The landlord of the apartment alleges that she has put a screen to separate the private and common areas
In Mallorca we have seen rentals of tents, caravans and even storage rooms. But until now We had not reached the absurdity of seeing an ad like the one published by a user on the social network Facebook for find tenants for a bed located in a dining room for 300 euros per month.
The lessor of the curious ‘home’, located in s’Arenal de Llucmajor, assures in her publication that the apartment is “very quiet”, it is “new” and “close to the beach”. As of press time, the ad remains available and open to the publicdespite complaints from users who have labeled her a “scammer” and they accuse her of taking advantage of the complicated housing emergency in Mallorca.
To questions from interested parties, the advertiser explains that He has put a screen in the dining room to separate the private and common areas. Supposedly, in this way the tenant gains privacy. However, it can be said that Two rooms are rented on this same floor.: one with a large bed for 400 euros and a small one for 350, so The idea is that the inhabitant of the bed in the living room shares the dining room with more tenants.
“In other words, I have to be sleeping while someone next door has dinner or watches TV,” he laments. andrea jaume, one of the users outraged by the announcement. She came across the ad while she was looking for a flat for her mother, who she is forced to move because her landlords want to sell the house.
“At first I thought that he was renting the entire dining room, then I found out that he was not,” says Jaume, who rebuked the landlord and told her that renting a bed for 300 euros “is stealing”.“What we are seeing on this island with the rent is not normal, it is desperate for the residents”James continues. “And on top of that, people take advantage of the situation,” adds the Mallorcan.
The housing emergency in The Balearic Islands are increasingly suffocating for residents and lead all housing statistics in Spain: evictions, record in the price of real estate and rent and the queue in social housing.