I’m in my 20s and rent alone in London. I have a high spec one bedroom apartment where my rent is slightly less than one week’s salary & I’m able to save. I work remotely. I mainly wanted another bedroom for guests/home office - but not sure if I should just stay put and save. It’s quite small - I have a lot of books but literally nowhere to add a bookcase for example. My desk is my dining table.
I viewed another apartment in the same building yesterday. It’s £350 more per month for 2 beds, 2 bathrooms, walk in wardrobes, storage room and small open plan living area. It’s the apartment directly next to mine, I viewed it the day after my neighbours moved out and it was a state. They were terrible, filthy neighbours. The agency will clean the property between tenants but the furniture would stay - and main downside is having to use the same furniture as gross neighbours. I’d have to put that furniture in storage at my own cost. Am I being silly to write the apartment off because of that? It’s otherwise fine for my needs although slightly overpriced.
The other place I viewed is £300 more per month. It’s a small townhouse, smaller than the 2 bed apartment. Downstairs the front door opens into a living room, separate kitchen, upstairs there’s 2 small bedrooms and a bathroom. Building is very old but landlord recently renovated. The key downside is the landlord would live next door, and he seemed overly invested in the property and the tenant moving in. Again not sure if this is a valid reason to write the place off…