A university student shocked her social media followers after revealing the dire state of her £700-a-month room in her rented house.
Ness, a final year student at Durham University, has gone viral after posting a video of his dingy basement bedroom.
Despite paying a huge amount each month, Ness filmed the excess mold on his window sill and a small street-level window with iron bars, adding that the temperatures are “Baltic.”
He said the window is not airtight, meaning water leaks in every time it rains and adds to the overall discomfort of the room.
Post on TikTok under the name @precario_sagittariusNess filmed a tour of his room and wrote: ‘point of view, you are living in a student house trying to make the most of the basement room that no one wanted and that you pay over £700 a month for.’
A university student shocked her followers on social media when she showed off the terrible state of her room in the basement of her £700-a-month rented house.
He added in the caption that he has also been dealing with spiders, humidity, “Baltic” temperatures and that he has iron bars on his windows, which adds to the prison feeling.
After walking down two flights of stairs, Ness gave his followers a tour of the room in the clip, which now has more than two million views.
He had made the most of the dingy space by decorating it nicely, but his followers were quick to point out that its small window could make it “illegal” to live in.
They wrote: ‘Depending on the size of the window, it could be illegal to rent a room’;
”It’s giving crypt’; ‘Not the medieval prison entrance’;
‘No, how is this fire or flood safe? I would be very anxious’;
‘What happens if there is a fire?’
One commenter recognized the room and wrote: ‘OMG this was my old college house in 2021!’ I lived in this room too lol, it was literally full of mold but then it was only 480 cfm.’
Despite paying a huge amount each month, Ness showed off the excess mold next to a small street-level window with iron bars and said the temperatures were “Baltic.”
Ness, a final year student at Durham University, has gone viral after posting his dingy room in the house’s basement.
He showed his small bedroom window with iron bars at street level, something some viewers called “illegal.”
Others were more positive about the room: ‘NOh, I would love to. away from everything else and just your little secret area, I would live down there’;
“You’ve really made the most of it, though it looks so charming and cozy.”
Ness posted a follow-up video, showing the extent of the mold around his window, which he then struggled to open fully.
While filming, passersby had their feet at eye level and cars passed just inches from his room.
When asked in the comments if it was “at least warm,” she responded “below zero.”
Ness’s followers were quick to point out that his small window could make living in it “illegal.”
Ness had been grouped in the basement room since she was on her year abroad during home visits and had not been able to attend in person.
Although Ness attends Durham University, students rent rooms privately after their first year, meaning the university is not affiliated with the room.
According to construction website BuildSafe.co.uk, basement bedroom windows should be at least 60cm high and 50cm wide.
If the window opening is less than four percent of the floor area of the room, adequate ventilation must be provided.
