What I Rent: Christie and Dom, £1,A hundred for a flat in Lewisham

Fancy having a inspect interior a bunch of of us’s properties?

Us too. We’re a nosy bunch.

But there’s a reason we’re taking you interior of us’s rented homes in London, past looking to survey of us’s cupboard organisation.

The present renting mumble is a nightmare. It’s tricky to grab what’s an inexpensive amount to pay every month, the majority of viewings you lumber on are wicked rooms with shoddy showers, and it’s tough to catch a correct sense of what diverse of us are getting for what they pay.

So for What I Rent, we’re exhibiting you around a diverse particular person’s rented property every week, to step by step ship us closer to a clearer describe of renting.

This week we’re talking to Christie and Dom, who dwell in Lewisham.

First off: How grand are you paying and what are you transferring into return?

We pay £1,A hundred between us and the flat came utterly furnished – other than the matching crimson kitchen stuff – we’ve got got my magnificent nan to thank for these!

When we had been having a survey locations to switch in we attach of dwelling our upper limit to £1,200 so after we found this for more cost-effective we had been huge happy.

Dom aged to dwell in a notorious flat portion in Vauxhall the attach you bought right here out of the shower feeling dirtier than within the event you went in, and he aged to pay £600 for the room very most sensible. So transferring right here in actual fact meant him saving money on his lease.

Our location is one bed room, one bathroom, and a huge living/eating/kitchen condominium. We additionally contain rather room for the washer and storage too.

Concept to be one of the finest issues we selected after we had been having a inspect to switch out change into that we desire one bed room and positively wouldn’t lumber for a studio.

The in point of fact appropriate eating, sleeping, chilling, and doing no subject else within the same room makes me in actual fact feel queer.

And what about bills?

I in actual fact feel treasure we’ve by no draw utterly sat down and worked it out. I’d disclose possibly around £A hundred a month?

Happily our flat is in actual fact warmth so we typically contain to attach the heating on.

Whereabouts is the flat?

Our flat is in Lewisham, down the insanely busy excessive avenue. Happily our window looks out the abet so it’s barely restful.

It’s in actual fact to hand being on the excessive avenue though on account of we’ve bought hundreds of hangover-appropriate meals alternatives in walking distance as well to the shopping centre and the situation pleasant a five minute stroll away.

Plus we continue to exist high of a gymnasium which I’ve pleasant managed to rope Dom into joining below the guise of ‘when are we ever going to continue to exist high of a 24 hour gymnasium all all over again!?’

It’s a in point of fact giant region all spherical to be pleasant.

When we propose of us we dwell in Lewisham each person thinks it’s in actual fact far out but it’s in actual fact in zone 2.

It takes 10 minutes to catch to London Bridge by practice and 20 minutes to Cannon Avenue, which change into one amongst the main issues we made decided of before we considered the flat. Plus DLR links to Canary Wharf, Bank and Stratford.

How did you stare your flat?

We found it on RightMove. We dedicated one Sunday afternoon at my fogeys to pleasant looking out for out capacity residences with the inspect of arranging viewings for the following week. We considered this one on the Tuesday and it change into held off the marketplace for us that evening.

It change into the main one we considered but we knew we in actual fact cherished it. We additionally knew that it change into low-fee for what it change into and that there had been viewings before us too, so over a romantic dinner in what can be our unique local spoons we decided to switch for it.

How prolonged contain you ever been there?

We’ve lived right here for pleasant below a year, but contain agreed that we’re going to signal the contract for yet some other year.

We do no longer contain any staunch reason to switch out. It’s a giant region, it’s contemporary with huge home windows, has giant transport links.

Plus we’d miss Tony the concierge if we left, he’s so appropriate and always brings our parcels up to our front door for us.

So you’re happy the attach it’s also possible to very smartly be, correct?

We’re in actual fact happy right here – as I said before we mustn’t contain any staunch reason to switch out.

