This Australian woman rents out half of her bed for a cool $631 a month – declaring it the ‘perfect solution’ for those feeling lonely and poor.
The 36-year-old used the extra income to revive her career and start up her own dream company, Diversity Models, which is a modelling agency that specializes in providing curve, cultural, and mature-aged models for businesses.
Monique Jeremiah – from Queensland , Australia – came up with the idea of hot bedding during the pandemic
The Australian woman rents out half of her bed for a cool $631 a month – declaring it the ‘perfect solution’ for those feeling lonely and poor
The entrepreneur-turned-Australian reality TV-star claims that this will be the future for property owners, stating that ‘it is the perfect avenue to save money, live simply, and of course not be alone.’
‘Hot bedding is excellent for people who are able to detach emotionally and sleep next to another person in a completely respectful and non-strings-attached manner,’ according to Jeremiah .
Declaring it the ‘perfect situation,’ the entrepreneur did admit it was important to set some boundaries – for both parties involved.
‘It is the perfect situation, especially if you are a sapiosexual, like myself, and you prefer companionship over the physical,’ she explained.
She added: ‘It takes two people who respect each other’s space, values, and boundaries to do hot bedding.’
According to Jeremiah, hot bedding is ‘just like’ sharing a room with two beds. The key difference is you share a singular mattress.
‘It is just like sharing a room with two beds; however, you only sleep in the same bed together, so you definitely want a big bed and lots of space in the room to make it worthwhile,’ she added.
Jerimiah had the idea to start ‘hot bedding’ during the COVID-19 pandemic after her world – like many people’s – turned upside down.
‘At the start of COVID in early 2020, I suddenly found myself single; my thriving business of an international education agency and student accommodation collapsed overnight, and my teaching career suddenly became unfulfilling as education went online,’ she explained.
‘My life was literally imploding beyond my control,’ the hot-bed guru continued.
‘I knew my only option was to innovate and think outside the box, and that’s how I decided to do hot bedding.’
According to Jeremiah, hot bedding is ‘just like’ sharing a room with two beds. The key difference is you share a singular mattress
The Queensland entrepreneur has also shared half the mattress with her ex-boyfriend, who pays $160 a week
Jeremiah recalled a moment where she had to ‘swallow her pride’ and contact her ex-boyfriend -whom she hadn’t spoken to in a year – but had occupied her bed for two of the years they dated.
‘ said to him, “Do you want to survive COVID together?” and to my surprise, he said, “yes,”‘ she recalled.
Surprisingly the arrangement worked, leading Jeremiah to do it a couple more times – though the prices have increased to align with the cost of living – but she insists it’s well worth it.
‘I have rented to my previous partner now twice,’ she said. ‘He will be sleeping with me again soon.’
‘I will be raising the hot bedding rate to $160 a week when he returns as the cost of living has gone up significantly in Australia and my room is still a beautiful, comfortable room, the size of a five-star hotel suite,’ she said.
Although some find the concept odd, Jeremiah says it has been ideal for her so far.
‘Being an entrepreneur is already a lonely journey as you build a company,’ she explained. ‘So why sleep alone when you can sleep with a companion, with someone with the same discipline and drive, while making money in your sleep?’
She says her room is still a ‘beautiful, comfortable room, the size of a five-star hotel suite’
Home sweet home for two: Several TikToks spoke about the concept, with some users declaring it ‘sad’
Jeremiah thinks hot bedding is the way of the future, with the concept of hot bedding growing as the cost of living does
The concept of hot bedding is growing as the cost of living does.
A 2021 survey from the University of Technology Sydney polled 7,000 international students living in Sydney and Melbourne. Of the students surveyed, three per cent reported hot-bedding to save on rent with 40 per cent reported they skipped meals due to financial costs.
The ‘hot bedding’ trend appears to be picking up among cash-strapped renters.
Some TikToks posted about the concept have had users declare it ‘sad,’ but others have admitted they already do it.
‘Just get a bunk bed,’ one person objected, while another added: ‘It’s a very sad way people are forced to live.’
Other TikTok users said they had even tried it themselves.
‘I’m a med student in New Zealand and my friend and I do this. ofc (of course) we weren’t friends at first it was totally anonymous but decided to meet,’ they wrote.
‘I work with a nurse who does this. 8 people in a 2 bed room house. one room does morning and nightshift, the other does 9-5 people and interstate,’ another commented.
