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Why Nesting Away - And Why This Villa Was Always Meant to Be Ours
The story of how we found this place. (It's a bit wild.)
We Searched for 6 Months.
The Answer Was 200 Meters Away.
When Ola and Fede decided to open this coliving in 2024, they spent half a year driving around the countryside north of Rome with a wishlist: spacious, well-connected, surrounded by nature, affordable enough to build something real.
They looked at dozens of properties. Nothing felt right. Then in March 2024, they found a villa in Orte.
And that's when things got strange.
🔵 Sign #1 - They Came Full Circle
After 6 months of searching across different areas around Rome, this villa turned out to be located exactly 200 meters from the very first property they'd ever visited. 200 meters.
They'd basically spent half a year walking a giant circle, and ended up right back where they started. Coincidence. Sure.
But also very strong Alchemist energy.
🔵 Sign #2 - The Surname
The villa was originally built by a man named Pietro D'Ubaldo. Federico's last name? Also D'Ubaldo. The coliving is only 30 minutes from Federico's hometown, but he'd never heard of this Pietro.
So he did what any Italian would do: he asked Nonna Maria (yes, the pasta class Nonna). Her verdict: "Never heard of him. Not our family." Different D'Ubaldo. Just a weird coincidence.Fine.
Except…
🔵 Sign #3 - The Name Twin
Pietro D'Ubaldo had a nephew. His name? Federico D'Ubaldo. Same. Exact. Name.
When Federico started calling business around Orte for handling permits and paperwork, locals kept telling him with "Oh hey, Federico! I'll give you a discount!"
Wrong Federico. Still took the discount. And same name.
Three signs in a row.
Let's recap:
✓ 200 meters from where the search began ✓ Built by someone with Federico's exact surname ✓ That person's nephew has Federico's exact full name
At some point you stop calling it coincidence and just accept that the universe had a plan. By September 2024, Ola and Federico bought the villa. Renovated it pretty much by them self. Opened in July 2025. Six months later: nominated for Best Italian Homebase.
If that's not meant to be, we don't know what is.
⭐ 4.8/5 on Google · 70+ Remote Workers Hosted · 30+ Nationalities · 2 Seasons Fully Booked · 🏆 Nominated Best Italian Homebase · 80+ Reviews & Testimonials
What We're Actually Building Here
We're Not Running a Hotel. We're Building a Community.
We care deeply about every single person who walks through this door having the time of their life, making real friendships, unforgettable memories, and connections that outlast the stay.
We've had guests visit each other across continents after leaving. We've watched strangers become collaborators, travel buddies, and lifelong friends, all because they spent a few weeks working from the same porch.
That's not something that happens by accident. It happens because this coliving is selective, intentional and genuinely invested in who comes here.
We screen guests before they arrive, not because we're snobby, but because one wrong person ruins the experience for everyone else. The people who stay here chose community. That changes everything.
We support local Orte. When you stay here, you eat at local restaurants, buy from local shops, and show locals that remote work is a real and viable way of living. You're not a tourist passing through. You're part of the story.
They Almost Didn't Book Either.
Real guests. Real stories. No script.
Luca 🇮🇹
Business Developer from Italy - 2 weeks stay
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"I'd been working remotely for 6 years. The last couple I started feeling the loneliness. This fixed it."
Luca had lived alone for years and was nervous about going back to sharing a house. Within days the group clicked, the evenings felt alive, and he ended up producing more work than usual at this coliving in Italy. Every time he jumped in the pool he thought: this is exactly what I needed.
Tiffany 🇫🇷
Online Yoga Teacher from France - 2 weeks stay ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Don't overthink it. Just apply. You will not be disappointed."
Tiffany was looking for something between a retreat and a coliving in Italy. She found both at Nesting Away near Rome. Morning yoga outside, slow coffees, a community manager who took away all the planning, and a yard so beautiful it blew her mind even after seeing the photos.
Alysha 🇺🇸
CRM Specialist from the United States - 1 month stay
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"We're going to a coliving guest's wedding. And visiting another in Dubai. That's what happened here."
Alysha and her partner travel perpetually and have seen a lot of colivings. Her one concern before arriving at Nesting Away? Whether people would be okay with their dog. The whole house embraced her. She became queen of the villa. The friendships that followed outlasted the stay by a long shot.
Sound like your kind of place?
Why Not a Bigger Coliving?
Most Colivings Are Big. That's the Problem.
Most colivings in Lisbon or Barcelona have 20+ rooms.
People rotate in and out constantly. You meet someone on Tuesday, they're gone by Friday.
It's fine, but it's not deep.
Nesting Away is 7 rooms.
Check-ins only on the 1st and 16th of the month. Minimum 2-week stays.
Personally vetted by Fede and Ola.
You remember everyone's name. You know their story. You know what they're working on.
By week one, these are your people.
That's what we're building.
And we think it's worth it.