Is that really true?

Most of the trendy tiny homes are 200-300sqft with a loft bedroom.

My townhouse is modest by US standards at 1500sqft and 3 bedrooms. I believe this was about average in the early-70s (when the home was constructed).

The average new home in the US is now about 2600sqft and 4-5 bedrooms.

OK UK is perhaps smaller than average but:

> The average house dimensions in UK is 91 sq m. which is a bit under 1000 sq ft.

http://www.dimensionsinfo.com/average-house-dimensions-in-uk...

> The average UK one-bedroom home is 46 sq m (495 sq ft),

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22152622

You're forgetting the square part. One square meter is roughly 10 square feet, your home is closer to 910 sq ft.

yeah as soon as I submitted it looked wrong, corrected.

In the UK.

The flat I live in is the _largest_ place I've lived in 28 years. Lived in quite a few different places, maybe 15.

It's a two bedroom flat.

Total floor area 36sqm, aka. 390sqft.

It's not a "tinyhouse". It's a typical rented flat, about average for the area.

I would love a larger place. I dream of storage, of a workshop room.

But when I see people reporting US sizes, it's hard to even imagine that much floor area.

To think, my biggest place is the same size as a specially-named "tiny house" in the US!

What's the floor plan like? My son is in a 500sqft 1-bed apartment in DC and I can't picture how you'd fit a 2nd bedroom into a smaller unit.

"Most of the world" is almost about half living in apartment buildings, not detached houses.