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Most major property portals (such as PropertyGuru and 99.co) do not feature a single toggle labeled "No Landlord Staying". However, you can filter and identify them reliably using these practical methods:

### 1. Portal Keyword & Title Search

Agents marketing these units know it is a major selling point and will feature it prominently in their listing headlines. Enter these exact phrases into the portal search/keyword bar:

* **`"No owner"`** or **`"No owner stay"`**
* **`"No landlord"`**
* **`"Co-living"`** or **`"Coliving"`**

### 2. Search Under "Co-Living" Filters

On platforms like PropertyGuru, 99.co, or specialized portals (e.g., Cove, Hmlet, The Assembly Place, Dash Living), select the **Co-living** category. Co-living setups are specifically run where all bedrooms are tenanted out to working professionals with zero live-in landlords.

### 3. Filter for "Cooking Allowed" & "Visitors Allowed"

Under the portal's **Furnishing / Features / Amenities** filters:

* Check **"Cooking Allowed"** (Heavy/Full Cooking).
* Check **"Visitors Allowed"**.
* Landlords residing inside the unit almost always restrict or ban cooking (limiting tenants to "light boiling/instant noodles") and prohibit visitors. Units permitting full cooking and visitors are overwhelmingly tenant-only or co-living flats.

### 4. Direct Filtering on Carousell & Facebook

* **Carousell Property:** In the search bar under *Property for Rent > Rooms*, type `"no owner"` or `"no landlord"`. Use quotes to match the exact string.
* **Facebook Rental Groups:** Look specifically for groups titled *"Singapore Flatshare / Roomies"*, *"Singapore Rooms No Owner"*, or *"Singapore Expat Flatmates"*.

### Legal Watch-Out for HDB Rooms

If you rent an HDB bedroom with no owner present, confirm whether the flat is an **approved whole-unit rental** being co-leased by a master tenant or an authorized co-living operator. If the landlord claims to be "staying in the locked master bedroom" but actually lives elsewhere, that is an illegal sub-tenancy under HDB rules and risks sudden eviction.

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There is a field on propertyguru that you can toggle but not every listing would include that information.

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There is no such option from my understanding. You may wish to write into PropertyGuru to request for such option. I know that the competing portal has such a filter.

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