East London Apartment Tour ✨ (What £2300 Gets You in London | One Bed Flat Visit)

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If you’re wondering what a central London one bedroom flat looks like, then this is the video for you. We filmed this video in winter 2023 of our zone 2 one bedroom flat a few days before we moved out. We no longer live in the flat.
My name is Sophie and, together with my husband Antoine, we lived in this one bed Georgian property for exactly a year. Situated close to the Columbia Road Flower Market, in this flat tour we’re going to show you our hall, living room/ desk/ dining area, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom.
I always love watching these kind of videos and so decided to film this at the end of our lease to show you what you can expect to pay in London. It’s not our usual travel content but we hope you’ll enjoy it nonetheless. For context: we originally rented this flat after spending three years living in Paris.
We didn’t have any kind of rental history in the UK so we didn’t have a great pick of options when it came to flat hunting. We arrived in London and had a hotel booked for three weeks, in which time we had to secure a flat rental. When our landlord told us they were selling the flat, we decided to put all of our things into storage and go travelling for a bit (which is where we’re currently at).
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28 май 2024

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@amr5388 4 месяца назад

if anyone is wondering the flat already sold for £500,000 plus a £4,128 yearly service charge and £1,576.26 of council tax per year. So if one had bought it with a 20% deposit (100k) with a 5.5% interest you'd have a monthly payment of £2,456 + service and council tax = £2931.33 a month PLUS all the normal bills so you'd have to be two people both on a salary of about 60k (50% above the average in london) to live in a 517 sq foot 1 bedroom flat that needs to be fixed up :))))))))

@isabellajim8093 4 месяца назад

Bonkers 😢

@asq4867 4 месяца назад

Totally crazy!!! I lived in London from 2014 - 2018 and it was expensive even back then. Flats I was living in round the Finsbury park area were like 1300ish per month and they had major issues like this one. Many people in London back then only earned about 30K salary per year. Situation looks way worse now. Imagine paying a 2931 mortgage on this place and having to pay childcare

@amr5388 4 месяца назад

None of it adds up frankly! I think the only people with kids in London nowadays are either in council housing or have very healthy bank balances from generational wealth :( At some point it simply must collapse in on itself? Or in 2035 will the average shoddy 1 bed be 1 million and the average salary 50k?

@asq4867 4 месяца назад

@@amr5388 agreed it just does not add up. The only people I know in London with kids (and normal incomes) have free childcare (grandparents) or are in council housing. Others had inheritances enabling them to buy property.

@amr5388 4 месяца назад

@@asq4867 sigh*, I guess we'll see what the next government are offering though I'm not holding my breath

@adastra79 4 месяца назад

Despite the issues it has turned out to be a very sweet and cozy flat. You have really made it amazing! Thank you for sharing. However I do hope your next property is much better!

@claudioluna7299 4 месяца назад

After listening to you describe all the defects in that apt, I would mot pay $1 to rent there!!!

@thehungrygoldfish 4 месяца назад

Well, that's good because you're not paying $1 to live ANYWHERE, lol.

@mirilil5185 4 месяца назад

Definitely not worth it. You are lucky you are changing flat actually. 2300 with a mouse, plumping issues and toileting issues. No thank you

@relaxingvibesambience 3 месяца назад

I thought exactly the same. Like WTF?!?!

@impamiizgraa 3 месяца назад

Yeah but it's in a Georgian building in hip and trendy Hackney, less than 8 mins walk from Hoxton station - that is how it works, my friend! Pretty sure it'll sell for at least half a million. At LEAST.

@relaxingvibesambience 3 месяца назад

@@impamiizgraa at least? You sure? I bet It can be sold for £750k I Think It became really Crazy what people is willing to pay to live in the so called „central london“

@impamiizgraa 3 месяца назад

@@relaxingvibesambience it went on sale on 3 January 2024 for £500k and it is sold already, has been for a few weeks. This doesn't mean £500k is the sold price - that will show up in the Land Registry in a few months... Hold that thought 😆 and yes, many, many, many people are desperate to pay crazy amounts to live in zone 1-2 London and plenty more coming after them who want the exact same thing. The market reacts to demand vs supply -- that is the primary reason why these prices are crazy.

