“Can people around 40s live in a sharehouse…?”
Many people may be wondering like this.
To begin from the conclusion, of course, people around 40 years old can live in a sharehouse. However, many sharehouses have age restrictions, e.g., 20 ~ 35 years old, so it’s necessary to find a sharehouse with no age restrictions.
Also, there are a few tips you should keep in your mind in a sharehouse, where people of different ages get together. Just knowing the tips beforehand makes it possible to avoid trouble in a sharehouse life of people around 40s.
Having said that, it’s still hard to imagine what you should keep in your mind.
So, in this article, we introduce the followings:
・ Characteristics and reasons of people who move into a share house at the age around 40s
・ Commentaries from people who actually live in a sharehouse
・ Important points for people around 40s living in a sharehouse
・ Sharehouse Hidamari’s recommended areas for people around 40s
・ Other choices of communal life besides living in a sharehouse
Please refer to this article and consider starting a sharehouse life at the age of around 40s!
People around 40s can move into a sharehouse!
First, needless to say, people around 40s years old can move into a sharehouse.
But, a sharehouse usually has an age limit of 20 ~ up to 35 years old. People older than 36 years old cannot live in a sharehouse whose age limit is up to 35 years old.
So, people around 40s need to find a sharehouse with no age limit.
By the way, people who move into a sharehouse at the age around 40s tend to be:
・ Unmarried or divorced more than once
・ Living in a metropolitan area, like Tokyo
The current situation is that it’s hard to find sharehouses that people around 40s can move to the countryside. Also, only a few sharehouses accept a family, so single/unmarried people usually are the majority in a sharehouse.
Characteristics and reasons of people who move into a share house at the age around 40s
For example, the reasons for people who move into a share house at the age around 40s are:
・ Divorce
・ Job transfer, or a job change
・ Searching for a slow-life or a new life after retirement
・ A single mother/father having a hard time for parenting
It seems like it’s when their living environment has changed, or they want to change at their own will.
Other reasons are:
・ Cost of living and rent become cheaper rather than living alone
・ Find more free time for work and hobby since someone partially takes care of housework
・ Want to expand friendship
One of the pros of a sharehouse is that rent, and initial cost is cheaper than living alone. Especially, people living in a metropolitan area like Tokyo tend to place priority on cheapness since rent is really high.
Other than that, some people consider moving into a sharehouse to enrich their life by expanding friendship. Many people around 40s are hard workers, so it seems the number of people looking for a sharehouse has been increasing because they feel they want to make their life fulfilling.
Commentaries and reality of people around 40s who have lived in a sharehouse
Although the number of people around 40s who move into a sharehouse has been increasing, but the number is still small. Thus, many people may wonder, “Can I really live in a sharehouse …?”
To remove your anxiety, let’s check commentaries from people around 40s who have lived in a sharehouse.
・ As a fact, most of sharemates are 20s ~ 30s
・ Find more time for work and hobby since housework such as cleaning can be left to a cleaning service company
・ There are some sharemates they don’t get along, but it happens in any sharehouses
・ A small/medium-scale sharehouse might be suitable for people around 40s since a large-scale sharehouse tends to create cliques among sharemates.
Other sharemates are mostly people around 20s ~ 30s and it’s quite rare to meet sharemates around 40s. However, living in a sharehouse creates more free time, and we often hear, “I feel fulfilled every day, as a result.”
Trouble in getting along with people happens in any sharehouses, and also it is not limited to a communal life. Or rather, other sharemates come talk to people around 40s for advice sometimes, so it’s not always that people around 40s get left out.
Basically, it’s totally possible for people around 40s to enjoy a sharehouse life.
Having said that, there are some important points for people around 40s living in a sharehouse. We explain in detail next.
Important points for people around 40s living in a sharehouse
Please keep the following things in your mind if you are around 40s living in a sharehouse.
[Property/Sharehouse search]
・ Search for a sharehouse with no age limit
・ Consider moving into a high-end sharehouse whose rent is more than ¥100,000
・ Search for a sharehouse whose private room comes with a bathroom and a kitchen, if you are nervous living in a sharehouse
The average age of a sharehouse with no age limit or a sharehouse whose rent is high tends to be higher in the first place. If you want to meet people from the same generation, please search for a sharehouse with the condition above.
[Life after moving in]
・ Actively start conversation from you to communicate with other sharemates
・ Be conscious of an even/equal relationship, meaning no hierarchical/vertical relationship in a sharehouse
・ Be curious about things you don’t know, including about other sharemates
・ Pay attention to your look: be tidy and clean
After moving in, one of the important points is to start conversation from you, who is older than other sharemates. Also, by being conscious of respecting others’ life value/perspective, communication will be smooth even among people from different generation/background.
Please pay attention to the important points above when you move into a sharehouse for the first time at the age of around 40s.
Sharehouse Hidamari’s recommended areas and sharehouses for people around 40s
We explained about a sharehouse life of people around 40s so far. We welcome people from the generation called “Ara-for,” which means people around 40s in Japanese.
However, moving in is limited to only Syonan & Kamakura area and Yokohama *only Hodogaya. The sharehouses in those areas have no age limit, so there are quite a few people from the late 30s ~ 40s.
If you are looking for a sharehouse with the same generation, please put Syonan & Kamakura area into your consideration.
Recommended for people around 40s! Other choices of communal life besides living in a sharehouse
If you are around 40s and still nervous about living in a sharehouse, we recommend the following as a way of communal life with others.
・ Social apartment (private room like a normal apartment + shared-space)
・ Being a landlord or an owner of a sharehouse (renovate your own house as a sharehouse)
You can have more private space in a social apartment compared to a sharehouse.
A landlord or an owner of a sharehosue can get rent income by letting residents live in a home.
Summary: If you are around 40s, let’s try to find a sharehouse where people from the same generation get together to have a fun communal life
In this article, we explained about people around 40s moving into a sharehouse.
It’s totally possible for people around 40s to move into a sharehouse.
The common reasons for moving in are as follows:
・ Divorce
・ Job transfer, or a job change
・ Searching for a slow-life or a new life after retirement
・ A single mother/father having a hard time for parenting
However, it’s necessary to check the primary conditions since basically sharehouses have an age limit of from 20s ~under 35 years old. Other than that, please refer to the suitable environment/condition and the important points for people around 40s to enjoy living in a sharehouse without trouble.
Also, when you consider moving into a sharehouse, we recommend you to understand the common trouble and how to deal with them beforehand.
