Home grow in a one bedroom apartment. Is this realistic or am I dreaming

Situation: one bedroom, two roommates, and calling the layout compact is generous. I am not asking whether I am allowed to, I am asking whether it is physically sensible in a space this size, and whether the people who share it with me are going to hate me for it. The two things I keep coming back to are smell and electricity. I have read that both are manageable and I have also read that both are the reason people quit after one attempt, and I cannot tell which of those is the honest answer. Also I have no window that gets real sun. If anyone has done this in an actual small city apartment rather than a spare room, I want the unglamorous version. Including if the answer is that I should not bother.