Total *rooms* - 7. Cockpit, 2 cabins, office space, galley (kitchen), living/dining area, head (bathroom). And every inch of space that can be used for something is.

Plus extra added attractions! Ability to move with about 20 minutes notice, everything able to be stowed in such a way that it will remain in place in seriously rough conditions and stunning views.

I think we could easily replicate it on land and be happy in such a small space.

I moved to my property and lived 6 months in a 300sq ft cabin including kitchen and such and without a toilet, it was so very nice to move back up to a real house. I'm 6'4" and the small space was just too much.

But that said anything over about 1000sq feet I do not need or really use.

But everybody has to find their own solution.

Love the idea of the murphy bed with the shelf you don't have to empty, but would use that for a guest situation only as I really don't want to pack/unpack my bed every night. Same with packing/unpacking my stove. LOVED the table that went from 0 to seating-for-8 in 2 minutes, that was awesome! Thanks for posting.

and crowded areas, and I could live with it if I had to....but I wouldn't like it. I just hate modern design, it is so cold and sterile to me, so I would go crazy there. It doesn't feel cozy. But it is liveable and it is functional. I lived with a Murphy bed once, and hated that it was so much work to go to bed...but I did think it was the coolest idea I had ever seen when I first saw it.

But this is really ingenious.

.
.
.

Want a fair bit of property, 10 acres or more, and may have to build from scratch

Sure makes a lot of sense,

me be thinking about heating costs in what we affectionately call the "Near North" around North Bay Ontario area

40 below?

I's about as far North as I wanna go