I recently decided to move to London as part of a career change I am thinking of doing. As part of this process, i decided to use Gumtree to get a feel of what sort of places are out there, how much they generally cost and which areas seem to have the nicer places. About half way through my searching, I came across this beaut of a place, looking at the pictures display, I was expecting to see an asking price of £300 - £400 a week. you can imagine my surprise when I saw £175. My first reaction was disbelief, followed by a healthy dose of skepticism. There must be something wrong with this house for it to be this cheap, however, due to prompting from my girlfriend I contacted the seller to hear what he/she had to say.
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