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07 May
Author: Joshua Dorkin • URL: http://www.biggerpockets.com/
as Cool Stuff

Here’s an apartment to beat all of the other little boxes out there. Welcome to London, home of possibly the smallest apartment in the world. This 62 square foot flat has all the necessities that $247 a week can buy: a platform bed, bath, wardrobe, and kitchenette (if you can call it that).
Source: SFGate, This Is London

35 Responses
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Keith
May 8th, 2006 at 5:08 am
1I can get bigger space than that with that price! That is the smallest apartment I can ever imagine. No space to manoeuvre at all. Not an apartment to me, it’s a den!
Chris
May 8th, 2006 at 5:31 am
2A den? My den is a lot bigger than that! That’s barely a walk-in closet!
yoshi
May 8th, 2006 at 5:54 am
3I live in canada where your personal space is somewhat more generous than it would be in say… london. even so, advertising a shoebox as a flat is just wrong, making people pay $246 bones a week for is plain greedy. the proprietor of this place should take a long hard look in the mirror and make sure there isn’t a new anus growing on his/her forehead!
xen ix
May 8th, 2006 at 6:04 am
4I’m impressed. Our apartment is 10 times bigger, but we pay about half the price of that “walk-in-wardrobe”.
I feel sorry for the person who rents that so called apartment.
hacker not cracker
May 8th, 2006 at 7:03 am
5And I thought I lived in a small place!
Scott T.
May 8th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
6Remember people, location, location, location. I’m in NYC and in many neighborhoods you can’t find an apartment for less than $2000/month, though they are rarely smaller than 250 sq. ft. at that price. This place costs half as much but is a quarter the size, so it must be in damn fine location in London… (Is there a link to an article? I can’t seem to find it…)
Scott T.
May 8th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
7nevermind. found the links…
Dana
May 8th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
8wtf, my mortgage is $320 every two weeks, and that’s in Canadian funds! My house isn’t a mansion, well it is compared to that. But still…
Spida' man
May 8th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
9I’ve lived in London, and it costs a fortune. I almost believe this is true.
YO YO
May 9th, 2006 at 6:44 am
10I live in a small town in ohio, I have a two story house that is not a piece of shit and it only cost me 35k. My mortgage payments are only $200 a month! I know it is not in the best of locations, but for that crappy “apartment” for that price is gayyy!
Sharleena
June 19th, 2006 at 6:37 am
11oh no thanks!
i think there would be impossible for two people to pass each other in an apartment like this:) and i totaly aggree you can get better apartment for the same price.
wmc
July 4th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
12Well, I gess it is still better than a room becasue u got everything. I would live there for that price.
LOUIS
August 6th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
13SHOULDNT BE HARD TO KEEP CLEAN.AWOULD MAKE A NICE PAY PER HR ROOM OR HONEYMOON SWEET.
mr. los angeles apartments
October 6th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
14Wow. And I thought my digs in NYC were bad.
Ever
February 3rd, 2007 at 8:02 pm
15For that price, I could rent a an studio with at least 400 square feet in Washington DC. It is outrageous to pay 1000 dollars for 62 sq feet. However, I would love to find out in which place of London is this apartment located.
S Hughes
March 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
16Omg..
How many of these flats exist?
Joshua Dorkin
March 25th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
17Sarah - I don’t think there are too many like this one around!
Ricardo
May 26th, 2007 at 11:16 am
18You’d pay around 100K for this in London.
Gary
September 8th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
19I pay $400 a month for a bedroom in a nice house, with an awesome kitchen and living room. Utilities are included. For the last four years, I’ve paid around $400 a month for reasonably nice apartments, though I had roommates. Why is this “apartment” more than twice my rent?
I love the houseplant though. (closetplant?) It looks like a giant spider.
win
September 30th, 2007 at 3:56 am
20I have seen smaller. Of course I live in Japan so that might skew results.
win
September 30th, 2007 at 3:58 am
21should have put this in the last one but oh well, my friend lives in an apartment that is about 30 sq.ft. mines about the size of this one though.
Ashish
October 10th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
22Great pic and what a tragedy. Now people have to live in such a congested area.
LEon
December 12th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
23Its true, i live in England and unfortunately we have an unjustified high cost of living
uk property investor
January 20th, 2008 at 9:00 am
24yup thats small!
have you every been to Hong kong. they have even smaller places.
Sha M
January 24th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
25no seriously..where is the bed?
Nadine
February 4th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
26Very small apartment. If I have that apartment, I think I will stay there only at bed time. I won’t be there for relaxing or watching TV cause I don’t like to be at less space room.
Kevin
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 am
27That is small and he is paying about a thousand a month. I wonder how much an actual two bedroom would cost per month? A kidney?
washington dc limousine services
February 24th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
28alls about $$$ ..
Bernard Fisher BOOKLYN NEW YORK
March 9th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
29and i thought apartments in new york are small
bernard fisher
Nadine
March 27th, 2008 at 8:56 am
30So, I guess most people in New York have get used with such expensive cost living…
MoneyMan
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
31Hmmm now that sink /food prep / refrigerator / oven gives me a good idea for my bachelor suites. There are lots of people needing affordable housing all over the world. If affordable = small well so be it. I’d rather live there than on the streets! It looks small but clean!
Dennis A
May 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
32I’m a minimalist so I think I can live with this. I’m a bit clumsy though. Might get a lot of bruises bumping into things.
California
June 5th, 2008 at 7:31 am
33wow, and here i am complaining about my 2 bedroom apartment. But i want to know how does one sleep in an apartment that size? Standing up?.lol
Chris
June 30th, 2008 at 12:11 am
34Sheesh, and I thought my place was tiny. I guess you can’t invite any friends over living there.
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