Hello, Peter Berkowitz. Peter Berkowitz As home and apartment prices in San Francisco have skyrocketed, finding an affordable place to live isn't easy.

That's why 25-year-old illustrator Peter Berkowitz decided to get a little creative with his living situation, constructing an 8-by-3.5-by-4.5 "bedroom pod" that costs about $500 a month to live in.

He originally planned to split a two-bedroom apartment with a friend, but he quickly realized that, price-wise, he couldn't make it work.

"I was far too optimistic at first that we could find a place that wouldn't cost a fortune," Berkowitz tells Business Insider. "It didn't take long to realize that that wasn't a feasible plan though."

That's when Berkowitz decided that he'd construct a pod so that he and his friend could split a one-bedroom instead.

"Two people looking for a one-bedroom apartment makes the city a lot less scary," he says.

Though he didn't end up living with that friend, he did move ahead with his pod plan in the living room of another apartment.

Take a peek inside Berkowitz's interesting digs: