This 23-year-old pays $1,100 a month in rent to live in an apartment the size of an average parking spot (via CNBCMakeIt)
"People might call this place just a room or a closet, but to me, it is home," Verhaeg told CNBC Make It.
The 23-year-old barber, bike messenger, and content creator found the apartment on Zillow and only got to see"It was a little bit of a shock when I saw how small it was, but I really wanted to try living in this area," he said. "Any space can be made into a home, no matter how big or how small that space is. You just gotta put some love into it."
Verhaeg's mom co-signed his lease, and the upfront costs for his move were $2,000: $1,000 for the first month's rent and $1,000 for the security deposit.Verhaeg's 95 sq. ft. apartment is about 16 feet x 8 feet or about the size of an average parking spot.doesn't come with bathroom. Instead, the five-story building has residents share"Living here can sort of feel like you're in the college dorms because of the shared amenities," he said.
In addition to not having a bathroom, the apartment also lacks a traditional kitchen. Verhaeg has an electric cooktopThe apartment has a sink in the corner with medicine cabinet, which Verhaeg refers to as his bathroom area."The main benefit of living in such a small space is that it makes you appreciate your things and be a minimalist," he said. "You really can't just go out and buy random things because you don't have the space to store them."Mickey Todiwala.
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