I feel like an article regarding this should mostly focus on those things they say just passing by:
Workers who moved out of London for remote work are under pressure to come back to the office in the city, and some are choosing to stay in Japanese-inspired sleeping pods for just £30
“The cost of commuting from Oxford, Cambridge, city centers that aren’t accessible via the London Underground system, is quite high,” she said. “Our product is often cheaper than their commute or late-night travel home.”
I don’t know… Is it really so that spending 900£ a month to rent a bed in a large shared room is cheaper than commute? Why would you accept a job which forces you to live in such a way?
The article makes it sound like it is mostly people that have hybrid home office arrangements and need to come into central London only a few days a month.
Sure - they are talking about people living outside the public transit network. That would mean buying and insuring a car, paying that London road thingy, renting a parking space, paying for petrol and so on. That is easily more than 900 a month.
I understand, but is it that such a larger saving over the amount you earn that makes it palatable to rent a bed in a shared room?
I don’t know how life is in England. I have been in plenty hostels and really enjoy hostels when travelling; but I’d never consider them an option to live in.
I stayed in a hostel in Heidelberg for 6 weeks while looking for accommodation on my year abroad. It was the best hostel I stayed in, mainly because the kitchen/dining room was big and well-equipped and there were quite a few other students in the same position so from a social point of view it wasn’t bad. But 6 weeks of limited privacy, loud snorers and room changes every few days, along with the uncertainty about being able to book a room in busy seasons took its toll. There’s no way I could do that full time, especially not for £30 a night.
I feel like an article regarding this should mostly focus on those things they say just passing by:
I don’t know… Is it really so that spending 900£ a month to rent a bed in a large shared room is cheaper than commute? Why would you accept a job which forces you to live in such a way?
The article makes it sound like it is mostly people that have hybrid home office arrangements and need to come into central London only a few days a month.
Sure - they are talking about people living outside the public transit network. That would mean buying and insuring a car, paying that London road thingy, renting a parking space, paying for petrol and so on. That is easily more than 900 a month.
I understand, but is it that such a larger saving over the amount you earn that makes it palatable to rent a bed in a shared room? I don’t know how life is in England. I have been in plenty hostels and really enjoy hostels when travelling; but I’d never consider them an option to live in.
I stayed in a hostel in Heidelberg for 6 weeks while looking for accommodation on my year abroad. It was the best hostel I stayed in, mainly because the kitchen/dining room was big and well-equipped and there were quite a few other students in the same position so from a social point of view it wasn’t bad. But 6 weeks of limited privacy, loud snorers and room changes every few days, along with the uncertainty about being able to book a room in busy seasons took its toll. There’s no way I could do that full time, especially not for £30 a night.