Is 500 Square Feet Too Small

When we were looking for a place to live in the city for the winter we were pretty flexible.

Is 500 square feet too small. Wow 500 square feet is small now. People think my husband and I are crazy when we reminisce fondly about the two of us and our cat living in 450 sq ft but we were so happy. An informal survey of our staff didnt reveal much our NYC residents all agreed that less than 500 square feet seemed small while one remote Salt Lake City-based employee said I have friends here whose small studios are like 750 square feet Our Small Cool contest has hard limits though.

Contrast this with the average American home which in 2004 was 2349 square feet up from 1695 square feet in 1974. A small swimming pool is typically considered to be one that is 600 square feet or less. 500 square feet is obviously going to be more livable but keep in mind that anything less than 500 square feet for a single person living situation is considered small.

In it there is an article THE SIZE IS RIGHT with tips for buildingrenovating not too big not too small but just right. How do you live in an apartment that is under 500 square feet. My grandparents raised 6 kids in tiny little 31 house that I think was 1200 sq ft.

I have lived in a 500 sq foot apartment with my gf years ago. Well I have four in 500 sq feet and was finding it too small until I created more vertical space - that seems to have solved the problem however were moving soon to 800-900 sq feet. In Laurens home 500 square feet means a separate kitchen and small dining room spacious living roombedroom and a pretty generous closet.

What does Apartment Therapy think. To some 1500 2500 or even 5000 square feet may seem like an impossibly limited amount of space to sell eight core hardlines categories plus a niche or two. I am rare in that I could truly care less about my housing.

I just dont require a lot. In 30 years the size of kitchens doubled ground-floor ceilings grew by more than a foot and bedrooms increased by 54. This 700 square feet MINI MANSION available for sale at Recreational Resort Cottages and Cabins in Rockwall Texas is a one bedroom one bath cabin with a lot.