£500 For A Mattress On The Floor, Under The Stairs - Welcome To London
£500 For A Mattress On The Floor, Under The Stairs - Welcome To London
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There have been some utterly ludicrous cases of dodgy (and expensive) rooms being put up for rent in the capital recently but this wins everything.
Seriously, stick a fork in us because we’re done. London, we genuinely can’t even…
The room that was discovered by prospective tenant Alex Lomax initially sounded pretty great, advertised as:
![](https://www.shortlist.com/media/images/2019/05/486fb8e617a71f6678fd0cbd976f401b-1556691371-TOx2-column-width-inline.png)
Now, if we’re being picky we could say that alarm bells should have been ringing at ‘open-minded’, ‘outgoing’, and ‘not really looking for somebody that just wants to stay in their room.’ But that would be picky, and besides, nothing prepares you for this:
![](https://www.shortlist.com/media/images/2019/05/9c6a3448dfb46bf8b0c2b10dba64f140-1556691372-7Xbe-column-width-inline.jpg)
![](https://www.shortlist.com/media/images/2019/05/23b58464b671472332ac47bac9b6e87a-1556691372-9Ex4-column-width-inline.jpg)
![](https://www.shortlist.com/media/images/2019/05/ec4768dd548a02181a8360a3247e452f-1556691372-H3ur-column-width-inline.jpg)
Yup, that’s right. It’s a cupboard.
Sure, it has a bed and an apparently free supply of coats and washing powder but it’s definitely a cupboard. Under the stairs, like Harry Mother lovin’ Potter.
London you have just out London’d yourself.
[Via: Alex Lomax]
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