What is a Bachelor Pad?
In spite of its lingering connotation of vintage 1960s swinging and grooviness, a bachelor pad is essentially an apartment rented by a single man or shared by a group of unmarried male friends. A bachelor pad generally has less personal space than a two-bedroom apartment or starter home for young married couples, with some rooms performing double duty as a bedroom, living room, dining room or den. There appears to be two separate trains of thought where a bachelor pad is concerned. Some bachelor pads are treated as little more than oversized college dorm rooms, with little regard to basic housekeeping, sanitation, aesthetics or security. In this kind of bachelor pad, dirty laundry may pile up next to a washing machine, dirty dishes may collect in a dishwasher and garbage may remain in garbage cans for weeks at a time. A young college graduate’s first apartment as an adult often suffers at the hands of its renter. Another train of thought involves a bachelor pad occupied by a more finan
