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People today still? In Paris, Chambre de bonnes "must have a minimum surface area of 9 m2"[1]. That's 96.87 sqft. "The rooms usually have a surface area of ar
by vmarsy 9y ago
People today still? In Paris, Chambre de bonnes "must have a minimum surface area of 9 m2"[1].
That's 96.87 sqft.
"The rooms usually have a surface area of around 6–12 m2" (65 to 129 sqft)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambre_de_bonne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambre_de_bonne
- tome 9y agoWell OK, but that goes somewhat against my parent comment who was trying to show that things were worse then!
- ido 9y agoAt least in Vienna and Berlin a lot of modern small 1-2 BR apartments are the same apartments that 100+ years ago housed a whole family (or 2!). For example we (2 adults + 1 toddler) live in an old 70m^2 (750 square feet) apartment that's built in a way suggesting it originally housed 2 families in the 2 large rooms (what we now use as 1 bedroom and 1 living-room) and shared the kitchen/bathroom. So it is very likely 8+ people lived here, and it is now considered small for the 3 of us. The apartment building is from either the late 19th century or early 20th century. I imagine a lot of these tiny "single-person" apartments in Paris used to house a lot more than 1 person 100+ years ago.
- icebraining 9y agoI recently stayed in an AirBnB studio in Paris smaller than 9m². The toilet was shared among the five studios on the same floor.
- TomMarius 9y agoSo it was a private room?