From bare unit to
photo-ready listing.
Designing for guests who stay three nights is different from designing for an owner who lives somewhere for ten years. Cohost Concepts matches you with designers who've actually styled short-term rentals — vetted by portfolio, paid by milestone, and skilled at the small things that drive 5-star reviews.
- Designer bar
- 3+
- prior STR projects
- Payment
- By
- milestone (not upfront)
- Scope levels
- 4
- styling → full design
The four touches that actually move ADR + reviews
From keys-in-hand to first 5-star review.
Project scoped, designer matched, milestones paid, photos captured. Cohost holds funds in escrow; designers get paid as each milestone closes.
Cohost holds funds in escrow; payment releases on milestone signoff.
From keys-in-hand to first booking. Four scopes, your pick.
Pick a scope
Styling only (you bought the furniture, we make it look right). Photo-ready punch list. Full design (we source everything). Refresh (year-2 updates).
Match by portfolio + budget
Designers in the marketplace upload past STR projects with before/after photos + ADR lift data. We match to your aesthetic, market, and budget range.
Pay by milestone
No big upfront. Cohost holds funds in escrow; designer releases milestone-by-milestone. If a project stalls, the unspent balance comes back to you.
The whole package, shipped to the door.
Your designer specs a furniture package; you approve; cohost orders everything from one consolidated vendor and ships direct to the property in time for install week. No 14 boxes from 14 stores arriving on 14 days while you live across the country.
- One consolidated shipment to install date.
- Vendor returns handled if anything's wrong on arrival.
- STR-durable picks — surfaces and fabrics rated for turnover.
- Transparent margin — package price = vendor cost + flat coordination fee. No undisclosed markup.
Both sides of the design table.
New STR owners
You closed on a property and have eight weeks before peak season. Cohost gets a vetted designer on-site in 14 days and photo-ready in six weeks.
Get listing-ready by season →Underperforming hosts
Reviews say "tired" or "looks like a Craigslist sublet". A refresh scope rotates 6-8 high-impact items + photo redo. ADR lift pays for it in a season.
Refresh my listing →STR-active designers
You've designed for short-term rentals and want a steady pipeline. Apply with portfolio + ADR-lift evidence — we route matched projects to you in your aesthetic + region.
Apply to the marketplace →10% platform fee · disclosed on the engagement letter.
Cohost charges 10% of the project total. Designers price their own labor; cohost's cut is rolled into the milestone schedule so there's no surprise invoice at the end.
Cohost holds the project balance in escrow with our payments processor. Each milestone releases to the designer when both sides sign off.
If a project stalls before all milestones close, the unreleased balance refunds to the owner. Cohost's fee scales with what actually shipped — not what was promised.
Optional furniture packages bill at vendor cost + a flat coordination fee — not a hidden percentage markup. Same pricing transparency, second-order line items.
No upfront. No mystery margin.
Cohost takes a flat platform fee at the project total — never a hidden markup on furniture. Designers price their own labor; we hold funds until each milestone is approved.
- ✓4 scope tiers — styling, punch list, full design, refresh.
- ✓Portfolio-vetted designers — STR work required, not just IG aesthetic.
- ✓Milestone payments — design plan, sourcing, install, photos.
- ✓Escrow — cohost holds funds; releases on signoff.
- ✓Furniture packages (optional) — one shipment, transparent margin.
- ✓ADR-lift tracking — post-project, we measure the impact.
Sign up for the Concepts marketplace.
Match STR owners with vetted designers who actually shoot for the algorithm. Milestone-based payments through cohost — you approve each milestone before funds release. Launches Q3 2026.
Get early access — Q3 2026 launch
Drop your brief now. We'll email you the day the marketplace goes live with the first batch of vetted designers in your budget + style.
Cohost won't sign contracts on your behalf or release escrow without your milestone approval.