Renting in London: 'I have lived in an old school and now an office block'

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
  • Living in an empty building such as an old office, school or a church as a property guardian has been a way of finding a place to live in the capital at a reduced rate.
    Property Guardians don’t have the same rights as normal tenants but do get to pay less than the market rate.
    29-year-old Charley Hullah, from south London, has lived in five empty properties over the past nine years.
    The Property Guardian Providers Association says they expect the number of people who want to become guardians to rise by more than 50% to 50,000 this year.
    Charley says he's seen both the demand for these properties and the prices go up, as other renters seek cheaper options in London.
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Комментарии • 34

  • @johnblaze8774
    @johnblaze8774 Год назад +33

    When I look back on my life, the one bit of advice I'm truly grateful for was my dad telling me to buy a house and not rent. Ever since my first job at 16, I was putting money away for a deposit. In my early 20s, I managed to save around £30k and my highest salary up until that point was £30k, but mostly on £19k.
    10 years ago, I bought my car in cash and still have it to this day. 7 years ago I bought my own place. 2 bedroom house, good size garden, 30 minutes into Liverpool Street and the £1,300 mortgage payments is the same my friend pays for a studio flat in Wembley.

  • @person.X.
    @person.X. Год назад +1

    I considered doing this way back in the early 2000s. It was a very good deal then as the rent was extremely cheap vs a flat or room in a shared house. These days it seems people have cottoned on to it and it doesn't seem to make so much sense financially now.

  • @italianstallion9170
    @italianstallion9170 Год назад +2

    what's the point of living somewhere where you either have to pay 50% net income on rent or live in abject squalor or be a property guardian. People keep coming to london in droves just to live in hovels.!

    • @Jay-xr3sb
      @Jay-xr3sb Месяц назад

      Or pay 30 to 45% in tax

  • @ursula.m8265
    @ursula.m8265 Год назад +11

    Better than sleeping in the streets.

  • @kathymaxted9485
    @kathymaxted9485 Год назад +2

    Affordable but dangerous. I had a terrible experience being a guardian. Staff of VPs guardians forcing themselves without notice into my room. I could have been naked etc. This was never mentioned before I became one. Terrible company. I was so frightened by the Male staff

  • @krishnan-resurrection714
    @krishnan-resurrection714 Год назад

    ..Charley would make a lot more Renting in manchester ....i can think of 2 clients who love that look .....

  • @TomNook.
    @TomNook. Год назад +10

    its like a glorified prison you pay for

  • @Tan92lfc
    @Tan92lfc Год назад +2

    Man has air condition in room

  • @yyyyyyyyyyxxxxxxxxxxwwwwww9249

    Try 23 Tollgate Drive Southall

  • @scapingby
    @scapingby Год назад +3

    makes sense if he saves money for a house deposit & moves up north.

  • @TajulIslam-ei7gd
    @TajulIslam-ei7gd Год назад

    Why don't people just move out of London? Although, I suppose it's scary to just pick up and leave.

    • @Nottiy
      @Nottiy Год назад +5

      because its their home and if everyone left London, it would drive the price up everywhere else. Brighton is experiencing what happens when people take their London sized deposits outside London.

  • @bl00dhoney
    @bl00dhoney Год назад +10

    Paying rent to squat

  • @sebastianzienkiewicz2189
    @sebastianzienkiewicz2189 5 месяцев назад

    Does matter market I'M not dicked for work to stay 24 hour let to stay for prime minister to work in factory

  • @stephanblack4558
    @stephanblack4558 Год назад +3

    If you have no shoes Pray for the people with no feet.

  • @drcarolinedimond6187
    @drcarolinedimond6187 Год назад +3

    He needs that adams apple shaved down

  • @RetroMasters1977
    @RetroMasters1977 Год назад +1

    thats not bad for a single person if i was single yeah i be up for it

  • @Mal1050E
    @Mal1050E Год назад +1

    Mmmm id like to move in with Charley ;)

  • @iamdmc
    @iamdmc Год назад +3

    nobody told you to be a property guardian
    you're not renting if you're a guardian you're just living there for free or cheap so the landlord doesn't have to deal with squatters
    if you don't like it get a job and pay rent

    • @Patrick-FRM
      @Patrick-FRM Год назад +19

      I think you missed the point of the video

    • @ruairievans
      @ruairievans Год назад +3

      You knows there's a cost of living crisis in the UK?

    • @ruairievans
      @ruairievans Год назад +3

      You also need to work on using capital letters and full stops.

    • @angelachanelhuang1651
      @angelachanelhuang1651 Год назад

      I'm in AMERICA

    • @dystopia-0616
      @dystopia-0616 Год назад

      he does have a job