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I live in a 2 bedroom duplex with 4 other people. lol. Gotta love college. FI and I don't get a choice in our first place, since it will be supplied compliments of the US Air Force.
I think that square footage isn't a huge issue as long as you have someplace to go to be on your own. I would go nuts without a little personal space.
FI and I started out in a one bedroom with a floor plan almost identical! I loved our place, because it was ours. But after a year, we definitely grew out of it. :( It can be tight for two people, but it's something you make work. We moved into a very small two bedroom house now, and the extra room is wonderful. Have you looked at renting homes in your area?
Just make sure you have enough space for regular stuff like towels (linen closet), maybe somewhere for bikes if you have them, a book shelf, computer space, etc...
Our first apartment was about 700 sq. feet & it was a one bedroom as well. We thought it was, it being the first place we lived together. How many square feet is this one total? I'll be honest, we got really tired of our space and it got cramped - FAST. & we didn't even have a dining room table, or a coffee table...so that additional space didn't help!
But you could be different, we now live in a 2 bedroom that's about 1600 square feet & it's PLENTY. I'd say about 900 square feet is a good size for a 1 bedroom, any less is pretty packed in.
I've heard many similar things from other newlyweds, everyone seems to recommend the two bedroom apt. So we've decided to look for the 2 since we will prob need our space especially when it comes to working from home.
Um, I would give my right arm for an apartment that big! Right now we share one like that, but with one other bed room - with another couple! We're looking at our own one bedroom, and everything we've found looks like that except minus the dining room and with the kitchen a little more cramped.
Thanks bees!
The apartment complex also has 2 bedrooms, which for only $200 more a month has started sounding pretty good. Although I'm weary of that extra bedroom becoming a huge closet!
I like this one better too because the kitchen and dining areas are bigger. I love a good-sized kitchen.
If you can afford a 2 bedroom I would suggest it. Even if you could afford a 1 bedroom with a separated space to put a computer or reading nook or something. The first apartment we shared was a loft apartment (no bedrooms...we climbed up a ladder to get to our bed area) and luckily we got kicked out of the apartment after 1 month because of issues with our dog. BUT then we moved into a 2 bedroom. We didnt use the 2nd bedroom all that much, but we had the separate space just in case we needed it. Ever since then weve had a 2 bedroom and its always been nice to have a separate space to get away. You dont have to fill it with stuff right away! Actually if you could just do a 1 bedroom with 1.5 bathrooms that would even work better! But, its also nice to have a separate area for guests if they come to stay with you!
If that fits in your budget, I would totally go for the 2 bedroom. If you are looking for a fairly temporary apartment (1-2 years) the one bedroom would probably suffice. We use our second bedroom for exercise equipment, desktop computer, our bikes, etc...
I'm having serious apartment jealousy/lust right now. I guess part of living in the city is giving up space... because Lees, 900 sq. feet sounds impossible! That'd go for about $1400 a month in my neighborhood.
We finally left roomates about 6 months ago now, and moved into a 2 bedroom. I know everywhere is different.. It's 640$ for our 2. We are ANTI CLUTTER, we clean out stuff and throw away/goodwill quite often. I honestly don't know what i would do without 2nd bedroom... We have a desk with bookshelves, a futon, large closet for (organized hidden stuff) and that's it! Along with our full size living room one.. That closet looks pretty little.. Is it full size? You want to be able to fit more then your broom and vaccum!
Oh man...those look insanely huge to me. FI and I now live in a 550sq. ft. apt (thanks, NYC). It is definitely tight, but you manage--we don't feel like we're constantly tripping over each other. It would help to have a tv in the bedroom as well as one in the living room--we only have one in the living room, so it's usually turned to ESPN!
My hubby and I have an apartment with three bedrooms and its just the two of us. However, we could not live without the two extra rooms... one is his study, and the other is my multipurpose (ie study, workout, music, and dressing room.) works perfectly for us!
Well, FH and I have lived in a 400 sq ft studio (1 room only, folks!) for the past 1.5 years and seriously, if you can afford the extra $200/mo for the extra bedroom, DO IT! You can never have too much space, in my opinion! Even the floor plan for the 1-bedroom looks like heaven to me...Have you guys lived together beforehand? That makes a big difference too!
Personally, I think the room is what you make of it. My FI and I have lived together for the past 2.5 years and its only been in a one bedroom apartment, with two dogs, and we are comfortable. We will eventually upgrade when we have kids, but neither one of us are pack rats and the furniture fits nicely. As long as you have a place for everything and are not into acquiring a lot of stuff, people can live happily in a one bedroom apartment. We've never fought over space or felt "too close for comfort."
Do you have guests over to stay quite often, and need an extra bed for them to sleep? If not, I'd say get the 1-bedroom, and put that extra $200/month in an emergency fund or down payment account, to build up and grow for your future together. My husband and I lived happily in a 1-bedroom much smaller than that, without stepping on each other's toes. If you ever need space from one another, can't one of you just go hang out in the bedroom? :)
Me and FI have lived in 420 square feet for the last three years! With two cats. (Yay for NYC real estate)
I'm not sure what the total square footage on that is, but that looks pretty big to me!
I couldn't do it. I hate our condo that' s two bedrooms, two baths and a small study left, but's it probably because we had never lived together before. I moved into his place, from my own two bedroom two bath. I loved alone for nine years
FI moved in with me and the reason we chose my apartment was because it has 2 bathrooms. That is absolutely key to having your own space and privacy. Yes, 2 bedrooms is convenient especially if you have frequent visitors, but two bathrooms goes so much further for your day-to-day activities. Overall we live in a large 1 bedroom, probably around 800/900 square feet. Yes, it's nice if you can fill it with furniture, but all you really need is a TV, couch coffee table and bed. The dining room furniture and extra chairs can trickle in as you save some money.
If you can afford the 2 br I would get it. Our first apt was so small. It had a decent sized br/ba but everything else was open. We had 1 long skinny room that was our living room, dining room, computer room, kitchen. It was really hard on us because we had so much crap that we would fight about where things were put away, never having privacy etc. Before we moved into our house we did massive cleaning and got rid of a ton of junk we didn't need. Now that we have the room we don't have the junk and it's wonderful.
Go for the two bedroom! Its great when you have guests, or you can use it for an office. Right now I live in a 900 square foot 2 bedroom which is actually quite roomy. But we ARE the pack rat types, which I hate (FI is worse than me, he won't throw anything out!). We plan on getting another two bedroom place, but I am doing a huge cleanout before I move.
Part of our problem is that our storage locker got broken into, so now we keep the bikes upstairs, which takes up a lot of our storage space in the apt itself. But I don't want anyone stealing my bike!
@Valhalla: Have you tried hanging the bikes on the wall? That's what FI does with his and it saves a ton of space!
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Hello All! I haven't been an active part of this community, but I thought I'd give the blogging a try.
My fiance and I just started looking at apartments this past weekend. We looked at a cute little one bedroom. Here's the layout:
There was a lot of natural lighting and the closets were all in the right place. There wasn't a ton of space, but we also don't want to become collectors or pack rats either. He's said that he could stop looking right now - so that makes me happy that he would be content with this place.
Is a lot of space extremely important? Especially for your first place? A big concern of mine was that if we have a lot of space, we'll have to fill it with a lot of stuff (like furniture). Does anyone here have a small apartment and absolutely love it?