25-year-old illustrator from San Francisco found a solution to the problem is too expensive housing in Silicon Valley. He rented a room with a friend and it was built in a separate bedroom.
In the photo, Peter Berkowitz with your friends - it is a freelance illustrator and a new inhabitant of the Sunset District of San Francisco
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When Berkowitz other began searching the apartment, he was faced with the eternal for the San Francisco dilemma - in all apartments, which he could afford were large living rooms, but did not have enough bedrooms. Then he decided to build his own.
Berkowitz lives with four neighbors in an apartment with three bedrooms (not counting his personal box). He pays the rent of $ 400 a month, his neighbors - for $ 800 each
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As strange as neither looked box, Berkowitz said it quite cozy. Here he reads and works on a computer built for the table.
When you create your home Berkowitz was inspired by Japanese capsule hotels,. He assures that gets here peace and quiet needed for its sensitive sleep.
At first, his neighbors reacted skeptically to the idea, but eventually even helped build the box. Berkowitz says that its construction took $ 1,300.
Berkowitz understands that many of his idea may seem crazy, but says that to live in a shelter is much more comfortable than sleeping on someone else's couch, or to share with someone else's room.
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