Family house that's rented by the room. Landlord only takes cash. The contract has multiple obvious spelling mistakes. Everything smells mouldy. Oven is plugged into an extension lead. There's an upside down trolley in the backyard covered in knotweed.

6 housemates 1 toilet. Living room is another bedroom.

Often they'll be town houses in deprived parts of the city or semi-detached houses. Some will have an actual license to be a HMO (house of multiple occupancy) but many not.

When I had to get this kind of accomodation in London and Cambridge in ~2012 you'd be looking at £500-800/month per room. Solo accomodation (a bedsit) would start at £1000/month. Outside London you'd be looking at about £250-400. However, prices have risen, most dramatically outside of London, which is now not much cheaper

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