Rent of £500 for ‘bed under the stairs’

A cramped understairs cupboard has been put up for rent in London for £500 a month, plus a share of the bills.

Alex Lomax, 23, expressed her disgust on social media after viewing the room in Clapham, south west London, which was described as “furnished” in an online listing on london2let.com.

Pictures posted on Twitter by the Nottingham graduate reveal a cupboard with a single mattress on the floor and boxes stacked by the pillow, which she called a “bed under the stairs”.