What I Rent - page 3

'With the cost of living skyrocketing, I think I need to weigh up the financial benefits of living with someone else against how much I love my own space.'

'With a rental property, it’s difficult to put your own stamp on it,'

'I actually thought it was a scam the first time I saw the listing.'

'10-11 people live here. There are no common areas apart from the kitchen as everywhere has been turned into a bedroom - I’m surprised the landlord hasn’t tried to put a bed in the kitchen.'

'I travel a lot for work, so coming home is my oasis where I can turn off and feel relaxed surrounded by interiors that make me feel zen.'

'We really do feel like we have the world at our fingertips in our flat.'

'I would never say renting is a ‘good deal’ but this is much cheaper than the average.'

'As a designer and serial DIYer, I have gone the extra mile to make this place feel like home.'

'It feels like home because it is our home. I treat it exactly the same as I would if I "owned" it.;

'It's the nicest apartment I've ever lived in.'

'We have had ants in our building which really was not fun - especially when they became flying ants.'

'The only problem with this house is that it doesn't have an air-conditioner and Sydney summer can be brutal.'

'Being completely honest, I don’t think it’s a good deal. The price is definitely very expensive.'

'I know people who pay a lot more for less space, and no garden, so I think we’ve got a good deal.'

'The value of this space and what we’ve made it is far more special to us than having a big home for entertaining.'

'The property seems to withstand the regular earthquakes.'

It's important to feel at home, and it's so easy to just paint or fill in holes at the end of a tenancy. Especially in older homes where the walls are all lumpy bumpy anyways.

'We were sort of sick of how much we were spending every month. When you add that up over four years it's... a lot.'

'Living alone is a massive achievement for me.'

Featuring two ET figurines (one life-sized) and a lot of taxidermy.

'I’ve taken a lot of measures to try to de-mouse and de-cockroach my place.'

'We love animals so you'll find lots of them scattered through the house on our lamps, doorstops and even on the pillows.'

'This is the first and only place that we have lived in the UK.'

'My landlord is great. He's always given me free rein as long as I revert it back to the magnolia walls if I leave.'

'Our landlord has been really great about letting us decorate however we want, and she was really clear when we moved in that even though she owns the house, it’s very much our home.'