London is not entirely new to this kind of - let's call it - microhousing, an old article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210436/Is-smallest-flat-Lon

London is not entirely new to this kind of - let's call it - microhousing, an old article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210436/Is-smallest-flat-London-Home-measuring-10ft-8ft-goes-sale-90-000.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210436/Is-smallest-... In Italy since at least 1975 the minimum surface of anything that can be called "flat" (i.e. that can be registered as a place to live in, and for a single person) is 28 sq. meters, and nowadays in most cities the minimum has been set to more.