...surely not?!!During my 8 years living in London I've had 2 periods of homelessness and 4 years in my early 20's where all I wanted was:
1) To be in the middle of everything
2) To be entirely spontaneous in every way - ready to react to whatever this great city threw my way, from nights out to meeting new people to trying out different things
3) To spend as little money on the non-important things (food, rent, bills) in order to allocate as much as possible to alcohol, gigs and having fun
...so why the hell did no one tell me about this. Or maybe it didn't exist back then, but either way, what an absolutely awesome thing this is?
Turns out there are office blocks, old warehouses and other kinds of buildings across London and beyond that are empty and in need of protection from squatters + robbers etc. Ordinarily this would mean the owner spending a fortune on security 24/7.
But Camelot Property Protection offers the perfect solution. They find 'guardians' to live in these spaces for something along the lines of £65 per week in rent. Guardians get their own lockable room and share a temporary bathroom + kitchen with any number of other Guardians. It's much cheaper for the property owner + gives the guardians a pad in the centre of town, where they'll be forced to mix with strangers (hmm, good or bad?), for minimal cost (more money for fun) and only a short term commitment.
Awesomeness extreme...
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