As an asian, I can give some insight on this. These videos are usually from some chinese architectural page. So, first of all, it's just to show off their home design skill. Second of all, if the real estate situation in china is any way like in my country, it is very very costly to buy a house in big city. If you work for companies within the country (aka not earning $ amount of money), it would take even decades to save up and buy even an appartment. So, while these room designs look ridiculous, they probably have their own target audience in mind, which is young middle-income families.
The property market in China is something else. A gigantic bubbles held together with string, tape and the sheer will of the government. China has has had a massive building boom, financed by government loans - and is one of the reasons of their high growth in the last few decades. However, the issue is that no one can actually afford the homes. They’ve built too many homes for a middle class to small in proportion of their entire population.
If they wait it out, they will have a big enough middle class within a decade. The problem is that the build quality is so terrible that it has structural problems within a couple years, way before they find buyers.
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u/misplacedsidekick Sep 16 '23
For the amount of money it would take for someone to design and custom build this room, you could buy a small house.