And for some reason they made the second floor span over only half the length of the house. Had they made it full length they would have increased the available space by 33% without affecting the overall footprint. With that extra space they would have been able to shuffle the rooms around and make them far more usable.

I'm all for smaller practical housing. But these need to be designed with practicality and efficiency in mind. This apparent product of an architect-wannabe businessman achieves neither.