POCKET LIVING

Could YOU live in one of these tiny homes where there really is no room to swing a cat?

Debbie White

Published: 11:40, 24 Oct 2019
Updated: 12:14, 24 Oct 2019

WHEN it comes to property, there's downsizing, and then there's ultra-tiny spaces, with barely enough room to swing a cat!

Check out these intriguingly quaint tiny homes, from Hong Kong to San Francisco, which show that good things can come in very small packages.

TOTALLY TUBULAR

This OPod tube home was built as an experimental, affordable alternative to other homes in Hong Kong — This OPod tube home was built as an experimental, affordable alternative to other homes in Hong KongCredit: AP:Associated Press

PIPE DREAM

The OPod is a 100 sq ft home, made from two lengths of concrete drainpipe - a renovated water pipe — The OPod is a 100 sq ft home, made from two lengths of concrete drainpipe - a renovated water pipeCredit: AP:Associated Press

WOOD STOCKED

This teeny-tiny home is the '35KubikHeimat', a flat with a kitchen, bathroom, bed and dining table built by students, complete with tongue-and-groove panels, on the Bauhaus Campus in Berlin, Germany — This teeny-tiny home is the '35KubikHeimat', a flat with a kitchen, bathroom, bed and dining table built by students, complete with tongue-and-groove panels, on the Bauhaus Campus in Berlin, GermanyCredit: Alamy

STACKS UP

Hillary Padget and Anthony Harrington in their small apartment that they designed in Brooklyn, US — Hillary Padget and Anthony Harrington in their small apartment that they designed in Brooklyn, USCredit: Getty - Contributor

IN THE DOG HOUSE

In Los Angeles, US, Jay Segal plays with her dog 'Bubbers' in a little loft her father, Todd Segal, built into their 625-sq-ft home — In Los Angeles, US, Jay Segal plays with her dog 'Bubbers' in a little loft her father, Todd Segal, built into their 625-sq-ft homeCredit: Getty - Contributor

WASH ROOM

There's barely room to move, let alone shower in this pocket property, in Tokyo, Japan. Tayo Akagi washes his hair in a tub - an oversized bucket found in the street — There's barely room to move, let alone shower in this pocket property, in Tokyo, Japan. Tayo Akagi washes his hair in a tub - an oversized bucket found in the streetCredit: AP:Associated Press

BED & BREAKFAST

A woman and her son are seen in their 60-sq-ft sub-divided flat in Hong Kong — A woman and her son are seen in their 60-sq-ft sub-divided flat in Hong KongCredit: Reuters

LOFTY IDEAS

Greg Cantori is pictured in the master bedroom loft of his 238-sq-ft tiny home in Pasadena, Maryland, US — Greg Cantori is pictured in the master bedroom loft of his 238-sq-ft tiny home in Pasadena, Maryland, USCredit: Getty - Contributor

HIT THE ROOF

This picture shows David Yu touching the ceiling as he sits on his bed in his 'cubicle' flat, built which he shares with other tenants on the roof of a ten-storey residential building in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong — This picture shows David Yu touching the ceiling as he sits on his bed in his 'cubicle' flat, built which he shares with other tenants on the roof of a ten-storey residential building in the Kowloon district of Hong KongCredit: AFP

WALLED IN

Dubbed a state-of-the-art micro home, this modular property in California, US, was built to show an innovative solution to tackle homelessness and the lack of affordable housing — Dubbed a state-of-the-art micro home, this modular property in California, US, was built to show an innovative solution to tackle homelessness and the lack of affordable housingCredit: AP:Associated Press

SQUAT MESS

Amazingly, four young women share this one-room 'apartment' in Aspen — Amazingly, four young women share this one-room 'apartment' in AspenCredit: Time Life Pictures

BRIGHT IDEA

In Atlanta, US, this is the interior of a micro-home unveiled at a special event

NARROW MARGINS

Offering just 36 inches of space at its narrowest point, this property was an artistic installation in Warsaw, Poland. However, despite its size, it has huge significance for Israeli writer Edgar Keret, who conceived the project as a kind of memorial to his parents' family who died in the World War Two Holocaust — Offering just 36 inches of space at its narrowest point, this property was an artistic installation in Warsaw, Poland. However, despite its size, it has huge significance for Israeli writer Edgar Keret, who conceived the project as a kind of memorial to his parents' family who died in the World War Two HolocaustCredit: Reuters

AROUND THE BEND

In Hong Kong, Cheung Chi-fong, 80, sleeps in his tiny 'coffin home' which is so small, he cannot stretch out his legs — In Hong Kong, Cheung Chi-fong, 80, sleeps in his tiny 'coffin home' which is so small, he cannot stretch out his legsCredit: AP:Associated Press

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