The Tower will have SRO?s which are intended to give a person a place to lay their head down. I don’t see an SRO as something someone would pick as their first choice, but it is possible. With that said, all of the SROs will be designed in a way that would be the same throughout all of the building. In all instance, there is no FMR standards for SROs. This is because these rooms are not normally subsidized with HUD programs. With that in mind, if someone is working a good paying job, they will likely be able to afford the price of the SRO if a studio is out of their budget. This may be necessary for those that would otherwise live in their auto or a homeless shelter.
Layout
As you enter an SRO, to your right will be a pocket door to enter into a ¾ bathroom. There is a toilet, sink, and shower. None of my units offers tubs as they take space that could be used for something else. This will be especially true with an SRO. Exiting the bathroom will be a hallway for jackets, coats, or backpacks. Next to the door will be a hook for any keys, but keep in mind that my residences (including SROs) will not need a physical key instead opting for a digital key system.
Walk down the hallway that the bathroom forms will connect you to the main room. At the boundary of the hallway and the main room will site an HAI panel, and a Nest Thermostat. The HAI panel is essentials for connecting with resources available. You would be able to see if the unit is running on backup electricity. You would also see your utility consumption in case you wish to move to a residence where you are responsible for the utilities.
As you enter the room and on your right adjacent to the shower’s wall, you would find a dormitory refrigerator. This will allow you to store small foods, or prescriptions that need to be refrigerated (such as insulin), however I do not see you doing much microwaving here. You might have a few days of burrito meals, or bottles of soda. If you live in the tower, you would have the avaialabilty of the convenience store. On top of the refrigerator, you would be able to place a clock, or a microwave on top. You don’t want to stack things too high, and you as the tenant is responsible for providing the microwave. Next to the refigerator is a sleeper sofa. During the waking hours, the furniture is a couch/sofa. Next to the sleeper sofa will sit a sturdy end table. One might be able to install a small printer or Multi-Function Center. Going in the different direction of the room is the outdoor wall with a window taking a portion of the wall to allow light. As with all windows in FSP Realty’s inventory, these windows are argon filled triple pain one way glass windows. you can look out to see the world, however someone on the outside will only see their reflection. This is for privacy.
Across from the end table, and the other side of window will be where a corner desk and small office chair will sit. This will be an ideal place to host your notebook PC. This could. be where your PC will sit when you are needing to sit at a desk, or if you wish to charge your PC up. If you do not have a PC, that is fine. At the window sill, there will be an electrical outlet, and an ethernet jack.
Next to the corner desk and phone is a 40″ Roku TV. However, there is only an encrypted TV option, and the boxes are simply too expensive. With that said, you would need an OTA? antenna to either plug into the TV, or into a DVR? like a Tablo. The Tablo will plug into an ethernet jack beneath the window sill, and will you to connect to the router that you provide. You would lose an ethernet jack, but 3 ethernet jacks is more than sufficient for an SRO.
Since the SRO is intended to make your life as comfortable as possible, there will be no other way I could make things better as there is simply no room. With that in mind, there is a no pet policy, and you would not be able to have more than one tenant in the SRO.