54CITYLIVINGWherei
s
it?
111aO
sborne
Road,J
esmond.
Why
should
Ib
uy
it?
This
stunning
ground
floor
apart
ment
has
well-proport
ioned r
ooms
and
high
ceilings.It8217s
also w
ithin s
taggering
distanceo
fbars
and r
estaurants
.The
grand r
eception r
oom w
ithd
ining
areameasures
27ft
by
15ft
6ins.It
has
a s
ashba
y
windo
w
and
decorativearchway.
There8217
s
even
ab
uilt-in
drinks
cabinet.Although
it
only
has
one
bedroom,it8217s
agood s
izeand
has
built-in w
ardrobes
plus
ane
n s
uiteba
throom,whichi
s
alsoaccessed
from
a u
tility
room.
There8217
s
alsoa 2
1ft
galley
kitchen,paved t
err
ace,
communall
awned
gardens
and
off s
treet
parking
How
muchamonth?
Priced
at
163220,000
witha10%
deposit
of 163
22,000,it
would
cost
1631,278(
repayment
over
25
years
)o
r
163973
(interest
only).
This
is
based
on
amort
gage
interest
r
ateo
f5
.9%.
Tel:L
iving
Spaces
(0191) 2
22-1000
RentBUYEACH
MONTH
WE
TA
KE
TWO
PROPERTIES
ONE
TO
RENT
AND
ONE
TO
BUY
AND
LET
YO
U
WEIG
HU
P
TH
EB
ES
TO
PT
IO
N.
AV
E y
ou
ever
tr
ied t
ocram y
our
life
intoa50sqf
t
storage r
oom?
Ha
ving
decided t
o r
ent
out
my
home
(unfur
nished),this
monthI8217vebeen
getting
acquainted w
ith t
he w
onderful w
orld
of
self-storage.
Therearel
oads
of t
hesep
laces
around
8211
afact
Iquickly
realised
Ic
ould u
se t
om
y
advantage
in
hammering
out
agood
deal8211
and
most
of t
hem
boast
they
won8217
t
be
beaten
on
price.
Some
even s
ay
they8217ll
beat
any
priceby
10%.
As
adedica
ted
money
saving
fiend
(ie
tight
wad),I
w
ondered
ho
w
many
times
I
could
go
backand
fort
hbetw
een
my
8216best
price8217
storage
centres,playing t
hem
off
against
eacho
ther
and
chipping
off
afew
quid
each t
ime.
It
would
bel
ike
ab
ig
game
of
negotiation t
ennis.
In t
he
end t
hey
would
end u
pp
aying
me
to s
torem
y
stuff w
ith t
hem!
As
it
tur
ned
out,the
cheesy
sales
patter
("we8217
rel
ike t
he
Harr
ods
of s
torage
8211but
muchcheaper")
s
oon s
apped
my
will t
ol
ive
and
I s
ettled
on
apretty
reasonable 163
15
a
week.
My
tight
wad t
endencies
didn8217
t
end t
here
though.
Given t
he
choiceo
f s
ome
brand
new
cardboard s
torage
boxes
at
1633.75e
ach
from s
aid s
torage
centreo
r
some s
econd
hand
crispboxes
cadged
from y
our
friendly
localn
ewsagent,which w
ould y
ou
go
for?
The
phraseIb
elievei
s
8216eco-tight8217.
Pa
cking
my
houseaway
for
what
seemed
like t
he z
illionth t
ime,was
the w
ors
t
part
.
When y
ou
get
to t
he
point
where y
ou8217re
scrawling
8216odd s
hite8217
and
8216sparebedroom
crap8217
in t
hickm
arker
pen
across
your
old
crispboxes,it8217s
time t
oadmit
that
you8217re
ru
bb
ishat
packing.
As
it
got
towards
the
end
of t
he
day,I
may
even
havep
acked
away
some
actual
ru
bb
ish,which w
ill
come
back t
oh
aunt
me
when
my
tightly
packed r
oom
finally
gets
unloaded.
The s
torage
centrei
tself w
as
the
kind
of
place y
ou
could
imagi
ne
as
the
backdrop
for
Sa
w
VII.Posters
w
arning
of
potential
terr
orists
dot
the w
alls
and t
he
motion-
sensor
lights
eerily
flicker
on
as
you
walk
past.You
cani
magi
ne
being
chased
by
a
deranged
psycopath(
is
thereany
other
kind?)
and
jamming
his
armi
n t
he
heavy-
duty
concert
ina-style
lift
doors
as
you
make
your
escape.
And w
hat
lies
behind
all t
hosed
oors
anyw
ay?Knock-off
DV
Ds?Blueprints
for
a s
paceship?
Somebody8217s
secret
wife
and
family?
One s
torage
placei
nGa
teshead
apparently
has
a15-tonne
propeller
for
a
Russian s
hip
.
But
I s
uspect
mostly
they8217recrammed
withboxes
full
of
pebb
les,squashballs,old
biros,shoelaces,hardened
polyfilla,
business
cards,unwanted
gi
fts,safety
pins,c
ables
and
broken
Christmas
baubles.
8216Odd s
hite8217,in
other
words.on t
heLADDERBy
Karen
WilsonH
The s
elf
-storage
nightmare
Got
any
storage w
oes?Email
me
at
Karen@citylivingnortheast.co.uk.
Wherei
s
it?
Kenil
wort
hHouse,F
letcher
Road,O
chre
Ya
rds,G
ateshead.
Why
should
I r
ent
it?
This
duplex
apart
ment
is
finished
toa v
ery
high s
tandardand
is
within w
alking
distanceo
n
Newcastle
city
centre,b
eing
just
over
the r
iver
in t
his
contemporary
development.It
has
a s
pacious
lounge/dining r
oom,whichi
s
open t
o t
he
modernk
itchen
area w
ithbuilt-in
appliances.The
are t
wod
ouble
bedrooms
with t
he
master
being
on t
he u
pper
floor
along
withadressing r
oom
and
en s
uiteba
throom w
ithba
thand
separate s
ho
wer
cubicle.
A s
ho
wer
room s
erv
es
the s
econd
bedroom
on t
he
lo
wer
floor.
Inaddition t
here8217
s
parking
and
a s
ecur
ity
entr
y
system.
How
muchamonth?
163995
per
month
Tel:L
iving
Spaces
(0191) 2
22-1000
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