What Is Included in a Co-Living Home: The HobKnob Louisville List
- Aug 3
- 4 min read
What Is Included in a Co-Living Home: The HobKnob Louisville List
Last month a new resident pulled into the driveway at one of our Louisville homes with two suitcases and a backpack. That was the whole move.
No mattress strapped to a roof rack. No truck rental. No cardboard box of mismatched kitchen stuff. He dropped his bags in his room and had a cup of coffee in his hand about ten minutes later.
That is the point of this whole model. But the question I get asked more than any other is a fair one: what is included in a co-living home, exactly? Not the brochure version — the real list. So here it is, down to the coffee maker.
Your Private Bedroom, Furnished and Ready
Every HobKnob bedroom is single occupancy and privately yours. It arrives furnished with a bed, a dresser for clothing storage, and a dedicated workspace — an actual desk, not a nightstand you talk yourself into using as one.
We put blackout curtains in every bedroom for a specific reason. A good share of our residents are travel nurses working nights, and being able to sleep through a bright Tuesday afternoon is not a small thing.
One item we do not include: linens. Bring your own sheets, pillows, and towels. Most people would rather sleep on their own pillow anyway.
The Shared Spaces You Actually Use
Common areas are fully furnished — real seating, a smart TV, dining space, and kitchens stocked with the basics you would otherwise be buying on day one.
Our Burnett Gentlemen's Home is a good example. Twelve large bedrooms, but also three separate living areas, two full kitchens, and five bathrooms. That ratio is deliberate. Shared living only works when there is enough room to actually spread out.
Laundry is on-site and free. No quarters, no app, no Sunday drive to a laundromat.
Utilities, WiFi, and One Monthly Payment
All-inclusive at HobKnob means one payment covers rent plus all utilities plus high-speed WiFi. Electric, water, gas, trash, internet — all of it, one number, one due date.
There are no deposits with the power company, no account transfers on the way in, and nothing to shut off on the way out. For someone here on a 13-week contract or a six-month project, that alone saves a stack of phone calls.
Private rooms start at around $699 a month at our Burnett home in Louisville, which is the lowest room rate we offer, and run to roughly $1,099 depending on the home and the room. Pricing can change with availability. You can see current openings on our co-living page.
What Is Included in a Co-Living Home — The Full List
Here is the working checklist we hand to anyone who asks what is included in a co-living home with us:
Furnished private bedroom with a bed, dresser, blackout curtains, and a dedicated workspace
All utilities plus fast WiFi rolled into one monthly payment
Furnished common areas with a smart TV and kitchen essentials
Keurig Duo coffee maker in the common kitchen
Bi-weekly cleaning of the shared spaces
Free on-site laundry
Keyless self check-in and a monitored security system
Fire extinguisher plus smoke and carbon monoxide detection
Cleaning essentials, iron and ironing board, designated storage
A 30-day minimum stay, then a month-to-month lease instead of a twelve-month commitment
What is not included: your linens, your groceries, and your personal toiletries. Some homes are non-smoking and do not accept pets, so it is worth asking about the specific house you are considering.
The Small Things That Tell You Someone Thought It Through
A resident once told me the Keurig in the common kitchen is what sold him. Not the square footage, not the parking lot — the coffee maker.
I understood exactly what he meant. A coffee maker sitting there on move-in day signals that the home was set up by people who have thought about what the first morning in a new city actually feels like.
Bi-weekly cleaning of the common areas falls in the same category. Nobody wants to negotiate a chore chart with people they just met. And a few of our homes offer an optional pool pass from May through September, which makes a Louisville August considerably more tolerable.
Our homes are organized as Ladies Homes and Gentlemen Homes, so you know the makeup of the house before you ever sign anything.
Come Walk Through One
Photos only get you so far. If you are weighing a stay in Louisville or Southern Indiana, the fastest way to know whether this fits is to walk through a home. You can schedule a tour or start an application online, and you can always reach our team directly at (502) 625-6670. We are locally owned and locally managed, so the person who picks up the phone is someone who has stood in the house you are asking about.
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