The days of tiny Auckland apartments are over in the inner city with the introduction of new design controls today, including a minimum studio apartment size.
Tuesday, June 7th 2005, 8:27AM
by The Landlord
Cramped apartments with poor ventilation, no sound-proofing, little natural light, and windowless and cupboard-like bedrooms will be banned.
Cheek-by-jowl apartments will be banned. Flat, ugly concrete towers will be banned.
The city's smallest apartments are about 12sq m. The Herald has visited apartments smaller than a prison cell, including a windowless room with one bed suspended in the roof area and another on the floor in an area slightly longer than a human body and about 2m wide.
