From rentals the size of a tiny hotel room to Barratt’s pocket-sized new-builds, the market is expandingFor Rioch Fitzpatrick, a 39-year-old dubbing mixer for television, home is a tiny studio flat smaller than a standard Premier Inn hotel bedroom. At just 19 sq metres (204 sq ft), his north London “microflat” has a shower and lavatory separated from the main room by a partition, without even a separate wash basin. “It’s probably a bit odd, people coming in and seeing your bed in the kitchen, but I’ve just got used to it,” he says. “My neighbours live in a flat similar to mine – a couple with a two-year-old kid. That must be really tough.”The flat was refurbished but there are annoying things – I have to keep moving my bike around to get to the fridge,” he says. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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