84 square foot home
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In this day and age of bigger is better, a woman has turned a glorified garden shed into a livable space measuring a massive 84 square foot. The utility bill in particular beggars belief, weighing in at a mere $6 a month. This must be due to a combination of solar panels (costing a hidden $100 a month), a weekly shower (whether she needs a wash or not) and no electrical appliances. Sounds like the good life.
Under 70 square foot
Another even smaller living space, a grand 12.5 x 5 foot apartment was featured in a documentary about comedian Seth Herzog. Smack bang in Manhattan, the prolific funny guy writer and reader crams a library full of inspiration into every cubic inch of space. The photographer must have wondered where he was going to stand, and in the end decided to get in the spirit and did a batman job, suspending himself from the ceiling. The moral of this story is that you don't need to be rich or extravagant to live in the heart of the metropolitan action, but you do need to be immune to claustrophobia.
Thousands of square feet, 2 square heads
At the other extreme, the Beckhams have taken on a $22m mansion with enough space for a brace of indoor soccer pitches. When you consider that Becks came from a simple abode in London, he must feel like a duck out of water delving through a $500,000 wardrobe the size of a small semi-detached house. I suppose the only upside to such gluttony is that it makes a few bucks for destitute realtors. Long live King David and Queen Victoria's money-making machine.
We are thinking of living on a boat, and as practice we are living in a single room. Unfortunately it is nothing noteworthy to blog about because, compared to the above tiny homes, it is a big room. If we could get the boat we want, I think the mast is tall enough to dwarf the Beckhams' pad, but the boat itself will fit comfortably in their jacuzzi.
Got any small / starter home stories for us to sympathise with?
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