Rent prices in and around Toronto may have come down a bit in recent months, but that doesn’t mean affordability has truly improved for residents, nor does it mean there have been fewer scary rental ads on the market.
The latest “horror rental” discovered in the area is a room in Brampton, advertised for a very low price of just $350. While the price is great as the current average monthly rent in the GTA is around $2,700 CAD (and yes, this room is furnished), there are some very glaring drawbacks to this room that some would consider uninhabitable.
As can be seen from a photo in the listing information, the “room” where the tenant will sleep is the kitchen in the basement. The single bed is sandwiched between the support rod and the wall, and the headboard is only a few meters away from the kitchen sink and countertop.
“Two-bedroom basement with spare shared space,” a post on Kijiji posted on Wednesday said the rental is close to local universities, colleges, banks, grocery stores and public transportation. As many people pointed out on social networking sites, the bedrooms also allow for breakfast and morning coffee; one person on Reddit wrote: “Now you can actually wake up to the smell of coffee.”