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Co-Living Homes, From the People Who Build Them

Purpose-built shared homes are our specialty. They make up most of what we build, alongside SDA and childcare. Specialised, high-compliance property is our core business, not a sideline.

713,277
Victorian households renting (Census 2021)
+33%
projected growth in group households, 2021–2036 (VIF 2023)
1.7M
Victorians renting, up 11.5% in five years (Census 2021)

Third-party data, shown for illustration only. Not financial advice.

About Enable Group

Thinking About Co-Living? Start With the Builders Who Specialise In It

Enable Group designs and builds co-living homes (also called rooming houses) across Victoria. It isn't a sideline for us; it's our core business. Because we work in this space every day, we can show you what these projects actually cost, what they realistically earn, and where they tend to go wrong.

We can help you source land, assess an existing backyard or a site you're considering, and set out every building and development cost in full. We don't give financial or investment advice. We give you the complete set of figures so you can do your own sums.

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Inside an Enable Group co-living home kitchen

Find Your Path

Which One Sounds Like You?

Whatever you're starting with, there's likely a path here for you. Find the one that fits. You may not have known it was even an option.

Build for Income

Whatever you're starting with (capital, land, or an old rental) there's a way to make it earn.

Better returns than a standard rental

Investor

Better returns than a standard rental

You're ready to invest, and you want better returns than a standard rental gives. We design purpose-built co-living homes engineered to out-yield ordinary residential, and hand you the full costings so you can see the upside for yourself.

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Turn unused space into income

Own Land or Backyard

Turn unused space into income

That spare backyard or block of land could be earning a second income. We turn unused space into a purpose-built co-living home, sized to your block and the local rental market.

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Rebuild for considerably more income

Tired Rental

Rebuild for considerably more income

Your older rental is sitting on land that could earn far more. Rebuild it as a purpose-built co-living home and unlock the difference: considerably more income from the same block.

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The Longer View

The model that builds your portfolio today is the same one that could shape how you choose to live tomorrow.

Community & Multigenerational Homes

A smart, deliberate way to live — shared by choice, with a private space of your own.

Buy together, live independently

Co-Ownership

Buy together, live independently

Owning a home of your own is more within reach when you build it with someone you trust. Buy land together and build a duplex, dual-key, or shared home with private separate quarters. You share the costs, not your space.

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Independence, with people around you

Seniors

Independence, with people around you

Choose community and shared facilities without giving up your independence. Co-buy or co-live with people you choose, in a home with your own private, self-contained quarters.

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Together, but independent

Families

Together, but independent

Keep the whole family close, with room for everyone to have their own space. A dual-key or linked home on one block: a private wing for the teenagers, or a self-contained section for grandparents, close enough to look out for them as they get older.

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Aerial view of Melbourne suburbs at golden hour

Market Insight

A Structural Shift in How Victorians Live

Renting is now how nearly 1.7 million Victorians live. At the 2021 Census, 713,277 households were renting, up 35.7% since 2011. Group households are projected to grow another 33% by 2036, well ahead of the broader housing market.

1.6%
Melbourne Vacancy Rate
SQM Research, May 2026, far below the ~3% of a balanced market. Rental demand continues to outstrip supply.
$580/wk
Median Melbourne Rent
As of September 2025, with unit rents up 46.9% since March 2021
800,000
New Homes Target
Victoria's Housing Statement target over 10 years, current rates fall short
Read the Full Market Research

Sources: Renting in Victoria: Snapshot 2022 (Census 2021 data) and Victoria in Future 2023.

Third-party data, shown for illustration only. Not financial advice.

See what these numbers could mean for your block or budget.

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What You Can Build

Designed Around Your Land, Your Budget, and the Life You Want

Whatever we build with you, what matters is the outcome: more income, an affordable home of your own, or family close but independent. Here's the range we design and build to get you there.

Co-Living Homes

Co-Living Homes

Purpose-built shared homes with an ensuite and privacy for every resident, designed to earn more than a standard rental.

Dual-Key Homes

Dual-Key Homes

Two independent homes under one roof: live in one and let the other, or rent both.

Duplexes

Duplexes

Two separate homes on one block: two incomes, or a home for you and one to let.

SDA

SDA

Specialist Disability Accommodation: accessible, compliant homes designed for comfortable, long-term living.

Co-Living Discovery Session

Start With a Conversation. Leave Knowing More.

We'll walk you through what co-living homes cost to build, what they realistically earn, and whether the model suits your situation. No obligation, no sales pitch.

Contact Us

Have a Conversation With Us

We're happy to answer questions, walk through the numbers, or discuss a site you're considering. No pressure, no obligation, just the facts so you can decide for yourself.

Prefer to book a time instead? See the model walked through properly in a Co-Living Discovery Session.

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Office

Enable Group Pty Ltd

Suite 2, 1401 Burke Road, Kew East VIC 3102

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Tell us your situation, your block, your budget, or the rental you're rethinking. We'll come back within two business days with what's possible and what it costs.