HOW COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION ('SHARING') COULD CHANGE THE FORTUNES OF GHANAIAN HOMEOWNERS

** This dual-key property has multiple points of entry and exit for all occupants to enjoy the garden and sunshine.

Loosely defined, collaborative consumption is a business model in which shared goods or services are distributed via a marketplace to a community of users. Collaborative consumption reshapes markets by changing supply and demand economics.

Visitors to Chelsea Inn & Suites East Legon, Accra, who are many and varied, note how perfectly the dual-key home ensures their full privacy and a home away from home living at a fraction of the cost of staying in a hotel when they enter their private suites and unpack.

The owners, Ben & Mavis designed the house with private bedrooms and bathrooms on separate wings, which the couple sporadically rents out to people in need of short-term accommodation. This allows the family to live better, not worse. In a society like ours where people are very materialistic, the couple appreciates the opportunity to earn an income by sharing their home. They enjoy the interaction with people from across the world and also encourage others with multiple unused rooms in their homes to put them to good economic use. In Accra, we see many vacant and partially occupied mansions which could be put to good economic use simply by sharing. The couple is promoting a shift in the Ghanaian economy where people would appreciate sharing their most personal assets, their homes.

Forbes Magazine estimated just this year that revenue flowing through the sharing economy - directly into people's pockets will surpass $3.5 billion. Are you ready to share your home? Please call us on 0202-618-190 or send us an email to [email protected]. We can help you earn revenue from your empty and unused rooms.