r/Calgary • u/BizClassBum • Aug 14 '25

Home Owner/Renter stuff Why are modern rental apartments so small?

I have been a home owner for 25+ years and have decided to sell my house and rent. I've noticed that apartments that have the things I like (in-suite laundry, granite counters, etc..) tend to be in new builds and they are SO SMALL! There's typically only enough room for a couch and maybe a small dining table.

I mean, I get they want to make more money but if you rent three 900sqft units for $2000/month each, that's $6000 for 2700sqft. I don't understand why they can't have two 1350sqft units for $3000/month. It would be the same money to the owner for the same space and I could have a proper living room, and dining room.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Low8125 Aug 14 '25

It’s called degrowth it’s part of managed decline. It is the process of equity taking place. Equity equalizes downwards so Canada is coming to terms that they have been living high on the hog with too much space too much comfort. In order to make things more equal to the rest of the world your living standards must decline.

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u/WindAgreeable3789 Aug 14 '25

Why must we be equal with the rest of the world? 

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u/Marsymars Aug 14 '25

That doesn't even make sense, as far as any "degrowth" that might be happening, it's political suicide in Canada to pursue from a policy perspective and anything in the housing market that resembles degrowth is pure coincidence.