London: the splendour and misery of doorways

“A charming and compact prostudy in Central London” . The advertising. But the tenant must pay more than £1000 pounds per month, renting a tiny space, which has already received the name “rabbit cage”.

Property owners in Central London rush to take advantage of the huge demand for rentals, taking advantage of every inch.

Enterprising landlords share the apartment for a few crumbling rooms, calling them “prostudio” , many tenants to live in at times inhumane conditions with shared toilet. The agents who are advertising these “houses for the rabbits”, do not hesitate to call them “charming and compact”.

Under the law in force in the UK, an adult must be at least 7 sq. m. of living space. For two people supposed to at least 10 sq. m. To this minimum, and strive to lead the landlords of each leased facility, making the standard of the apartment a few little cubbyholes and positioning them in the market as “charming prostudy”.

Popular so-called “Studio style mezzanine”. In practice, this means that the bed is located somewhere under the ceiling and to prove it, you have to climb the stairs. And the bed is so close to the ceiling that literally have to crawl on it to be under a blanket.

Another “prostudi” in Central London in the heart of London, opisyvaetsya as “delightful” with “a compact work space” and a private shower. This means that the shower stall is sandwiched between the Desk and the kitchen table in a space a width of about 30 cm.

The most resourceful real estate agents manage to earn on the apartment with one bedroom, dividing it into three parts , around £38,000 pounds a year, instead of £18000 pounds, if not to share.

High demand for rental residential property , a huge amount of competition in the market because of excess demand over the offer, do not leave renters choice, forced to huddle together with their families in housing, not suitable for normal life.

However, the situation is unlikely to be better in the coming years. According to forecasts, in connection with the strengthening of the UK economy , the inflow of new workers, prices for the London real estate market will only grow, especially in the sector of low-cost housing. This applies both to the market of sale of residential property and rental market.

® Maxim Savitsky. 10.12.2014

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