When I was in grad school, my then-fiance and I shared an apartment in student family housing. It was TINY - under 600 square feet. We had a 12x12 bedroom; we had to get a queen-size bed because if you put a king-size bed in there, there was no room for anything else, including yourselves. Then there was a 12x24 "other" room that was our combination living room / dining room / office. The remaining 12x12 contained the entryway, kitchen, bathroom, and hall closet - all of which were really little.
The windows were single-pane glass, and huge. The apartment faced east and south. We baked in the summer and froze in the winter. We had this gorgeous view that we couldn't look at because we had to keep the curtains drawn to keep the heat in or out. There was no A/C, so we got a window unit which we blasted all summer long (all utilities except long distance were included
) - Unfortunately the A/C slot was tilted the wrong way, so the condensation dripped INTO the room and ruined the floor tiles.
As with all the dorms, the heat was centrally controlled. If you didn't like the setting, tough - you could get a space heater or open the windows.
When we moved out, they charged us $75 to clean the curtains. We hadn't even done anything to them.
The killer is that that wasn't the smallest type of unit in the building. That was a corner apartment. There were also center apartments and studios that were even smaller! AND they changed the rules the year after we moved in, to state that in order to get a corner, you had to have a baby. I don't know where you would even PUT a baby in that apt!! (Luckily we were grandfathered into our corner unit
)