A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms

12 years ago

Anyway, for those who live in small apartment, consider this, into your Christmas Wish List.

Worth, watching this.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

Necessity is now the Landlord of Invention...

Very clever use of space...but before, with all those people living in there, it was probably a little crowded...it reminds me of this old Marx Bros. scene...

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Drew Trainor

12 years ago

Pretty cool...I think most people are too lazy to keep moving their walls around

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Raja Kamil 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Drew Trainor

Pretty cool...I think most people are too lazy to keep moving their walls around

Being lazy is one thing, another thing is, "owh cr*p, I forgot where is the toilet"
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- Roaddog 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Raja Kamil
  
  Being lazy is one thing, another thing is, "owh cr*p, I forgot where is the toilet"
  
  Lol...can just picture people frantically moving walls..
  
  "I know it's here somewhere...aaagh...aaagh"
  
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  Raja Kamil 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Roaddog
  
  Lol...can just picture people frantically moving walls..
  
  "I know it's here somewhere...aaagh...aaagh"
  
  "omg, it's too late"
  
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seasoned

12 years ago

Well, the idea of moving walls, and partitioning may have started in Japan, LONG ago! The drop down beds may have started in the US decades ago. EVEN the partition blocks that slide out are like those used in corporate archive centers.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

This would probably not work for those people on the show "Hoarders"...

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seasoned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

This would probably not work for those people on the show "Hoarders"...

yeah.

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LeeLee

12 years ago

If you have ever frantically searched for your keys, this might not be for you.

I like the first example best because he had more stuff. I don't know if he actually lives there.

The second one had that sterile look of a staged home. I don't have one vase on an entire shelf. Or 8 tee shirts in a closet.

The first guy's design in Hong Kong would ideally synch up with those tiny houses.

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derekwong28

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Raja Kamil

In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the "Domestic Transformer."

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ps : I wonder if this applicable to my country :confused:

Thanks for showing this. I think in a way, it is self defeating because he could have spent well more than $100,000 to do that. He might as well had used that money to get a bigger place. But still it is better than living in a caged home. But housing in Hong Kong is now critical. It is the most expensive in the world other than Monaco and the gap between the rich and poor is among the worst in the world. As an example of how well off the government is, they recently decided to give every citizen $750 in spending case. Many promptly used it to book a holiday abroad or used it to buy an iPhone or iPad. It is funny to hear how some people here make disparaging remarks on how better off they are than people are in Europe and N. America are yet they do not look at their own backyard.

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Raja Kamil

12 years ago

Originally Posted by derekwong28

Thanks for showing this. I think in a way, it is self defeating because he could have spent well more than $100,000 to do that. He might as well had used that money to get a bigger place. But still it is better than living in a caged home. But housing in Hong Kong is now critical. It is the most expensive in the world other than Monaco and the gap between the rich and poor is among the worst in the world. As an example of how well off the government is, they recently decided to give every citizen $750 in spending case. Many promptly used it to book a holiday abroad or used it to buy an iPhone or iPad. It is funny to hear how some people here make disparaging remarks on how better off they are than people are in Europe and N. America are yet they do not look at their own backyard.

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I'm not really sure about this, but I heard that, even though you have $1 mil, it's really hard to find bigger house there. And, it's almost impossible for you to have a bungalow with that amount of money.

Anyway, nice videos you put there

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derekwong28

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Raja Kamil

I'm not really sure about this, but I heard that, even though you have $1 mil, it's really hard to find bigger house there. And, it's almost impossible for you to have a bungalow with that amount of money.

Anyway, nice videos you put there

It really depends on the area. In general, it is almost impossible to find any 1000 sq ft apartment for less than $1M and houses normally start at $5M. But the apartment shown in your video is likely to be in a cheap area. With $100,000, he should be get able an extra 100-200 sq ft.

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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by derekwong28

As an example of how well off the government is, they recently decided to give every citizen $750 in spending case. Many promptly used it to book a holiday abroad or used it to buy an iPhone or iPad. It is funny to hear how some people here make disparaging remarks on how better off they are than people are in Europe and N. America are yet they do not look at their own backyard.

YEAH, it ISN'T what you make, or EVEN what you keep! It is what you can do with what you have! A person with $100K in india is FILTHY RICH! In a cheaper place in Florida, they may be OK. In new york, they are poor. It sounds like in hongkong it may be poverty level!

Steve