All looks pretty normal to me, but that's by HK standards. Until I was 11, 4 of us lived in a 55m^2 2br; since 2006, a 75m^2 2br with a (massive) balcony, and a while back we bought a second 30m^2 1br apartment. It's all about using vertical space, which I've noticed a lot of people in Edinburgh don't do — ceilings high enough for a duplex but no tall shelves or anything.

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