How much floor space is enough for your needs?

[Jan]

How much apartment space do you consider enough to comfortably cover your needs, ie. at what size does a need become a want?

I'm going with 65 m2 (one-bedroom) for a single person and 80 m2 (two bedroom) for a couple.

[tpe]

Originally Posted by Jan

How much apartment space do you consider enough to comfortably cover your needs, ie. at what size does a need become a want?

I'm going with 65 m2 (one-bedroom) for a single person and 80 m2 (two bedroom) for a couple.

I think I had mentioned my preferences here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1578557

I would go for 90 m2 for a 1-bedroom. But I can go lower at 75 m2 or so if the rooms have higher ceilings (i.e., measure in m3).

Wall space and space to display art is of some importance to me.

[Suburbanist]

It depends a bit on floor plan. Anyway, I think 70m² is the comfort threshold for living alone. 50-70m² is the okay-ish zone if the floor plan is right. Less than 50m² = claustrophobia, home/flat stop being a place I like to be, "caged" feelings...

If I had a wife living with me, then 60m² would be the minimum.

For kids, add 25m² for each one. But ideally to have wife + kid + me I'd like some good 140m² of heated space.