@caromurray6152 4 месяца назад

I was in Paris last April, saw these these bears everywhere & wondered what the story was. The funniest one was a bathroom shop- the bear had his head down the toilet!😂 Lovely flat btw.😘

@SophieNadeau 4 месяца назад

Ah yes, a large number of them are in the 13th arrondissement and I know the one you're talking about- I took a few photos of it myself haha !

@user-rt6xo9zs1t 4 месяца назад

You can also use a soft cloth with coconut oil on it that you mixed with peppermint essential oils . It really makes the leaves shine and keeps the pests away. Nice place :)

@annettedelahunty3899 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing ,love having a peek at other peoples houses♥️

@slasherness21 4 месяца назад

Errrr…

@anikasharma5052 2 месяца назад

Love the tour and your sense of humour about the typical uk rental issues ahaha

@SophieNadeau 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Yes, unfortunately these kinds of issues are definitely pretty common!

@user-mb9si6mg9z 4 месяца назад

It was very nice to see the room decorated with trees. I like trees very much.Nice flat also

@mabelnicotra2046 4 месяца назад

So beautiful and charming.. i would have liked to see more about the decorations in the kitchen or where you work(ed) and not about the fridge and dishwasher but it's ok!! expensive and with issues BUT with a lot of space and a nice neighborhood !

@TheconfusedIntrovert 4 месяца назад

A lovely tour. Expensive :(. I just finished She and her cat :) saw the book and got excited hehe.

@SophieNadeau 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! Yes, I loved the book- my husband bought it for my Birthday :)

@tomlengyel01 4 месяца назад

It would be a really nice flat, if there werent all these issues. People commenting on it being too expensive for the location: East London especially around Columbia Road is a highly sought after area, there is much more cool and fun stuff to do than in Notting Hill for example. I do find the flat slightly overpriced given all the issues…whoever buys it will have to sort those out.

@superjarb7 4 месяца назад

This flat is 1,800 pm maxed for me

@clairezhangh 4 месяца назад

Hi Sophie - I love your energy and your outfit. Where did you get your black skirt from? It's so cute!

@SophieNadeau 4 месяца назад

thank you! it’s from Sunday Best at Aritzia.

@docane6094 4 месяца назад

Born and raised a stones throw from here. Native locals can’t afford the mice, bad plumbing, lack of space and poor heating you romanticise. As soon as I saw “East London” I knew it was Hackney. It’s as if the Hackney is the only place in East London nowadays. Every one is here.

@andreablamire5509 4 месяца назад

Wow, we pay €1950 for 105m2 in Berlin. Two double beds, huge kitchen diner, big living room. I thought we had it bad, but London seems extortionate.

@SophieNadeau 3 месяца назад

Yes! It's super expensive- quite literally more than double what we paid in Paris!

@britishbachelor9820 4 месяца назад

£2300 pm for a 1 bedroom flat ...

@sriramcan 4 месяца назад

...and they would call it a bargain!

@jsusvskbsv 4 месяца назад

Modern serdom

@Mightsketchlater 2 месяца назад

With a mouse…🥲

@schajaffar5792 4 месяца назад

Spray them with a garlic, ginger, oregano or basil infused spray. Should work.

@SophieNadeau 4 месяца назад

Thank you, I'll try that!

