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The average hotel room is probably around 30m^2. Imagine the last hotel room you stayed in, cut off two thirds of it… and you have the size of this micro-flat.

The average hotel room is probably around 30m^2. Imagine the last hotel room you stayed in, cut off two thirds of it… and you have the size of this micro-flat. My walk-in closet when I lived in SF was probably about 12m^2.

luckylion 7y ago
> The average hotel room is probably around 30m^2. I've never stayed in a hotel room that large (neither in the US nor in Europe), more like 20sqm including the bathroom/shower. > My walk-in closet when I lived in SF was probably about 12m^2. Everything is relative. If you're living on a super yacht, a 30ft boat appears tiny.
- jaclaz 7y ago
  >I've never stayed in a hotel room that large (neither in the US nor in Europe), more like 20sqm including the bathroom/shower. That's more or less correct, to give you a data point in Italy the minimum legal size for a hotel room (double, up to 3 star hotels) is 14 m^2 + 3 m^2 (minimum) for the bathroom, but usually they tend to be slightly larger. (the minimum becomes respectively 15+5 and 16+6 for 4 and 5 stars). For the single it is 8 or 9 m^2 (8 up to 3 stars, 9 for more) + the bathroom (again 3, 4 or 5 m^2 depending on stars). For 1 or 2 stars hotel it is not compulsory to have a bathroom "en suite", there must be as many bathrooms as (respectively) 40% or 80% of rooms. On the other hand, the very minimum size that you can legally call apartment (i.e. that has the "dignity" to be identified as "self standing") is 28 m^2 at national level, and a number of cities are increasing this minimum size (locally) to 35 or 40 (or even more).
Aeolun 7y ago
That’s certainly true. Going on a business trip to the US I was struck by the fact that the hotel room was as large as my entire second floor (in current Tokyo house). I’ve lived in this 9 square meters space before (in Tokyo as well) and as a single person it is eminently doable. What do you really need from your home besides a place to sleep between work?

luckylion 7y ago

> The average hotel room is probably around 30m^2. I've never stayed in a hotel room that large (neither in the US nor in Europe), more like 20sqm including the bathroom/shower. > My walk-in closet when I lived in SF was probably about 12m^2. Everything is relative. If you're living on a super yacht, a 30ft boat appears tiny.

jaclaz 7y ago
>I've never stayed in a hotel room that large (neither in the US nor in Europe), more like 20sqm including the bathroom/shower. That's more or less correct, to give you a data point in Italy the minimum legal size for a hotel room (double, up to 3 star hotels) is 14 m^2 + 3 m^2 (minimum) for the bathroom, but usually they tend to be slightly larger. (the minimum becomes respectively 15+5 and 16+6 for 4 and 5 stars). For the single it is 8 or 9 m^2 (8 up to 3 stars, 9 for more) + the bathroom (again 3, 4 or 5 m^2 depending on stars). For 1 or 2 stars hotel it is not compulsory to have a bathroom "en suite", there must be as many bathrooms as (respectively) 40% or 80% of rooms. On the other hand, the very minimum size that you can legally call apartment (i.e. that has the "dignity" to be identified as "self standing") is 28 m^2 at national level, and a number of cities are increasing this minimum size (locally) to 35 or 40 (or even more).

Aeolun 7y ago

That’s certainly true. Going on a business trip to the US I was struck by the fact that the hotel room was as large as my entire second floor (in current Tokyo house). I’ve lived in this 9 square meters space before (in Tokyo as well) and as a single person it is eminently doable. What do you really need from your home besides a place to sleep between work?