There is a serious shortage of housing in London and with prices rising all the time, most people on the lookout for rental accommodation in the capital are usually willing to put up with less than perfect properties. We have seen adverts for bedsits barely large enough to swing a cat in, but one enterprising landlord has recently taken things to a whole new level by adverting a ‘bed in a shared kitchen’.
Living in a Kitchen
The ad, which appeared on property website, spareroom.com, described a single bed in a shared kitchen (the two bedrooms are already occupied). The would-be tenant would be given three shelves in one of the kitchen cupboards to store their belongings. A separate entrance to the bed-in-a-kitchen is available from the garden. The flat has a bathroom, but no living room, so the only communal area is the kitchen.
Presumably the new tenant would have to OK with the idea of the flat’s other residents cooking food a short distance away from their bed, although the fridge in close proximity so it would be very convenient if they liked snacking at night.
What a Bargain!
This very attractive accommodation is available for a bargain sum of £400 per month, with one month’s rent payable up front. Not surprisingly, since the ad went ‘live’ and attracted a huge amount of negative publicity, it has since been removed by the website owners, who described the advert as ‘one of the most bizarre they have ever seen’.
