TESTIMONIALS – Due to real estate prices, living together is a common practice among people over thirty who must reside in the British capital, well after their student years.
The news made the headlines at the start of the year: a micro-apartment of seven square meters has been sold for more than 100,000 euros in Lower Clapton, in East London. This delirious sum reflects the reality of the real estate market bubble, with a square meter around 15,585 euros on average, or 4,000 euros more than in Paris. To save money, avoid loneliness and take full advantage of London life, many French thirtysomethings in London choose to live with strangers. At 38, Romain shares his daily life with four other people. Located in the Willesden Junction district in West London, the Parisian lives with his owner in his fifties, a 30-year-old Brazilian and a woman with her child for the sum of 640 euros per month. “I can’t afford to live alone in a one-bedroom apartment, or even a studio. My roommates and I live together to pay less, together» he explains
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