Katy Hoskyn: I'd have mostly agreed with this but I've somehow been suddenly sent back 18 years to a time I was looking for a room to rent. The owner got the house in the divorce, couldn't afford the mortgage without a lodger, and was clearly very bitter, as he spent most of the tour complaining about his ex.

Let's be honest and say that the sort of person who thinks it's rude to expect a guest to comply with a polite request regarding one's home is the sort of person you don't want stepping foot into where you live, they will likely light up a cigarette and leave the door open so your cat can run out

hey, let’s check in on white people and see what they’re up to! oh.

I'd have mostly agreed with this but I've somehow been suddenly sent back 18 years to a time I was looking for a room to rent. The owner got the house in the divorce, couldn't afford the mortgage without a lodger, and was clearly very bitter, as he spent most of the tour complaining about his ex.

He invited me in, said to take shoes off (and said I could borrow a pair of communal kitchen flip flops when needed), and then double locked the door behind me. The lack of shoes as he explained how a previous (female) lodger was leaving because she'd asked for a lock really added to my discomfort.

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