Hong Kong's 'tiniest flats ever' go on sale for HK$2 million

In crowded Hong Kong, with its skyrocketing property prices, developers are building ever-more miniscule flats with relatively small price tags. The question is: can you live in them?

Hongkongers got a hint at the answer yesterday when developer Cheung Kong showcased some of the city's smallest new flats at its Mont Vert II estate in Tai Po. Of the 22 homes for sale, nine were 180 sq ft.

Buyers in a round of sales in July had to sign up to buy the flats without seeing them, but the developer later reversed that policy.

A Sunday Morning Post reporter joined the potential buyers to view three of the flats.

She crossed one of the 180 sq ft flats in five paces. One relatively small person could just stretch her arms out without touching the two walls of the one room.

There would be space for a bed, but a sofa would be a luxury too far. The kitchen has room for one person to stand but not for an electric stove or a refrigerator, and no gas stove.