Anyone ever live in an efficiency? Please share your experience.

[3900stabler]

Long story short I'm looking for my own place. I don't want a roommate but at the same time I don't want to pay a arm and a leg for a one or two bedroom . I have considered looking into an efficiency. At the end of the day all I need is a place to sleep, eat and shower. I can get an efficiency for around $350 where I live. One bedroom in a decent area run about $550 on average with two bedrooms around $650-$700. So what should expect living in a efficiency?

 

[mitchellicious]

What is an efficiency?

 

[RIP sleazyy]

What is an efficiency?

 

[checks grossman]

They're studios.

 

[champcruthik]

Studio, efficiency apartment, bachelor (apartment) pad. All synonymous.

 

[thadocta]

What is an efficiency?

 

[mitchellicious]

In that case, then that depends on what you're looking for. If you feel like you could do it and prefer to be by yourself, then you should go for it.

I live in a two BR by myself and sometimes I think it's too big.

 

[usabasketball08]

Where do you live OP?

 

[a blinkin]

I was going to do it this past summer. Decided against it. It's good if you're not planning on having a ton of people over. Great place to be a bachelor and have the occasional female guest. Really cost effective, you can decorate it with ease, and it gets the job done as far as you having your own place.

 

[sonunox34]

I can get an efficiency for around $350 where I live. One bedroom in a decent area run about $550 on average with two bedrooms around $650-$700.

Where are you living? Guessing it's not a metro area.

And as far as what to expect, I guess a lot of quiet and lonely nights. I still feel like I need a roommate to stay sane, but I'm 24. I would, on the other hand, like to have total control over the cleaning and maintenance of the place.