‘Grim’ £1,295pm studio flat that sleeps 10 likened to the Big Brother house

Compact is an understatement for this studio level — it’s much similar a crippled of Tetris gone wrong. But, if you’re not fussy astir sharing, this Brighton spot mightiness beryllium for you. 

The seafront pad is up for rent astatine £1,295 per calendar period on OpenRent, which mightiness dependable similar a bargain for a spot by the beach.

However, the listing raises superior questions astir the explanation of a ‘studio’, arsenic it’s advertised for 10 people. 

Decorated with garish pinkish roseate wallpaper, rainbows, pinkish princess furniture canopies and fake ivy, the location is described arsenic ‘perfect’ for builders oregon students arsenic it has a minimum enactment of conscionable a month. 

Potential tenants are besides capable to determination into the property, equipped bizarrely with artificial writer flooring, connected the time of the viewing — but they’ll person to wage an other £35 for the pleasance — and the backstage landlord offers guaranteed acceptance to hopeless location hunters with nary recognition cheque and a debased deposit of £250.

The spot boasts 4 bunk beds, a azygous furniture and a sofa, which renters presumably person to stock with others, on with a azygous bath and a miniature kitchenette betwixt up to 10.

The cramped abstraction leaves small country for manoeuvering, with the bunk beds, sofa and TV taking up immoderate excess space.

There’s besides a tiny woody table, with abstraction for 8 radical (so hopefully 2 tenants are retired if you each determine to person meal astatine the aforesaid time.’

The listing connected OpenRent reads: ‘Themed other ample workplace with kitchenette, backstage bathroom, microwave, hob, 10 abstracted beds. Maximum tenants 10.

‘Perfect for builders, contractors, students, ample groups and large families relocating.’

The tiny workplace was posted connected Reddit’s Spotted connected Rightmove thread, leaving imaginable renters baffled and asking: ‘Is this legal? Genuinely.’

User PSCGY wrote: ‘Is the maximum fig of tenants 8 oregon 10? Either way, it’s beyond grim. It’s similar surviving successful an off-brand Polly Pocket compact.’

Another, Bearonsie, added: ‘I don’t cognize wherever to start. Why is determination fake writer everywhere? This is the worst happening I’ve seen successful this sub,’ portion a 3rd commenter wrote: ‘All these builders emotion pinkish beds and rainbows.’

Others likened the country to the Big Brother House and pointed retired the information there’s lone 1 bath to stock betwixt 10 people.

‘It’s not a workplace flat, it’s a dormitory with 1 bath and a tiny kitchenette,’ said Patient_Debate3524.

As the listing doesn’t travel with a level plan, it’s unclear what the existent size and layout of the spot is.

But the compact level raises concerns astir compliance with lodging regulations and overcrowding, arsenic the Nationally Described Space Standard requires that a one-bedroom portion beryllium astatine slightest 37 quadrate metres. 

Properties classified as Houses successful Multiple Occupation (HMOs) indispensable besides adhere to strict regulations and could necessitate a licence from the council, which ensures that landlords conscionable safety, wellness and attraction standards, specified arsenic overcrowding.

Brighton and Hove City Council person been contacted for comment. 

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