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Advantages and Disadvantages Of Studio Apartments

If your looking for a new apartment to rent, you could possibly find yourself looking at a studio apartment. But what exactly is a studio apartment, and what exactly are the advantages and disadvantages of them?

A studio apartment is effectively a small, one roomed apartment. It's a multipurpose room that contains a kitchen, a bed (which is usually fold away) and a living room. You will then have a attached en suit bathroom.

This mean you have to eat, sleep, study and relax all in one place. These apartments are usually used by people living alone such as students or working professionals, or in some instances couples without children.

There are many advantages to living in a studio apartment, but you will find there are also various disadvantages to living in one.

The advantages are:

They provide space to perform all your household tasks simply, as everything is in one place.

They are considerably cheaper than most normal multi room apartments. This is due to

They will often come with some communal facilities in the apartment complex, which will be free to use. These can range from things such as laundry rooms too swimming pools and gyms.

They are easy to keep clean, because there is so little to clean, and its all in one place.

They are usually located in central locations, with great travel links. So are great for working away from home, or university studies.

The disadvantages are:

They are to small for any more than two people. With only space for one bed, if your living arrangements are different to being alone, or as a couple, then this is not for you.

Top range studio apartments can be very pricey. Top quality furnished apartments can cost a lot of money to rent per week, especially if they come with a lot of great communal features.

You could easily end up with noisy neighbors. Do to the closeness of other apartments, noise is easily heard, so neighbors playing music late into the night could be a problem.

Having guests over can be a problem. If you have a guests over, you'll find you don't have space to do much in the way of entertaining.

Renting out the studio apartment will mean you never get a return on that money. As you are paying to stay in the apartment, not the apartment itself.

Of course these are just a few of the advantages and disadvantages of renting out a studio apartment. No doubt you will probably find more yourself if you do go for the option to rent one.

Hopefully my lists of advantages and disadvantages will help you to make the decision that is right for you when renting a studio apartment!

Happy hunting!




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