Tiny flat in London's Fitzrovia is yours for £2,800-a-month

Lofty expectations! Tiny one-bedroom flat in London’s Fitzrovia where the tenant must climb a ladder to reach the ‘mezzanine’ sleeping space will set you back £2,800-a-month

  • The apartment on Cleveland Street in Marylebone is advertised on Rightmove
  • As well as the bedroom, there is reception room, bathroom and a narrow kitchen
  • Listing also claims the flat features a ‘spacious loft for additional sleeping space’
  • ‘Mezzanine’ is 2.51m wide and only accessible from lounge by climbing a ladder 

A tiny one-bedroom flat in London’s Fitzrovia featuring a ladder up a wall to reach the ‘loft bed’ is on the market to rent for £2,817 a month.

The apartment on Cleveland Street in Marylebone is advertised on Rightmove as ‘beautifully styled’ with a ‘bright interior and a fantastic central location’.

As well as the ‘well-presented’ bedroom, pictured without a bed, there is a reception room, bathroom and a narrow ‘smart’ kitchen. 

The listing also claims the flat features a ‘spacious loft for additional sleeping space’, described as a ‘mezzanine’ on the floorplan.

A tiny one-bedroom flat in London’s Fitzrovia featuring a ladder up a wall to reach the ‘loft bed’ is on the market to rent for £2,817 a month

The listing also claims the flat features a ‘spacious loft for additional sleeping space’, described as a ‘mezzanine’ on the floorplan

However it measures just 193sq ft in total, is 2.51m wide and is only accessible from the lounge by clambering up a wooden ladder. 

The property, let by Foxtons for £650 per week, claims to have modern fittings and fixtures throughout and is ‘ideally located for a wealth of shops, cafes and bars surrounding Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road’.

According to HomeLet, the average rent in London for new tenancies is currently around £1,572 a month.  

The amount of rent a property can fetch varies greatly depending on a number of factors, including the property’s location, the number of bedrooms and whether it offers outside space.

The mezzanine measures just 193sq ft in total, is 2.51m wide and is only accessible from the lounge by clambering up a wooden ladder

The apartment on Cleveland Street in Marylebone is advertised on Rightmove as ‘beautifully styled’ with a ‘bright interior and a fantastic central location’ (pictured: the bedroom)

As well as the ‘well-presented’ bedroom, pictured without a bed, there is a reception room, bathroom and a narrow ‘smart’ kitchen (pictured)

The property, let by Foxtons for £650 per week, claims to have modern fittings and fixtures throughout and is ‘ideally located for a wealth of shops, cafes and bars surrounding Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road’ (the bathroom)

According to HomeLet, the average rent in London for new tenancies is currently around £1,572 a month (pictured: the reception room from a different angle)

Homelet, a supplier of Landlord Insurance, Tenant Referencing and Tenant Insurance, claims rents in London have dipped by 4.7 per cent compared to last year.

It’s likely due to the pandemic and more people choosing to work from home or move further out away from the city.  

Zoopla reports that rent costs outside the capital are rising at their fastest pace for four-and-a-half years, boosted by strong tenant demand following the lifting of lockdown restrictions and reopening of offices.

A report released in June claimed renting a home is now cheaper than buying one – in most parts of the Britain – for the first time in six years.

The figures, which shone a spotlight on Covid’s colossal impact on the property market, revealed how Britons now spend an average of £1,054-a-month on rent, compared to £1,125 on mortgage repayments.

It was the first time that renting has been less expensive than buying in the UK since December 2014, according to property and letting agents Hamptons.  

London has seen the largest shift since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the report.

Falling rents there mean a buyer putting down a 10 per cent deposit on a property in the capital will have gone from being £123-per-month better off buying in March 2020, to spending £251-per-month less on rent in May 2021, the report said.

There are only four nations or regions where it is still cheaper to buy than rent – the North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber, and Scotland, researchers found. 

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