World's smallest apartment (?) for rent in London

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http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/159/159979_flat_that_was_a_cupboard_is_135_a_week.html


Flat that was a cupboard is �’135 a week
A FORMER storage cupboard is being let in London for �’135 a week, it emerged today.

Measuring just 62 square feet, the converted cupboard could well be the smallest flat in the capital.

Its living space is just 7ft 6in by 3ft 4in - into which a kitchenette, shower room and wardrobe space have been squeezed.

The bed is on a raised platform measuring just 7ft 6in by 3ft and is reached using a ladder.


Also an article on the new idea of "microflats", aslo promoted by the same real estate agent...


http://money.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4625810-110118,00.html


Is it time to get a microlife?
The answer to inner-city housing shortages, or battery farms for humans? Barbara Oaff looks at the Microflat lifestyle

Barbara Oaff
Sunday March 16, 2003
Observer

Imagine paying more than �’100,000 for a 300 sq ft flat and having to throw out half your clothes to fit into it.
This was reality for 23-year-old sales negotiator Francesca Osborne when she bought her flat in London's Islington 18 months ago. She paid �’108,000, and at last count the flat was worth �’155,000, despite its diminutive dimensions.

She is not alone in paying prices that, to many, will seem silly for tiny homes. Agents say that there are more buyers chasing small flats than properties available. This is just as well because the Microflat - a trademarked blueprint of a super-svelte living space, which is big on design and small on expense - is being hailed as one solution to Britain's inner city housing crisis.