Cost-of-living nightmare meets cutesy romance: The Flatshare gets it right about London’s awful rental market

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With only 10% of house shares in the capital having any communal space, it’s no wonder that even romcoms are featuring the housing crisis as a backstory

, a six-part romantic comedy based on Beth O’Leary’s 2019 novel, follows the lives of two cash-strapped strangers in their mid-20s who can only afford to timeshare a one-bedroom apartment in London – which means taking it in turns to sleep in the bed.

In a way, it’s not surprising that such a dystopian rental situation has made its way into televisual comfort viewing. Research by Rightmove this year revealed that the number of available rentals in London dropped by almost a quarter between July and September from the same period in 2021. This has left hopeful individuals looking for a room competing against several people while battling high prices and wages that fail to keep up. As a result, people have been grabbing what they can get.

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