In Winston-Salem, NC where I now live, the prototype for the Empire State Building, i.e., the R. J. R. Reynolds Building [1] now has a Kimpton Hotel on the bottom 6 floors [2], and apartments on the 11 floors above [3]. There may be some way to arrange hotel cleaning for the residential apartments, or you could hire outside, but I believe residents also get access to many of the hotel amenities, e.g., the basketball court, etc., and of course the restaurant and bar. The building is beautiful, and there's plenty to do outside the doors as well on 4th St, Trade St, the other mini-downtown-areas, Innovation Quarter, Old Town Salem, etc., with some awesome biking / walking trails not too far away (round-trip to around Salem Lake is 16 miles [4]).

If I were to choose the hotel-like lifestyle that would be a good, perhaps affordable, option.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_Building

[2] https://www.ihg.com/kimptonhotels/hotels/us/en/cardinal-hote....

[3] https://www.apartments.com/the-residences-at-the-rj-reynolds...

[4] https://rootsrated.com/winston-salem-nc/trail-running/salem-...

In France they're (cleverly enough) called "appart'hôtel". You can stay there for one week up to several months (or years I guess if you keep paying?) and you can use it as a hotel or an apartment depending on the level of service you want. You can cook yourself or eat outside, you can order the number of times a week the room is to be cleaned, etc.

What you’re looking for are called serviced apartments in the UK at least. As with hotels these go from mid quality to very high end - the Savoy in London has serviced apartments attached to it for example which give access to all the hotels amenities (or at least used to - not sure if it still does after the most recent refurbishment).

Many of the hotels in Las Vegas allow you to buy condominiums on the highest floors. Often the top 10% of floors are permenant rooms and suites that are sold as apartments. You purchase them like a house, you can sell them any time, and you are the sole owner of that room.

Most of the hotels also have private elevators only for condominum owners so you don't have to mingle with the guests.

You pay an ongoing fee each month for the hotel services and utilities. But this is flat rate and is surprisingly affordable. Comparable in price to a high-end HOA fee in an upscale planned community ($300 - $400 per month). Remember this also includes utilities, access to hotel amenities, and house cleaning on a limited schedule (usually just 1 time per week). Additional house cleanings are sold at a fixed schedule of around $50 per cleaning.

I have a friend who has an apartment in the top of Las Vegas Trump Tower (yes yes, i know all the political presidential comments will follow now, but really the hotel is incredible). This caused me to look it up for myself. I live nearby in Utah and visit Las Vegas frequently. I considered purchasing an apartment in a hotel for myself.

Like any other house, these are listed on the MLS. You hire a real estate agent, etc. I looked at Cosmopolitan, The Palms, MGM Signature, and a few others. They are all surprisingly competitive. Prices start around $250k (which gets you a studio style room). $350k seemed to be the average price for a 1 bedroom. And $500k seemed to get you in the 2 bedroom range. Penthouse suites are also available in the > $1M range.

But all-in-all you can basically live in a hotel for roughly the price of buying a home. Even the ongoing hotel fee isn't too far off what I pay for utlities alone at my home, and also includes the hotel services.

Vegas is not alone in this concept. I know that New York does the same thing and there are similar ones when I was visiting Vancouver, Canada last weekend. Look at most premium hotels and they will often have this option available to a certain amount of their rooms.

Tl;DR: for anyone wanting to live in a hotel, it is INCREDIBLY realistic.

Ah that's neat! Although when I really think about the attractiveness of "living in a hotel", the entire idea is about moving away from ownership, even of things like furniture and dishware. I'd prefer a rentable option. Still, very cool.

I know there's some flats you can buy in London close / connected to some major luxury hotels that provide that. E.g.

https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/luxury/property/1125m-apa...

Been thinking about this for quite a while. Now, trying to make it happen - https://primechasm.com

:-)

I love this idea.

Dedicated apart hotels are pretty common and its fairly common for "normal" hotels to have apartments or even entirely separate houses.

Some hotels rent or even sell apartments (former suites or whole floors) and offer their services for rent, though they are pricey.