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Originally Posted by carsncars
No joke, some of the new building layouts are atrocious. Helping my cousin find a 1 BR apartment and saw this one the other day:
- Living/dining is tiny. There's nowhere really to put a TV in a position where you can put a couch without running out of room for a kitchen table.
- Bathroom is completely across the apartment from the bedroom
- Zero counter space
- Wasted like 50 sq ft on the WIC. I'd much rather have more space in the living/dining and a regular closet.
- Weird place for the washer/dryer as well, not to mention that the hallway in front of it is also wasted space...
I know it's a 500 sq ft 1 BR so there's only so much you can do, but I'd argue it's even more important to have an efficient, well thought out layout with small apartments. I had a 500 sq ft when I was training in Toronto that was actually quite functional... unlike this abomination. |
Maybe you don't do a couch. I would imagine a lot of single guys probably would find a large desk with their computer/laptop much more useful than a couch.
The TV can go in the bedroom instead. And if you need to bring a girl home... well you started on the bed already
I've noticed in the last few years furniture stores have started to bring on tiny couches which work in the more "Asian" like layouts we are starting to see. I remember remarking many years ago that the "sample layouts" Ikea was doing on their showroom didn't reflect well to North American tastes and needs. They are starting to become more and more relevant now.
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Originally Posted by Traum
I can forgive couch issue, given that this is a 500 sq ft unit. At that size, something has got to give, and not being able to fit a couch in there without making the rest of the unit completely useless seems like an acceptable compromise to me.
On the other hand, I really dunno why developers are so hell bent on having WIC. The dreaded hallway that leads to the WIC seems to be frequently used design as well, as I've seen that in quite a few units. A variation on the theme is to have the hallway pass through the WIC leading to a washroom / bathroom.
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Originally Posted by donk.
Because women.
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What donk said. Wife was hellbent on having a WIC. It was a BIG deal.
What bugs me is the placement of the W/D. That's a horrible place to put it other than maybe it's now easier to put clothes away. All the humidity would have no where to go but into your closet.
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Originally Posted by Liquid_o2
Yah I can tell you most millennials are not making $250k combined. People who post to Revscene and Reddit's PFC are outside the norm.
But I agree with that thread. My wife and I make a good combined income but feel poor as hell in this city.
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I don't know how uncommon it is. RS and Reddit audiences can't be THAT out of touch. There's also a lot of hidden income from people in the restaurant jobs (maybe not anymore due to covid). Just because their tax sheets say 80k total income doesn't mean they actually only made 80k pre-tax. There's SO MUCH under the table shit going on in so many different industries.