any co-living company OR Stacked) so you can rest assured that everything I write is...