With a much higher cost of living, many people are moving out of expensive cities and thinking about how to face the increased spending of money that is now necessary for everyday life. Some people are downsizing their homes as an alternative to leaving their city. There can be challenges to moving into a smaller space than what you were previously used to. However, it can come with a variety of unexpected positives. Below, we will discuss some of the great advantages of living in a small apartment. 

Saving Money 

The main reason most people choose to live in a small apartment is to save money. Saving money is easily one of the best advantages of living in a small apartment, particularly when bearing in mind that one of the main elements affecting the price of rent is the size of an apartment. 

Beyond rent, there are also other reasons why living in a small apartment can help you with saving money. Utility bills tend to be cheaper because they don’t need to cover as large of a place. Spot heating a room or using aircon in a small space can work out much cheaper than having to control the temperature of a whole house or larger apartment. Check out our energy-saving tips to save even more money on utilities. 

When living in a smaller living space, you will generally have fewer furnishings to fill your home with. By needing less furniture, you’ll need to spend less money on furniture. 

If you move into a Village House, you can save even more, as renting with them comes without any deposit, brokerage fee, renewal fee, or key money! 

Easy Cleaning 

Large mansion-style apartments are enticing with their abundance of space, but at the same time, all that space needs to be cleaned and maintained. Cleaning takes time and effort, and this can easily be reduced when living in a small home. 

Instead of having to spend hours cleaning floors, dusting surfaces, removing stains, and cleaning furniture, when living in a small home, you are free to use the time you would spend cleaning on other things.  

Cleaning can be an easier task, and this often encourages people to clean more often. So, you’ll often end up with a cleaner living space in a smaller apartment. A couple of hours of cleaning each week will make a big impact and mean that you can take good care of your home and everything in it. 

Less Clutter 

It’s a popular belief that you will fill up your homes no matter what the size is. This means that if you live in a large apartment, you will end up acquiring a lot of things to eventually fill your home. In a large home, you are much more likely to have a lot of clutter that you don’t need! 

Living in a small apartment encourages people to embrace minimalism and avoid clutter. There are massive benefits of minimalism. It can lead to improved well-being and mental health since you don’t have clutter lying around to create stress, and instead, your home can be a calm and comfortable environment. Minimalism is also much better for the environment as it helps to reduce our waste and carbon footprint on unnecessary products. Additionally, minimalism can help us save money since we won’t be spending it on unnecessary things to fill up our apartments. 

Clutter can be quite uninviting and unattractive. By avoiding collecting a lot of clutter, small apartments can be decorated with minimalism in mind. You can more easily create a stylish and welcoming home, making them a great place to experiment with easy-maintenance minimalist interior design. That leads us to our next point: home décor. 

Focus on Home Decor 

We’ve established that you can save money, time, effort, and attention in a smaller home. Thanks to all of this, it means you get the chance to redirect all of that into whatever you want. 

Instead of getting on a set of shelves for four different rooms, you may only have to get one set of shelves. Instead of getting two sofas, you may only need one. This means that you can direct your resources into getting nicer furniture.  

By embracing minimalism and a smaller home, you can select a few meaningful elements of furniture and interior design to personalize your apartment. It’s a great opportunity to invest in a few statement pieces that will make a big impact in a small home. 

Be Creative! 

Lastly, small apartments are a chance to get creative. Small personalizations have a much bigger impact in a small apartment. You don’t need to do much to make a small home feel cozy and welcoming, so be creative and add your own touch to your home. 

Sometimes it can be difficult trying to navigate space and storage in a small home, but you can reframe this as a challenge to find practical and creative solutions. There are endless creative approaches to navigating a small home, such as these creative storage solutions. However, it can be particularly satisfying to figure out your own creative approaches to making your small apartment work for you! 

We hope this has helped to highlight some of the genuine benefits of living in small homes. Over the last few years, there has been a trend of people looking to live in smaller spaces or even ‘tiny homes,’ so these benefits do appeal to a lot of people!   

If you are considering moving into a new small and cozy apartment, Village House might be perfect for you, with budget-friendly properties in all 47 Prefectures throughout Japan!