Where Is It? Manchester, home to Europe's largest collection of men who still think mod haircuts are alright.
What Is There to Do Locally? Get a mod haircut, walk down some stairs really slowly as if you've just shit yourself, go to Manchester's famous Canal St and buy a leather vest.
Alright, How Much Are They Asking? £380 pcm, bills included.
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Thing is, we're used to cupboards under stairs in London. Actual quote, from the VICE UK office, when this cupboard under the stairs first came up on our screens: "That's not so bad, is it?" This is the state of our property expectations now. At your age your parents were already married and had you on the way. They had a mortgage and a garage and they were working towards a second car. Your dad had just taken up golf. He had slumped into middle age a thousand years – a hundred-thousand years – too early. But he never had to think, "You know what? I think I could sleep on a foam mattress under some stairs. Especially for £380 a month, bills included. That's cheap. Plus: near a Tesco. Yeah. I'm not home that much anyway, am I? Yeah. Fuck it. I'll be the mattress-under-the-stairs guy. Cool."For their part, the PR team at Spareroom.co.uk – who, by now, must have an entire fucking department dedicated to "generating a fun quote about a destitute living situation" – note that it isn't just a bed under some stairs; it's an actual room, too. "We have taken down ads in the past from people trying to advertise Harry Potter-style spaces under the stairs," a spokesperson told Manchester Evening News, "but it looks like this one's a whole room, just that the bed is built into an alcove to make best use of the space. We are contacting the advertiser though to check and will remove the ad if necessary."
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