13/10/2026
Rooming houses are one of the fastest moving parts of the Melbourne market right now, and one of the least understood.
We furnish across 3 key segments: Long term rental, short stay, and rooming houses. The third is the one we field the most questions about, and the one people most often get wrong on the first attempt.
A rooming house is not a standard rental with more beds in it.
Every room has to work as a self contained living space, not a bedroom with a shared kitchen bolted on. The furniture has to survive turnover far higher than a normal tenancy, and shared areas endure more usage than anything in a single household. Compliance requirements shape the layout before a single piece is chosen, not after.
Get that wrong and you are replacing furniture every year, which quietly eats the yield that made the project worth doing in the first place. Get it right and it is one of the more resilient models in the market.
If you are weighing up a rooming house and want a realistic picture of what furnishing one properly involves, reach out to our team.