My dad & I are currently living in a studio apartment, so 1 room for bedroom - kitchen - living room & 1 for bathroom; his business is not doing well at the moment so money’s tight rn. Wondering how others live.

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    None. We have a living room where there’s a bed on one side and something called “Nasszelle” in German.
    The direct translation would be “wet cell”. It doesn’t deserve the name bathroom, it’s just a toilet, sink and shower crammed into the smallest room possible.

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    In the US: 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath; 3 stories since the basement is finished. The basement has my office and the (giant) couch + TV along with the half-bath, guestroom, laundry and a storage closet for mostly outdoor gear. Ground floor has a bedroom where our roommate lives (helping him get out of credit card debt), bathroom, kitchen, dining. Upstairs is the main suite: just my wife’s and my room with attached bath and closet.

    House has an attached 2-car garage and a big 3-4 car driveway as well, though overall the lot is pretty small by suburban standards in our area (<0.25 acre). Have two tiny dogs, and lots of plans for upgrades and remodels.

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    6 days ago

    What is your social security number. My dad and I have ours, but wondering how the other half lives?

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    Four bedrooms, one bedroom with just my bed and three bedrooms with two beds each, and two bathrooms, one with a toilet and a washer and one with a toilet and a shower.

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    Yeah I feel like an outlier in this post. I was engaged and dreamt big, like 2-5 kids, 2-4 dogs. So I bought a big house, which I am very fortunate to afford because I live in a rural mining area. So sitting with a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom, 2 living area, outside area by the pool, we call it a lapa, large kitchen with two separate washing areas, triple garage + area for additional 4 vehicles. The problem was she got knocked up by someone else unfortunately 6 months later, so I have a big ass house now. So I basically opened it up for people in need, this week I will have 4-5 people living with me, an abused mother with her mother to support her during the trail, hectic what some men are capable of, next week it will be about two, basically a long-term room mate, she started out as a temp but really helps in the household looking after my dogs, so it is a win win for me, and another guy that got fired and just needs a couch for a couple of days.

    Also 4 dogs, 3 adopted and one was my own.

    But god I miss my small 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom flat. Sounds weird but that is all I needed except a garage which it did not have, I love working and maintaining my vehicles myself.

    But I am keeping my house since property prices went crazy this last year-ish, it is now cheaper paying my bond than renting a 1 bedroom flat plus nowhere for my furry dogs. Plus if I do get my family one day, they will have an awesome house

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      Sameish boat here. Three bedrooms for me and my two dogs after me and my wife split up, but it’s cheaper than a smaller apartment with the current rents. I now sleep in one, grow my weed in the other and have a nice small office in the third.

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    Four bedrooms between six people, there’s two couples. We’ve got a main bathroom, a half bath, and an ensuite.

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    My spouse and I have been living for the last 25 years in a small apartment in a big city. It’s 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 living room + kitchen and a couple closets. I reckon the whole surface of our place would barely qualify as enough for a ‘master bedroom’ to the average US menage but we’re not Americans so we don’t care ;)

    We’re not poor (we’re not rich, either). We simply have chosen to live like that. Learning to make with the little space we live in. Exactly like we have chosen a couple decades ago to not own a car (and to not take the plane) anymore. We want to try to reduce the amount of waste we generate and reduce our ‘ecological footprint’ on this planet.

    Trying here being the important word: we do our best but there are obviously many things we could do better and a few we probably can’t improve much upon (like, I have lifelong health issues that require regular medical care and surgery, which means a lot of waste are being created just to keep me alive a little longer but, nope, I don’t feel like ending myself sooner would be a good idea, not even to spare the planet some waste, sorry ;)

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    We have two full baths, but the master bath has two showers which is the fucking bomb if you live with someone you’re cool being naked around.

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    1 bedroom, 1 living room joined to kitchen, 1 bathroom. Living alone. I hate the place but I locked in a good price when I signed the contract, it would be 50% more now.

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    3/3, at least according to the realtors. Although one of them really is not a bedroom by any reasonable definition since it doesn’t have a real door or closet. It’s more of an office.

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    a office and guest room, being on the social travel circuit for friends is really good in staying connected, or if we party too hard they can just crash here.

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    I’ve got a 2 bed, 1 bath all to myself. I switched jobs and negotiated my salary specifically based on the rent of a 2/1 in my area, which needed a 30% bump on my previous job.