@paulstiefel1246 4 месяца назад

try niemoil mixed with water or nematodes for your plants

@HouseOfJolene 3 месяца назад

There was definitely shade in this hahahaha

@teainortakoy Месяц назад

Crazy amount to pay considering the bath and toilet doesn't work and most of the rooms are tiny. I'm 30 minutes by fast train to London Bridge and you can get a nice 80's built 2 bed house for £800 a month less. Plus its only 30 minutes to Brighton, a few minutes from the countryside and 6 minutes to LGW,

@Isabelle-009 4 месяца назад

Nem oil for the plants

@peengoo 4 месяца назад

Love your personality and house location..... but 2300 with issues like pest invasion , bad plumbing, single glazed windows. Not worth it 😑

@MonkDave666 4 месяца назад

I know you're only a small RU-vidr now so probably no one cares, but you 100% doxxed your precise location in the first 30 seconds. Probably want to be careful with that in future.

@hotgiial101 4 месяца назад

I mean she said shes moving out that's why she's filming. So I would guess they are not living there anymore.

@SophieNadeau 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your concern. As I mentioned, I was filming as we were moving out. I waited until our tenancy was over and we got our deposit back before I published this so that we had no more ties with the flat (this actually delayed the publishing date a few weeks as our landlord unjustly tried to take money from our deposit and so we had to go through an ADR service to get our full deposit back).

@32446 4 месяца назад

Not worth the money at all. Hope they get something good better.

@Rose_Ou 4 месяца назад

£2300 for one bed flat in, excuse me, East London ??? I wouldn't be shocked if you said Notting Hill or Kensington but s...hole East London???

@KatharineOsborne 4 месяца назад

Have you been to east London lately? Columbia road is definitely a nicer area (as well as London Fields, Hackney Wick, Stratford, etc).

@AJ-kb9hf 4 месяца назад

East London is a fantastic, fun place to live especially this part of East London and the transport links are great.

@impamiizgraa 3 месяца назад

I viewed a £475,000 a 1 bedroom flat in West Kensington on Gwendr Road on 8th January, it's still on the market. The flat in this video sold within 2 weeks of going on sale on 3rd January (search for it on RightMove). East London is wayyyy more sought after by young professionals people. Hackney is the most popular place for rental searches, followed by Clapham and Brixton. Notting Hill and Kensington are the stereotypical preserves of the ultra-rich and escorts, not as much going on there as the aforementioned among the young professional renters who make up a sizeable chunk of the London private rental market.

@theironshiek 3 месяца назад

Baffles me that people pay these craxy prices just to have the badge of honour of living in places like london and new york. Each to their own obviously but if i had the money to pay nearly 2.5 grand a month on rent i would much rather live in something outside of london and save for a year or so in order to get a deposit for your own place. As i said though..... each to their own

@nelliebly6616 4 месяца назад

Turkey Curtains😂

@lukeg4324 4 месяца назад

The window sounds like a turkey.

@vexyvanessa 4 месяца назад

11 million for this wow

@JustMyOpinion- 3 месяца назад

If I were you I would think about ending the lease agreement and start looking for cheaper, 2300 a month? I couldn't be asked to watch the full video but thats just the rent, you have the utility bills on top of that including council tax closing close to 3000 a month lol, you're crazy you can find wayyy better in london for cheaper.

@lazyboyterry 4 месяца назад

for 2300, I'd fix that window first.

@SophieNadeau 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately our landlord was advised to fix the windows as the sash was dangerously damaged but chose not to (she chose not to fix several things which we repeatedly requested for during our tenancy).

@mrc0a124 20 дней назад

It's a really nice flat but it's definitely not worth 2.3k

@SamDi-ur9xe 2 месяца назад

Im a simple guy, and that's so flat tour.....

@margaretpepper3550 3 месяца назад

In my opinion you are wasting your money living there amongst the trendy set, who will probably rent all their lives. Move out of London to zones 4/5/6 & you might just be able to BUY a flat & not throw £2300 per month down the drain....

@vladvld3433 4 месяца назад

this is roberry. for 2000 a month you can get a central London 1 bedroom flat(Old Street ,Angel, n1 postcodes or even EC1). or 2 bedroom in Stratford wich is 10-12 min away from central London. Shoreditch is becoming a dump crap area anyway