
Recently both Curbed LA and the LA Times shed light on some very lilliputian, un-Angeleno style digs popping up Downtown. And when they say small, they mean 200 square feet small. That's 65 square feet smaller than our Grand Poobah Maxwell's place! No kitchen, one large window, 168 square feet of main living area and a closet that might fit a Speedo and one anklet sock. This is the Nicole Richie of living spaces. How much for a room, you dare ask? $549, with 20-30 units available for rent at the historic Rossalyn. Looks like we might have a whole new batch of future Smallest, Coolest entrants for '08....




This looks more like dorm-room living, especially with the Ikea loft bed. And no kitchen? Forget it.
view Erin K.'s profile
No kitchen? D: But. How do you cook and bake?
view soul's profile
Unacceptable!
view chartreuse's profile
I see a lot of opportunity in this. Maybe it doesn't bother me as much because I lived in nyc for a good while. I wish the price was a little bit lower. The proportions of the floorplan drawing bother me more than anything.
view charlenemcbride's profile
I guess to be fair to them, it might have been better to show the apartment with the least dorm-like furniture. The other one was quite decent.
And how many times do I have to hear how people don't cook anymore? If you're one of those then this is for you, if not, then don't live there.
view Lisa from VA/lsaspacey's profile
This could have a lot of potential if decorated the way the Japanese sometimes set up a small apartment, with a real futon (the kind you roll up and put away during the day), some minimalist furniture, and a microwave oven for preparing food (no dinner parties without delivery or catering, obviously.)
view kuroneko's profile
I'd be into the idea if it had a kitchen. To echo one of the above users, that's just unacceptable. Put a little counter space and a small oven on one of those walls, and I'm there.
view Jen's profile
Nice idea, but I'm with the others, I'd rather have a kitchenette than none at all.
I lived in a tiny apartment perhaps not quite that large that was, infact, a single hotel room when initialy built back in, what 1912 or so. However, the bath was down the hall and I had a kitchen, mind you, a poorly designed one that was essentially a bank of upper cabinets, a free standing 20" gas stove and fridge that was too tall for the space and hid the one tiny steam radiator behind it and a tiny sink on the opposite wall and the only closet in the entire space and it had not been updated much since the 1950's when some renovations took place.
Hey, it was cheap, close to school and when a poor starving student, you make do. :-) Mind you, this was in 1994.
view ciddyguy's profile
This might be ideal for folks who work downtown in nicely paid jobs, but the commute from their home in the outer burbs or beyond is a bitch. The cost of gas saved alone during the week might be the equivalent of the rent.
view shari's profile
I would love an apartment like this for school. All the electricity, phone, cable etc. is thrown in, and I'd get to bring my dog! The kitchen aspect is a little bothersome, but I'd def. cope.
view Eddie Walker's profile
But how hard is it to create your own little kitchenette? Just a little hot plate and a toaster over or something is all you need.
view charlenemcbride's profile