You Can Rent This London Apartment For £1… But There’s A Catch

You can rent this London pad for pocket change, BUT you'll need mad skills.  Thirty-two-year-old business analyst Adam Mughal has used those business smarts to come up with a pretty sweet deal. He has advertised a "large, clean double room" in Stratford East London for less than the price of a coffee. 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." The unique arrangement seems to have struck a chord, with Adam receiving over 1,000 applications since posting the advertisement on 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 Images courtesy of Adam Mughal via Easy Roommate, H/T: Metro