From agents’ fees to six-round interviews with prospective flatmates, finding somewhere to rent in London is an exercise in strategic patience. Yet somehow, the process has become even harder in recent years.
As we report in today’s Standard, a “Wild West” of Airbnb-style short-term lets risks a hollowing out of the capital, with Westminster alone posting more than 10,500 homes being used for holiday lets. A case in point: about 90 per cent of the 118 properties at Forset Court, an apartment building next to Hyde Park, are being used for holiday stays, investigators have found.
