Heritage-Shophouse Coliving for Professionals in Singapore

For professionals moving to Singapore, the choice often comes down to a generic serviced apartment, a bare room, or signing a year-long lease and buying furniture. Heritage-shophouse coliving offers a fourth option: a furnished room in a characterful restored building, with community and flexibility built in. Figment’s new Wah Leong House in Jalan Besar is a case in point.

Why professionals choose coliving

Relocating is busy enough without sourcing a sofa or wrangling utility accounts. Coliving folds rent, utilities, Wi-Fi and cleaning into one monthly figure, and rooms come move-in ready. Just as valuable is the soft landing — shared lounges and dinners make it easy to meet people in a new city. Compared with a serviced apartment, coliving usually costs less per month over a longer stay and feels more like a home than a hotel; compared with a private lease, there is no agent’s fee, no furniture outlay and far more flexibility. It is why so many people choose coliving for professionals when they first arrive.

What a heritage shophouse adds

A restored shophouse gives you something a glass tower cannot: proportion, light and story. Wah Leong House, a four-storey 1954-inspired home, keeps the bones of a Jalan Besar shophouse — a mineral-blue façade, tropical timber, steel and brass — while adding modern comfort. Rooms are named after single Chinese characters drawn from mid-century shop culture, and archival prints of old Singapore line the walls. You live inside the neighbourhood’s history rather than above it. Browse our heritage shophouse rentals to see the range.

A room for focus and rest

Professionals need somewhere to work as well as unwind. At Wah Leong House, The Counting Room is a disciplined shared workspace of paired desks and banker’s lamps, while the quieter corridor rooms — named Calm, Still and Reflect — are designed for deep rest. Every room has a work desk, linen bedding and fast Wi-Fi, and the Upper Hall and roof terrace are there when you want company. It is a setup that suits remote workers, consultants on assignment and anyone relocating for a new role.

How to find a room

Stays at Figment run from a three-month minimum with month-to-month extensions, so you are not locked into a year. Explore coliving in Singapore and our three-month-plus rentals, or, if you would prefer a whole place, our houses. To check availability at Wah Leong House, enquire below.

Frequently asked questions

Is coliving cheaper than a serviced apartment?

For longer stays it often works out lower per month, because rent, utilities, Wi-Fi and cleaning are bundled into one figure and there is no agent’s fee or furniture to buy.

What is the minimum stay?

Figment rooms start from a three-month minimum, in line with Singapore’s rules for private homes, with month-to-month extensions after that.

Who is coliving best for?

Relocating professionals, remote workers and consultants on assignment who want a furnished, all-inclusive home and a ready-made community rather than a year-long lease.