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OhHowIMeantTo t1_j6mm3og wrote

Oh it was driving me crazy when I was looking to move a couple of years ago. Pretty much every building built in the last five years or so was advertising "one bedrooms," that were essentially just studios. The kitchens, while nice, essentially have no counter space, and they put up a couple of walls in the living space with a window at the top of the wall and a sliding door to create what is technically a very tiny one bedroom. They were priced at market rate for one bedrooms, but if you wanted a bedroom with a window that actually looked outside and not just into the living room, you had to pay an extra $300 to $500 or so.

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Heliordant t1_j6mqm5c wrote

"Chef inspired kitchens", yeah, inspired by a chef that wants you to eat out at a restaurant.

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Brawldud t1_j6pft99 wrote

They meant inspired by the kitchens that the chefs have at home, where they keep their frozen pizza and Jack Daniels.

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squuidlees t1_j6moou7 wrote

I’m a weirdo and love going to building websites and looking at their floor plans. I always thought the barn door rooms was a step up from a studio, but agree that renting that as a 1 bedroom, when there isn’t even a window, is lame.

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giscard78 t1_j6mqzz7 wrote

> I always thought the barn door rooms was a step up from a studio

I’ve seen these referred to as a “junior one bedroom” sometimes (I don’t think it’s industry wide or standard). The name has always sounded kind of funny to me, like it’s someone working their way up to comprehending a bedroom with an out facing window, not the unit trying to downplay the shitty floor plan lol.

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squuidlees t1_j6mujy7 wrote

Working their way up to a room with a window sounds on brand with DC at least.. I definitely like the ones where there’s the fogged glass barn door and the wall that stops before the ceiling, so at least natural light can sort of get through!

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j6n59bl wrote

My mom had a junior one bedroom in NYC. No door cuz no closet and no space for closet. But it had a window

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j6n529d wrote

A bedroom is not legally a bedroom unless it has a window and a closet . That's why there's a wall, but probably no door .

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