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Rental Crisis in Australia: Landlord Advertises Enclosed Balcony for Rent

By Tess Mccracken For Nca Newswire and Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia

05:23 05 Jul 2024, updated 05:23 05 Jul 2024

A Sydney landlord has sparked outrage by advertising an enclosed balcony for rent at $360 a week, highlighting the dire state of Australia’s rental crisis. The listing on Facebook Marketplace describes the balcony in Haymarket, in Sydney’s inner suburbs, as a ‘sunny room’ fit to accommodate one person.

The Tiny "Sunny Room"

Images show the tiny, box-like room decked out with a single bed, a mirror, blinds, and a rug over what is likely tiled flooring. Glass sliding doors connecting the balcony to the rest of the property are shown in the advert, and the reflection in a full-length mirror shows an adjacent glass wall.

The Landlord’s Claim

The landlord claims the room is ready for a prospective tenant to ‘move in now’, and the weekly rent ‘included bills’. The balcony is attached to a two-bedroom apartment. A similar listing for a one-bedroom apartment went viral this week after a prospective tenant discovered the dining room and kitchen in the $390-a-week rental were in a covered outdoor area.

The Rising Cost of Living and Rental Crisis

The ‘wild’ living arrangement looked to be tacked onto someone’s four-bedroom house, according to the would-be renter. The rising cost of living and worsening rental crisis in Australia has seen a rise in dodgy rental listings that would ordinarily struggle to attract tenants. New data from Domain reveals that Sydney’s median price for rental houses stayed at a record $750 in June 2024, a 7.1 per cent jump from the same time last year.

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