My partner and I hadn’t planned to move, but the tenancy on our flat – a one-bed shoebox in Dalston, east London – came up for renewal. The landlord wouldn’t budge – he wanted £1,650 a month, a 27% increase. We could just about afford it, but after a leak flooded the bedroom we opted to try for something cheaper elsewhere.
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