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There aren't studio or one bedroom below about £1200 a month in London, closer to £1500 toward the center. You're talking about Kensington in London? That's th

There aren't studio or one bedroom below about £1200 a month in London, closer to £1500 toward the center. You're talking about Kensington in London? That's the center and one of the most expensive location in the city. Where the fuck do you see a place for £737 in there? Either it's a flatshare (that's a bit low, must be 6+ people) or you confused 737 per month with 737 per week (that'd be £3000 a month, possible for a luxury 1 bedroom in that area the size of what people consider a 2 bedroom, typical ads that come at the top of rightmove).

iso1631 6y ago
> Where the fuck do you see a place for £737 in there? The area near "West Kensington" and "Kensington Olympia" tube stations. It's technically in Hammersmith+Fulham. Kensington borough contains(ed) Grenfell, it's not one of the most expensive places in the city, it's varied, like many boroughs. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/49989753#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/49989753#/ - £737 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/66191535#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/66191535#/ - £758 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/95389700#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/95389700#/ - £806 The £806 is prety much what I got for £520, and inflation wise pretty much the same price. I suspect the prices are so low because of covid, I don't have any evidence of that though. Here's a pre-covid article with some average rents: https://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/knowledge/articles/2019/09/average-rent-in-london-guide-for-buy-to-let-landlords/ https://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/knowledge/articles/2019/09/.... Dagenham (Zone 5) studio: £688 https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/renting/average-rent-in-london-falls-a139861.html https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/renting/ave... reports "Rents in the capital are down 4.2 per cent as tourists stay away and short-let landlords switch to long-term contracts, flooding the market." I suspect rents on tiny bedsit studios are down even more, especially as weekly commuters no longer need them, and young people move to live with parents.
- user5994461 6y ago
  Wow, they are less than 3x3 meters (10x10 feet) including the corner for shower. The bed is literally touching the cooker/oven in the first one. That explains the £737. Can't even put a desk to do your homework. Nobody would want to live there, especially with COVID. Regular studios in student accommodations go for double that in this area. I've actually seen friends paying as much as £2000 a month, when they come from far or from abroad, don't have the luxury to visit 10 properties and landlord won't rent to students with no income.
  - DanBC 6y ago
    Communal toilet would be a miserable experience, especially during covid-19 or winter vomiting outbreaks.
    - iso1631 6y ago
      Yes, I'd gladly have sacrified the room to have a private one, like the £737 rightmove property.
  - iso1631 6y ago
    Yup, but that's what I got for £520 in 2003, and managed to live there just fine. Hell for 2 months I lived there with my girlfriend (now wife) before we moved out towards Reading for an actual 1 bed flat. I was working shifts then though so could drive to work mostly off peak, get free parking, and it was only 7 days a fortnight. The room in my hall of residence was smaller than that, although being in Exeter it cost far less (£90 a week, so £390 a month). Of course I had an office to go to for that time, clearly it's different in the last 6 months.

iso1631 6y ago

> Where the fuck do you see a place for £737 in there? The area near "West Kensington" and "Kensington Olympia" tube stations. It's technically in Hammersmith+Fulham. Kensington borough contains(ed) Grenfell, it's not one of the most expensive places in the city, it's varied, like many boroughs. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/49989753#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/49989753#/ - £737 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/66191535#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/66191535#/ - £758 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/95389700#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/95389700#/ - £806 The £806 is prety much what I got for £520, and inflation wise pretty much the same price. I suspect the prices are so low because of covid, I don't have any evidence of that though. Here's a pre-covid article with some average rents: https://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/knowledge/articles/2019/09/average-rent-in-london-guide-for-buy-to-let-landlords/ https://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/knowledge/articles/2019/09/.... Dagenham (Zone 5) studio: £688 https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/renting/average-rent-in-london-falls-a139861.html https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/renting/ave... reports "Rents in the capital are down 4.2 per cent as tourists stay away and short-let landlords switch to long-term contracts, flooding the market." I suspect rents on tiny bedsit studios are down even more, especially as weekly commuters no longer need them, and young people move to live with parents.

user5994461 6y ago
Wow, they are less than 3x3 meters (10x10 feet) including the corner for shower. The bed is literally touching the cooker/oven in the first one. That explains the £737. Can't even put a desk to do your homework. Nobody would want to live there, especially with COVID. Regular studios in student accommodations go for double that in this area. I've actually seen friends paying as much as £2000 a month, when they come from far or from abroad, don't have the luxury to visit 10 properties and landlord won't rent to students with no income.
- DanBC 6y ago
  Communal toilet would be a miserable experience, especially during covid-19 or winter vomiting outbreaks.
  - iso1631 6y ago
    Yes, I'd gladly have sacrified the room to have a private one, like the £737 rightmove property.
- iso1631 6y ago
  Yup, but that's what I got for £520 in 2003, and managed to live there just fine. Hell for 2 months I lived there with my girlfriend (now wife) before we moved out towards Reading for an actual 1 bed flat. I was working shifts then though so could drive to work mostly off peak, get free parking, and it was only 7 days a fortnight. The room in my hall of residence was smaller than that, although being in Exeter it cost far less (£90 a week, so £390 a month). Of course I had an office to go to for that time, clearly it's different in the last 6 months.