At a Glance
- The best Nashville neighborhoods for remote workers combine connectivity, outdoor space, and natural opportunities to interact with neighbors, not just an extra bedroom for an office.
- Gallup’s 2026 State of the Global Workplace data found that 24% of exclusively remote employees experienced loneliness during much of the previous day, compared with 18% of on-site employees in remote-capable jobs.
- Solaya at The Lanes builds remote-work support into the neighborhood itself through coworking space in the Community Haus, poolside cabanas, wellness amenities, and community programming.
- Solaya is located less than three miles from Downtown Nashville, making it well suited to hybrid work schedules.
- The antidote to remote-work isolation may not be going back to an office. It may be finding a better neighborhood.
By Will Andrews | BDG Partners
Work from home was never supposed to feel this good.
No commute. No fluorescent lights. No fighting over the office thermostat. Your kitchen is 15 feet away, your dog has somehow been promoted to middle management, and technically, you can wear whatever you want below the waist.
So why can working remotely still feel so isolating?
Maybe productivity was never the problem. Maybe the environment was.
For remote workers moving to Nashville, choosing where to live is about more than finding a house with an extra bedroom that can become an office. The best Nashville neighborhoods for remote workers create opportunities to get out of that office, interact with other people, move throughout the day, and actually feel connected to where they live.
That is an important distinction.
And it is part of what makes Solaya at The Lanes such an interesting model for the future of remote work in Nashville.
At a Glance: What Makes a Nashville Neighborhood Good for Remote Work?
For someone working from home in Nashville, the right neighborhood should offer more than enough square footage for a desk.
A strong remote-work environment provides:
- Places to work outside the home
- Easy opportunities for movement throughout the day
- Outdoor spaces for mental resets
- Natural opportunities to interact with neighbors
- Community programming that creates connection
- Convenient access to Downtown Nashville for hybrid workdays
At Solaya, that concept is built into the neighborhood through coworking space in the Community Haus, poolside cabanas, wellness amenities, community programming, and access to the greenway.
And for hybrid workers, Solaya is located less than three miles from Downtown Nashville.
The goal is not to make home feel more like an office.
It is to make the hours surrounding work feel more like a life.
Why Can Working From Home Feel So Isolating?
Working from home can feel isolating because the flexibility that makes remote work attractive can also remove many of the small social interactions that naturally happen during a traditional workday.
That is not just anecdotal.
Gallup’s 2026 State of the Global Workplace data found that 24% of exclusively remote employees experienced loneliness during much of the previous day, compared with 18% of on-site employees in remote-capable jobs.
Earlier Gallup research found an interesting paradox: fully remote workers reported higher engagement with their jobs, but lower overall wellbeing than hybrid and remote-capable on-site workers. Gallup pointed specifically to the loss of informal social interactions, shared meals, camaraderie, and other forms of everyday connection as one possible explanation.
In other words, remote work can work extremely well.
Working alone all the time may not.
That difference matters when choosing where to live.
What Are the Best Nashville Neighborhoods for Remote Workers?
The best Nashville neighborhoods for remote workers are communities that combine connectivity, access to the city, outdoor space, and places where residents can naturally interact during the day.
As a Nashville real estate broker, I have watched the home-office conversation change significantly. Buyers still ask about an extra bedroom or dedicated office, but the more interesting question is increasingly what happens when they walk out the front door.
Where can you take a break?
Where can you exercise?
Can you walk somewhere?
Are there places to work outside your house?
Will you actually meet your neighbors?
Those questions become especially important for someone spending eight or nine hours a day at home.
A beautiful office is useful.
A neighborhood that gives you reasons to leave it may be more valuable.
What Could a Remote Workday at Solaya Actually Look Like?
A remote workday at Solaya could move between home, coworking space, outdoor amenities, fitness, and social spaces without requiring residents to leave their neighborhood.
Imagine starting the morning at home with coffee and a few quiet hours of focused work.
Instead of eating lunch over your keyboard, you walk over to the Community Haus. You answer emails from the coworking area and see a few familiar faces.
Between calls, you step outside.
Maybe it is a walk along the greenway. Maybe it is a workout. Maybe it is simply 20 minutes away from a screen.
Later in the afternoon, you take a call from a poolside cabana before wrapping up for the day.
Then the laptop closes.
There is a cold plunge, sauna, fitness space, pickleball, the pool, or programming coordinated within the community.
The point is not that every resident follows the same routine.
The point is that there are options.
Remote work provides flexibility. A neighborhood can determine what you actually do with it.
Does Solaya Have Coworking Space?
Yes. Solaya includes coworking space within the Community Haus, giving residents an alternative to working exclusively inside their homes.
That may sound like a small amenity, but for someone who works remotely five days a week, having another environment available without getting in the car can fundamentally change the rhythm of the day.
Sometimes you need quiet.
Sometimes you need a change of scenery.
Sometimes you just need to see another human being before realizing it is somehow already 4:30 p.m.
That flexibility is part of the larger idea behind Solaya.
Wellness is not limited to a gym.
Can Residents Work From the Pool Cabanas at Solaya?
The poolside cabanas at Solaya provide another setting where residents can step away from their home office and spend part of the day outdoors.
Not every Zoom meeting needs a conference room.
For remote workers whose schedules allow it, being able to change environments throughout the day can make working from home feel considerably less confined.
The same principle applies to the greenway and outdoor spaces throughout the community.
They are not replacements for a workspace.
They are opportunities to reset between periods of work.
What Role Does Community Play for Remote Workers?
Community gives remote workers something technology cannot fully reproduce: spontaneous, in-person human connection.
Remote work removed the commute, but it also removed the coffee-room conversation, lunch with a coworker, and dozens of small interactions people rarely appreciated until they disappeared.
That is why I think the next evolution of remote work has as much to do with residential real estate as office real estate.
If work can happen anywhere, where we choose to live becomes even more important.
Solaya’s Wellness Coordinator and community programming are designed to create opportunities for residents to participate, meet one another, and build routines around shared experiences.
Nobody needs another mandatory happy hour.
The better model is creating enough shared spaces, activities, and everyday touchpoints that connection can happen naturally.
How Far Is Solaya From Downtown Nashville Offices?
Solaya is located less than three miles from Downtown Nashville, making it particularly relevant for professionals with hybrid work schedules.
That proximity matters.
A resident might work from home Monday and Friday, spend Tuesday downtown, take Wednesday calls from the Community Haus, and adjust Thursday based on whatever the week demands.
Remote work does not necessarily mean never going to an office again.
Increasingly, it means having choices.
For buyers who need occasional access to Downtown Nashville while still wanting a residential community built around wellness and connection, that combination creates a compelling middle ground.
The Best Home Office Might Not Be Inside Your Home
For years, real estate responded to remote work in the most obvious way possible.
We added offices.
That made sense.
But I think the next question is more interesting.
What kind of neighborhood makes working from home better?
After years of helping buyers evaluate homes and communities across Nashville, I believe the answer extends well beyond floor plans.
People need flexibility, but they also need movement. They need quiet, but they also need interaction. They need private space, but they also need somewhere to belong.
That is what makes the idea behind Solaya different.
It is not trying to build a better office.
It is creating a neighborhood where your office does not have to become your entire world.
Because ultimately, the antidote to remote isolation may not be going back to an office.
It may be finding a better neighborhood.
