Coliving regulations in Austin, TX?

[Robert Johnson]

Hey everyone I'm looking to do a coliving house hack in Austin, TX and I'm curious if there are any restrictions preventing this? I know Austin just passed the Home initiative (https://www.homecoalitionatx.com/) which apparently is lifting the ban on the number of unrelated adults living in a home. 

I'm exploring the idea of turning a 6 bedroom into an 8 bedroom and am curious if there are any restrictions preventing me from doing this? Are there restrictions on the number of bedrooms per square footage or other things I should be considering? Would there be any issue having each of them on individual leases?

[Ryan Kelly]

@Robert Johnson the city itself just raised the number of unrelated adults allowed to live in the home, so that's not a major challenge anymore. I would focus more on HOA restrictions, zoning, and parking restrictions if you are going to have that many people living in one home. Parking may be your biggest issue if too many cars pile up on the streets. That's what will get the neighbor's attention. If you add additional bedrooms, I would also consider the bedroom-to-bathroom ratio so you don't have too many roommates needing to share a bathroom. Also, you may want to consider how much common area space remains if you close it all off to bedrooms. At the end of the day, the most important factor is location.

Doing a quick MLS search, there are only 2 homes in the Austin city limits with 6+ bedrooms that aren't well over $1M in price. The rest of them are out in the suburbs. More than likely you would want to focus on 4-5 bedroom homes and see if they have room to add a 6th.