The building itself is a transformed division store so has reasonably a pair of history and character within the abet of it, despite the interior of the flat having a inspect treasure every diverse contemporary flat in London.

A form of of us occupy Lewisham is a dive or rather rough but I cherished it as quickly as we moved right here.

Lewisham itself is going below huge regeneration with unique eating locations and bars shooting up. No subject the regeneration there’s quiet a hugely multicultural in actual fact feel – especially down Lewisham excessive avenue the attach there’s quiet the ragged school market.

I reckon it’s also possible to have interaction actually the relaxation there – and it brings this form of busy ambiance especially on Saturday mornings.

Plus there’s the Avenue Feast Model Market pleasant on the quite loads of quit of the excessive avenue which has some unbelievable meals distributors and music.

There are some in actual fact wintry pubs too treasure the Fox and Firkin and Ladywell Tavern which both contain in actual fact wintry beer gardens and are both interior walking distance.

Plus if ever you lose interest or wish to detect someplace attain there’s Original Corrupt, Deptford, Blackheath, Greenwich, and Peckham pleasant down the aspect street that are corpulent of wintry pubs, bars, and eating locations. No longer to mention the unbelievable green spaces of Blackheath and Greenwich pleasant 10 minutes from the hustle and bustle of Lewisham excessive avenue. It in actual fact is the particular of both worlds.

Enact it’s also possible to very smartly be feeling equivalent to that you just can contain enough condominium?

Whereas the flat is runt I occupy it’s positively enough condominium for us.

With regards to storage condominium it’s rather tight but I occupy that’s pleasant on account of we’ve got got reasonably a pair of stuff.

We’ve had to resort to slinging issues on high of the dresser or down the aspect of the drawers within the bed room. You don’t even wish to examine below the bed… there are boxes and suitcases of sneakers and garments below there too.

You two are a pair, so you don’t contain to attach up with any housemate awkwardness. Was once transferring in together a huge resolution?

We met at uni and so spent reasonably a pair of time together there. After uni we had been both in London even supposing I change into living at my fogeys (Uxbridge, zone 6) and dealing attain Heathrow airport so we very most sensible noticed every diverse at weekends.

My job change into very most sensible maternity quilt though and I wished to be working in London so we roughly both agreed that after I bought a unique job we would survey someplace to dwell.

It change into by no draw in actual fact up for discussion we both pleasant roughly knew it change into the following step in our relationship.

We’d already been together nearly three years by the time we moved in so wasn’t in particular a unstable switch.

This all sounds dreamy. Is there the relaxation no longer so giant relating to the attach you’re living?

I wouldn’t disclose main factors but there’s some building work going on for the time being as they’re adding two extra floors to the building. So no longer too prolonged within the past we’ve been greeted with loud drilling some mornings.

Aside from that we’ve by no draw had any factors with the flat itself, our landlord, or our agent which I in actual fact feel is a rarity within the event you lease in London.

The bed room is verging on rather too runt for us, and has a queer inner window that makes the room too dingy within the event you desire it to be light and too light within the event you desire it to be darkish.

We are in a position to’t in actual fact bitch though as, most critically, the bed is amazingly cushy and the positives of the flat total far outweigh the negatives.

Maintain you ever in point of fact appropriate as procuring a location?

We’ve positively spoke about it but I occupy more within the sense of a much off chance rather then one thing that’s going to happen quickly. With such huge deposits required and this form of excessive fee of living in London it’s pleasant no longer achievable for us to begin up saving for a condominium deposit for the time being.

We’re both quiet barely young (23 and 24) so we’re happy renting for now.

Plus, I occupy there’s positively less significance around being a homeowner currently, especially in London.

When we enact ultimately have interaction a condominium I occupy it might possibly perhaps well positively be outdoors of London. No longer pleasant for the label but I’m in actual fact lacking having a garden to sunbathe in!

Now, let’s contain a correct inspect around Christie and Dom’s flat…

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