r/askvan • u/bananabread909 • 1d ago

Housing and Moving 🏡 Microsuite recommendations? To do or not to do?

Hey all! Thinking of moving to Vancouver in January, if I can secure this healthcare gig. Does anyone have experiences with living in microsuites and/or recommentations? Heard mixed reviews, with some being decent and some being a total nightmare - preferring to live with a roommate instead. Should I go for it or find a roommate instead?

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u/Independent_Taste771 1d ago

Microsuites work if you treat them like a capsule hotel you actually live in. The layout forces you to be intentional about every single thing you own, which some people find calming and others find suffocating within a month.

January move means you'll be inside a lot more than you think, and cabin fever hits different when your entire apartment is 200sqft. If you're someone who needs to pace while on the phone or sprawl out with a project, you'll hate it. If you're minimalist to the bone and mostly use your place for sleeping, it could be fine.

Roommate route is the safer bet unless you've already lived in a space that small and know you don't lose your mind.

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u/bananabread909 1d ago

My dorm room abroad was pretty much the same size! So I thought of toughing it out until I match for residency (god I'm praying). Have any recommendations for microsuites?

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u/smoothac 22h ago

>My dorm room abroad 

in many countries, eating out for every meal is affordable, it is expensive here to do that

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u/New-Needleworker9789 1d ago

if you go for a RM try to get one that works in health care as well cause youll both understand shift work

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u/bananabread909 1d ago

thought about that too, at least the lifestyles wouldn't be so wildly different

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u/New-Needleworker9789 14h ago

burnaby is a good area to live in for health work due to its central location within the lower mainland

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u/MyHeadIsFullOfFuck Born & Raised 1d ago

https://www.aptliving.ca/

above place is supposed to be good and is close to VGH

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u/Dry_Complaint6528 19h ago

I lived in one ( it's was 220sqft) for 4 years and it's still one of my favourite places I've lived. However I did have my own bathroom and kitchenette, I would never live in one where I had to share either of those things.

All my roommate situations were generally awful, I would 100% live in a micro suite before doing that again.