Idk, 60 m₂ should be the minimum, with 20 m₂ for every extra person. Here’s my reasoning.
Why 60 sq m₂ is the minimum to live comfortably
Counted for floor space are areas in where you can stand fully and stretch, so about 2.5 m tall.
Toilet: 1x2 m (2 m₂)
Bathroom: 2x3 m ( 6 m₂)
Boiler, utility closet etc.: (2 m₂)
Kitchen: 3x4 m (12 m₂)
Bedroom: 4x4 m (16 m₂)
Living room: 4x4 m (16 m₂)
Hallway (2x3 m (6 m₂)
Arguably, if you’re eg. a student or often out of house, you could do away with the living room and have no need for a hallway, with a smaller kitchen/bedroom. You’d then need only 40 m₂. But if you want a solution that broadly should work for everyone, then 60 m₂ is necessary.
Skirt meaning here? If you mean violate, why not abolish zoning for all but heavy industry, and encourage having stores on ground floors with housing upstairs? Could also pedestrianise the areas, which will make it easier for people to shop.
Shops with condos or apartments upstairs is already done a lot, at least it is in the states. Usually condos. I see a lot of rental type scenarios being converted to condos. So, of course, that brings the price, or the credit needed for the mortgage, out of reach for most.
I don’t understand why condos cost so much. It’s shared walls, essentially an apartment, with HOA life, so now you’re paying monthly on top of the mortgage for potential Karens in your life.
Idk, 60 m₂ should be the minimum, with 20 m₂ for every extra person. Here’s my reasoning.
Why 60 sq m₂ is the minimum to live comfortably
Counted for floor space are areas in where you can stand fully and stretch, so about 2.5 m tall.
Toilet: 1x2 m (2 m₂)
Bathroom: 2x3 m ( 6 m₂)
Boiler, utility closet etc.: (2 m₂)
Kitchen: 3x4 m (12 m₂)
Bedroom: 4x4 m (16 m₂)
Living room: 4x4 m (16 m₂)
Hallway (2x3 m (6 m₂)
Arguably, if you’re eg. a student or often out of house, you could do away with the living room and have no need for a hallway, with a smaller kitchen/bedroom. You’d then need only 40 m₂. But if you want a solution that broadly should work for everyone, then 60 m₂ is necessary.
I agree, but it would skirt zoning.
Skirt meaning here? If you mean violate, why not abolish zoning for all but heavy industry, and encourage having stores on ground floors with housing upstairs? Could also pedestrianise the areas, which will make it easier for people to shop.
Shops with condos or apartments upstairs is already done a lot, at least it is in the states. Usually condos. I see a lot of rental type scenarios being converted to condos. So, of course, that brings the price, or the credit needed for the mortgage, out of reach for most.
I don’t understand why condos cost so much. It’s shared walls, essentially an apartment, with HOA life, so now you’re paying monthly on top of the mortgage for potential Karens in your life.