Even smaller micro and nano flats from car parking in Hong Kong

New Delhi: Listen to Affordable Housing so the only thing that comes to your mind is that there will be two or one bedroom, hall and kitchen. It will also have a bathroom and a balcony. This requires at least 500 to 700 square feet of space. But do you know where this bedroom, kitchen and bathroom will be in the name of affordable housing in Hong Kong? The balcony has to be sacrificed. If you want to live in Hong Kong you have to have a lot of money or be able to compromise. The prices of flats here are so high that even on the concept of micro and nano flats are becoming flat.

The micro flat is about 220 square feet and the nano flat is 130 square feet. In the micro flat you can only put a bed, a small table and a chair, nothing else. If you understand microflat, you can't even think of nano flat. It is about the size of a car park.

Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The demand for property here is overwhelming, but the supply is limited. From 2010 to 2019, the price of flats here has increased by about 187 per cent. The average price of a house here is about 13 lakh dollars, which is ten crore rupees. Against this the minimum wage here is 4. 4.82 per hour i.e. 350 rupees. Thus there is a tremendous contradiction. Even a skilled craftsman, or simply a software expert, would have to work for 21 years to buy a 650 square foot home.

The idea of ​​affordable housing came to developers after 2015 when the government simplified housing rules. Before that natural light and ventilation were required. In addition, under the Fire Safety Code, the kitchen had to be separated from the main wall of the house by a single wall. It also had a window. As the rule became simpler, the culture of open kitchen developed and builders started building micro and nano flats. In such homes the bathrooms are so small that some bathrooms even have showers on the toilet sheets.