"Greedy and despicable" rental renovation causes outrage
A renovated rental apartment has received a flood of attention for all the wrong reasons.
The newly listed studio apartment in North Adelaide has caused a nationwide stir online, with many slamming the bizarrely designed rental renovation as “real life satire.”
The studio not only features a kitchen with no oven, but a giant glass walled bathroom wedged between the living area and kitchen.
The bathroom only comes with a glimpse of privacy in the form of a metre wide section of frosted glass.
The apartment at 4/201 O’Connell Street is described as a fully furnished, open plan studio apartment, “ideal for anyone looking for comfortable city living.”
The $400 per week studio has served as a prime example of Adelaide's deepening rental crisis, as many prospective tenants are left struggling to find homes for a reasonable price that preferably don't have a bathroom in the middle of the kitchen.
The listing quickly garnered attention, with one person on Facebook writing, "I honestly can't believe what I'm seeing."
“This reminds me of my bedsit in London in the 80s,” said another.
Others were quick to point out that you would be able to “cook and s**t at the same time” before “washing your dishes while you shower.”
While questions remain over exactly how the 25-square-metre apartment pulled off such an unusual design choice with building approvals and planning permits, at $400 a week people can’t decide if they “want to laugh or cry.”
“The rental crisis is real,” one social media user commented after the listing was posted online.
“I mean it’s funny, but it’s also not,” another chimed in. “Someone will be desperate enough to take that rental just to have a roof over their head.”
“Completely shameless,” someone else said. “Whoever owns this property is greedy and despicable.”
According to a recent rental vacancy report by Domain, Adelaide has the tightest market in the country, with vacancy rates in May sitting at just 0.3 per cent.
Image credits: Domain