Real Estate in Argentina

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    We live in a 75 square meters (800 sq. ft.) apartment and we are 2 adults and 2 cats. It feels small - the terrace is a blessing - but having just one bathroom sometimes doesn't feel enough in the morning and we have zero storage (not even separate, our building has no parking and no basement). We only have the space under our bed and above the small wardrobe to put away stuff.

    Our area of Palermo Soho, where it meets Almagro and Villa Crespo, is very slowly getting better, but overall we have a few clochards that spend their time on the pavement drunk and smelly, dog poo every 2-3 steps and noise all the time either because of traffic (we are just 2 blocks from Av. Cordoba & Av. Scalabrini) or construction. I am getting worn out.

    I have been browsing real estate ads for a few years and it seems that the price have gone up, at least by judging from the ads on ZonaProp and ArgenProp. Whether they actually sell for that price is a different matter...

    When we first arrived here, we lived in an apartment in San Isidro about the same size, but with just a balcony instead of a terrace. Now, I am fancying living in Zona Norte again, but perhaps in a house in the green part of San Fernando/Punta Chica. At least once per year, we take the car and drive past the nice parts of Acassuso, Martinez, San Isidro and up to San Fernando. I believe the city has a price ticket that may be too high - a larger flat in a nice area of the city (Palermo) would cost the same as a house in Zona Norte.

    We went to the inauguration night of a nice building on the same block of our STR. It is very fancy, but the only unit that was a decent size to live in was the 145 sq mt. penthouse, which is already sold. I actually think it never went on the market and that the constructor either kept it to himself or saved it for a friend. Anyway, I believe it would be priced around 300,000 USD, since a 50 sq mt studio in the same building costs 150,000 USD. Even if the penthouse is 145 sq meters, it only has one bedroom (floor plans and rendering available here: https://www.mcl-studio.com/desarrollos/her-el-salvador ). The finishing were also subpar when we were able to visit the units and check them up close. No apartment had a full fridge or space to put one, except for the penthouse.

    In Italy, I lived in an apartment about the same size of our current apartment, but in a quiet town and with extra room in the nearby garages/storage rooms. Not a house, but felt like one and I never felt I was running out of space.

    Did you resize when you moved in Argentina, or do you still live in a similar amount of space?

    Our apartment on Ave Uruguay only has one bedroom and the bathroom is very snug with hardly room to swing a cat. As we're rarely there for more than one night it's perfect but there's no way I could ever live there permanently. Best thing about it is the balcony that runs the full length of the building. I probably spend more time out there than I do inside.

    From what I've seen most modern buildings here are very small to enable the developers to get as many apartments out of a plot as they can.

    Perhaps the locals are used to it. Sometimes I feel claustrophobic here. If it rains and the outdoor furniture pillows are inside, and the drying rack is open, there is zero room to move in my office. It takes a lot of careful planning and order to be able to live in this apartment, despite its size.

    Sadly, apartments in most big cities are usually absurdly small and outlandishly expensive. Talk with anyone living in New York, London, or Rio! We are squeezed to the gills in our small place in the city, but can enjoy it nonetheless because we can get away to the wide open spaces in the country. I hear you, serafina !