Studio apartment
**1. Studio Apartment Design and Features:**
– Studio apartment is a single-room dwelling
– Also known as studio flats or efficiency apartments
– May have a separate area like an alcove studio
– Kitchen facilities can be in the central room or a separate area
– Bathroom is usually in its own smaller room
– Combine living, dining, and bedroom in one room
– Some include a private washroom
– Offer extra storage space in some cases
**2. Global Variations of Studio Apartments:**
– Argentina: monoambiente
– Australia: sizes range from 20 to 40 square meters
– Austria: Garçonnière or Einzimmerwohnung
– Brazil: quitinete or quarto-e-sala
– Canada: bachelor apartment or bachelor
– Czech Republic: garsoniéra or garsonka
– Denmark: one room apartment
– Finland: yksiö
– Germany: Einzimmerwohnungen
– Greece: γκαρσονιέρα or στούντιο
**3. Benefits and Types of Studio Apartments:**
– Cheaper to rent or buy compared to multi-room dwellings
– Increasingly sold as condominiums due to rising housing costs
– Offered mainly for rent historically
– Provide an affordable housing option for many potential buyers
– Italy: monolocale with one room and kitchenette
– Jamaica: quads with main room for living, dining, and bedroom
– Japan: one room mansion
– Kenya: bed-sitter for young professionals
– New Zealand: studio rooms with communal kitchen, lounge, and dining area
**4. Varied Definitions of Studio Apartments Around the World:**
– Nigeria: room self-contain apartments
– North Macedonia: garsonjera
– Norway: 1-romsleilighet
– Portugal: T0 apartments
– Poland: kawalerka
– Russia: combined bedroom and kitchen area
– Singapore: for seniors by Housing and Development Board
– Slovakia: garsoniéra
– South Korea: officetels
– Sweden: ettas
**5. Characteristics and Additional Information on Studio Apartments:**
– United Kingdom: studio flats
– United States: average size of 500 to 600 sq ft
– New York City: L-shaped or alcove studios
– Efficiency apartment: one-room apartment with kitchenette and private bathroom
– Bedsit: a single room with shared bathroom
– Finland: 80% of new studio apartments are considered too small
– Real Estate Terminology: definitions of studio apartments in different countries
– Senior Housing: studio apartment scheme in Singapore for retirees
– Housing Board Flexibility: 2-room Flexi flats for seniors in Singapore
– Housing Act Impact: consequences of the Housing Act 1989 on studio apartments in the UK
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A studio apartment, or studio condo also known as a studio flat (UK), self-contained apartment (Nigeria), efficiency apartment, bed-sitter (Kenya), or bachelor apartment, is a small dwelling in which the normal functions of a number of rooms – often the living room, bedroom, and kitchen – are combined into a single room.
One main living area with no separate bedroom.
Some studio apartments still include a private washroom, which may or may not include a bath or shower. Otherwise, washrooms and bathing facilities are often part of a common area accessible by the residents of multiple units, with various arrangements to ensure privacy. Some studio apartments also offer extra storage space which may or may not be attached to the main unit.
For their occupants, studio apartments offer the advantage of being considerably cheaper to rent or buy compared to multi-room dwellings, the resident only having to give up living space as opposed to the level of privacy that is the case when living as a roommate. Studio apartments have historically been offered mainly for rent, however in recent years the units have been increasingly sold as condominiums in response to rising housing costs making larger dwellings unaffordable to many would-be home buyers.