to think this 'studio apartment' is a pisstake

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Jesus wept.

www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/49447288?search_identifier=79cd2ebe90a60a6d80babf157be3a1e7

OMG, I just spotted that the sink is in the toilet cistern. Imagine having to clean your teeth in there. eeerrrgh.

That’s erm.... easy to clean.

So, what could I reasonably expect for £650 per month in London?

A double room in a not completely crap share house, in zone 2/3. with a washing machine in the kitchen......

or a bedsit of quadruple this size, in a vaguely crappy area (or indeed the area this one is in).

I earned pittance for many years, as did many of my friends, and certainly nobody ever ended up in a place like this. The closest I saw to this was a bedsit more than twice this big, but that was right off Hyde Park in Zone 1. And about the same price

This is just a crappy landlord hoping for just one poor newbie to London to take their word for it that this is all they can afford....

The basin is in the toilet cistern. Bloody hell!

Yes, it is indeed laughable but if someone is willing to pay for it ...

That is absurd. There isn't even a chair! so I guess you are supposed to eat balancing the plate on your knees while sitting on the bed.

I remember knowing someone who was desperate to live in Knightsbridge and she could only afford a studio. If two friends visited her we would completely fill the room and it was like musical chairs if anyone needed to go to the loo. Madness.

The basin is in the toilet cistern. Bloody hell!

That's quite a neat idea for self-contained public loos, where all you're doing is hand washing (the water helps towards the next flush). But not nice for an actual bathroom.

It's extremely depressing that people have to live like that. I mean, I'm very well aware that this is a palace in comparison to some people's living circumstances, especially in developing world countries, but still. Makes me very sad.

Ugh, I didnt even notice the sink/toilet combo.

A utility room with a bed. No thanks.

I mean it is a studio technically - awful though. I'd still rather live there than some of the shared houses I've seen for rent.

And I have just noticed how close their toothbrushes are to the loo. Grim.

@LikeDolphinsCanSwin I wouldn't be able to reach the microwave to put food in let alone take it out!!

megletthesecond - lots of Mon-Thurs/Friday workers are happy with this if they're on a contract - high paying as it is cheaper than a hotel. A few I know eat/drink out so it's literally a crash pad.

So long as there are scummy landlords and estate agents perpetuating this kind of society we will always have inequality.

Self contained? It's positively introverted.

The microwave is useless and a danger there..
It is a rogue landlord I think.
By the looks of it ,it's only suitable for thin people .

I rent a 5 bedroomed, 3 storey house for less than that rent!

I'd love to sleep in a single bed next to the fridge!

Kitsandkids, where is this wonderful house that is so cheap to rent :-) ?

I don't think the studio is too bad, would suit a single person who just wants to crash somewhere. There are plenty worse! At least the person doesn't have to queue for the bathroom and toilet and there are decent cooking facilities.

Regarding wash hand basin combined with cistern: OK for washing hands. For teeth, could always clean them over the kitchen sink, not ideal but I'd think that was OK for a person living alone. You can always have a bowl which you empty down the loo. Or keep your toothbrush covered up so it doesn't get germs from the loo!

Let's face it, no one is going to stay in a place like that forever but it's certainly a reasonable bolt hole. Far better than house share which frequently causes no end of angst and arguments.

there are decent cooking facilities

there is no oven!

I'm getting claustrophobic looking at the pictures! I'm sure you get more space in a prison cell

That's awful - where do you store everything?

Hardly spacious, but you can get this for a similar price near me:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-63277512.html

No, I'd say that's about right.