House-hunters have been left outraged after spotting a listing for tents on a living room floor for £62 per night. In a stroke of enterprising genius, house-owners have become creative with their living space, using it to squeeze cash out of desperate renters.
The London-based listing, posted on AirBnb, says that guests have to share the floor space with up to five others at a time. Photos posted by the owner shows a living room floor occupied by three two-man tents.
The accomodation is listed as a “unique and romantic escape, with an emphasis on the prime Central London location.
If £62 seems a little steep for you – not to worry. Discounts and seasonal pricing mean you could stay for as little as £52 per night, fees included.
A 30-night stay in this Central London flat – only two minutes’ walk from Leicester Square Station according to the listing – would cost you €1,659, just over £1,400.
Average Londoners paid £2,627 per month in rent, research by RightMove suggests, much more than what the tents cost.
The landlord also notes that guests could walk from the “tent” to “most tourist sites in the centre of London”.
Other selling points included a “city skyline view”, Wi-Fi, and a full kitchen setup.
Reviewers, however, seemed unimpressed with their stay. One disgruntled guest, writing in June 2023, claimed: “The tent was small and it was not designed to host two people. It was like two people sleeping in a single bed!”
They went on: “The room was dirty and not safe because there was no key to lock the door, so anyone was able to step into our room.”
Another, writing all the way from France, said: “The windows were broken,” adding: “The place was really unsanitary, hair by everything, stains by everything, unsanitary toilets, dust in every corner, and unbearable smells.”
The owner responded to the criticism, promising to “improve [his] service”. After being posted to social media, the tent stay received a barrage of criticism from horrified online users.
One simply wrote: “wtf” as a response. Another said: “How is this AirBnb allowed in London, it’s literally tents in someone’s kitchen.”
The listing has been removed from Airbnb’s UK site, but remains up on the Ireland website.
Express.co.uk has approached Airbnb for comment.
