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In reply to the discussion: Anyone on DU live in a 'tiny house' . . . [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)Just after I graduated I lived in a 350 sq ft apartment. It was basically a bed, TV cabinet, kitchenette, bathroomette and some narrow walking space winding around them- a tiny bit bigger than an average hotel room. Can't exactly recommend it, but I was able to save up for a better place. The worst part was having no storage space and feeling like a hoarder even though I didn't have that much stuff. When I moved, everything I owned fit in six boxes but in that place I was constantly tripping over everything or having to empty a whole cupboard to get to the pan I wanted.
It's not too bad if you're a social person by nature (which I'm not) and the complex also offers good communal spaces like a garden, function room with a larger kitchen, games room, etc.
I'd consider a tiny house on a relatively big plot where some of the garden could still be used as living space and there was a reasonable sized shed for storage and other people were reasonably far away. The actual worst thing in that apartment was my neighbour who would have screaming parties until 3am on weeknights.