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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

'I'm renting until I go on tour with Coldplay': Meet the people making the most of London's co-living boom

Like many London renters, Emmanuel Kelly shares his home to keep costs down. Unlike the average flat-sharer, he and his partner cohabit with more than 200 complete strangers.

On the other side of the city Javier Mora is also living in a supersized home-share, paying £1,550pcm for a bedsit. If the 25-year-old feels cooped up or bored he can simply stroll down to the common room, where there is always someone to hang out with.

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