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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 11:32:31
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Linky: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34404651
Some seriously Harry Potter bull gak right here.
An under-stairs cupboard has been put up for rent in London for £500 a month plus bills.
Alex Lomax, 23, went to view the flatshare in Clapham, south-west London, which was described as "furnished" in an online listing.
Ms Lomax, who posted images on Twitter of the "bed under the stairs", said: "I was obviously shocked but was all-too-polite, I think."
The BBC has contacted the landlord for comment.
Ms Lomax, who travelled from Nottingham to view the property, said: "There was a landlord and I was shown the kitchen and the under-stairs cupboard - he seemed deadly serious, which is the worrying part.
"He said, 'You would be sharing with three others people', and I just wanted to get out of there, so I made my excuses and left.
"I wish I'd been more angry because it's clearly ridiculous and I'm annoyed at myself for basically just making my excuses."
The listing on the london2let.com website advertises for a "friendly, open-minded and outgoing person" to join the house share.
t adds: "We're a good bunch and like to chill out a lot together - not really looking for somebody that just wants to stay in their room. Room comes with a bed."
Ms Lomax said the man who showed her the room "didn't apologise" for its condition, and told her "it was the last room to rent in the place".
Matt Hutchinson, director of flat and houseshare website SpareRoom.co. uk, said the advert was a sign of the pressure on London's housing market.
"Average room rents in Clapham Junction are now £784 per month, so you can see why someone would be tempted by a £500 bargain, but this ad certainly isn't offering a room," he said.
"We've seen mattresses in kitchens, mattresses in sheds, in living rooms, and now we're seeing mattresses under the stairs. I dread to think what's next."
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 11:35:58
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Drakhun
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What's more worrying is that I'm not surprised by this at all.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 13:26:13
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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Good thing the landlord wants an open minded person, because you would truly need to be to consider living like that.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 13:28:32
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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My friends rent a place on a lake for $500 a month. Their bedroom is only slightly larger than that. Can't even get an actual bedframe in the room. I've told them a million times to leave.
This closet is truly insulting though.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 13:30:20
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Hell, even Harry Potter had a bigger under stair bedroom lol
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 13:42:30
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Fixture of Dakka
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If it was in better condition, with some insulation under the stairs, some airflow, a real bed off the ground and not a common area for coats, I could see where someone who is trying to live in a super expensive area would jump at that.
I have seen utility closets converted into efficiencies in New York and people dying to take them. I remember in College, I had a friend who lived in a broom closet in a dorm because he wanted a single. It was less than 50 square feet.
If the rest of the house had good common areas and it was really a place to sleep while going through work, it might be considering... But that, where it is just a comforter on the floor, no accomidations and peoples rando coats... Nope.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 19:58:16
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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Yeah, stuff like this is not so uncommon around here, though they usually go for like $250-$300 a month or so.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 19:59:49
Subject: Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Member of the Ethereal Council
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In San Jose, it is not inheard of for whole families renting garages.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2015/10/01 23:23:15
Subject: Re:Woman goes to view £500pcm flatshare.. room turns out to be under stairs cupboard
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Dakka Veteran
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This reminds me of the Red Dwarf novel, where Lister was 'renting' a luggage compartment to sleep in
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