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16th Oct 2015

You can rent this London apartment for just £1 a month…but there’s a catch

Is it worth it?

JOE

You can rent this London pad for pocket change, but you’ll need some mad skills. 

Thirty-two-year-old business analyst Adam Mughal has used his business smarts to come up with a pretty sweet deal for everyone involved.

He has advertised a “large, clean double room” in Stratford, East London for less than the price of a coffee.

Room 1

The catch? You must be a talented web developer.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, the shrewd business man explained:

“I don’t have the resources or the budget to hire a full-time web developer but this opportunity allows someone to stay in London where accommodation isn’t cheap and work for me part-time.

“I work in the city full-time as well so I thought this was the only real benefit I could offer to people.”

Room 2

The unique arrangement seems to have struck a chord, with Adam receiving over 1,000 applications since posting the advertisement on Easy Roommate.

He said: “I have been bombarded with emails, it has just been crazy. Maybe this has opened a Pandora’s Box for people to offer accommodation in exchange for skills.”

Here’s the ad in full:

I AM OFFERING A LARGE CLEAN DOUBLE ROOM FOR AN IT / BUSINESS GRADUATE STUDENT WITH A UK DRIVING LICENSE IN EXCHANGE FOR SKILLS. YOU MUST HAVE WEB/MOBILE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS AND HOLD A UK DRIVING LICENSE.

– Large Newly Refurbished House
– Brand New Furniture and Beds
– No Time Wasters
– Professional Landlord – no fees
– FREE REDUCED RENT
– Unlimited Internet
– Clean, Working Professional Tenants only
– Close to Station – Cranbrook area off the Driver
– 5 mins walk to Ilford station, 10 mins to Gants Hill Station, 15 mins to Redbridge Station
– No Calls or marketing from Agents

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London