Plans for 26sq m Perth micro apartments get green light

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Plans for 26sq m Perth micro apartments get green light

Plans have been approved for micro apartments in Perth, offering living spaces the size of two carpark spaces.

The $22m project in Perth’s inner suburbs includes apartments that are mostly 26sq m.

“Perth being turned into slum ghettos like London, where does this madness stop?” one online commenter opined.

The apartments are among the smallest in Australia, measuring a square metre or two under the standard “micro apartment” benchmark. The new 26sq m Perth apartments dwarf the 17sq m Bondi abode that sold for $511,000 in 2023.

Camera IconA render of the green-lit micro apartment complex in Perth. Supplied Credit: Supplied

The newly approved Perth apartments are earmarked for an area about 1km north of the central business district, and just one block from Perth’s major outdoor concert venue and rectangular sporting stadium.

The building is set to house 88 self-contained flats – 64 of which are deemed micro – and the rest are 41sq m lofts. The building would also have four rooms specifically for guests of residents.

All apartments will be fully furnished with a balcony, bed, kitchenette, bathroom, lounge and dining space. There is a proposed communal roof terrace, office space, gym and laundry.

The WA Planning Commission used its discretion to overrule density rules for the area.

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The apartments are not for individual ***** but would be leased by a dedicated property manager, with leases running between three months and three years.

The developers say FIFO workers, students and young professionals without cars are their target market – for a building of 88 apartments, there are 25 car spaces.

In its decision, released on Wednesday, the commission says objectors to the proposal took umbrage with the proposed building’s height and the potential for sun to be blocked.

“Submissions in support were due to the underdeveloped nature of the area, design quality of the building and locational context of the site within close proximity to Perth CBD,” the commission report said.

There are many established micro apartment complexes across Australia, and this latest project is not the first in Perth. But Perth is in the grips of a massive spike in property prices, on the same galactic trajectory as Adelaide and Brisbane.

In 2024, the price of one-bedroom apartments in Perth rose 31 per cent – the largest national price rise in the category by a stretch.

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