We as landlord want to provide a reasonable level of comfort inside the rooms and a clean bathroom, and don’t need to care about kitchens, stairs, living room, window, door, yard, balcony etc. Those areas are often run down and barely functional:

• Flushing Ave — the least comfortable living space in my experience, even inside the rooms. The size of the living room didn’t really help relieve the discomfort.
• Winnie’s place .. 423 Hart
• 40 Wayne
• 43 Rockledge
• 4119 Fort Hamilton

It’s not uncommon to see tenants accepting a mobile partition (not a real wall) in a living room in Newport or JSQ.

If the location is safe, and not too far from transport, then I think most low-end tenants would be willing to pay for a clean, warm room, regardless of size. If we as landlord invest on renovating the interior to provide comfortable space, then we can charge a rental close to the market rate.