双语阅读英语外刊精讲：奇怪的公寓出租规则(附音频)

2019-01-02 17:19:49来源：酷学英语

　　An estate agent has been caught offering for rent a 35 sq metre apartment, boasting its own “private kitchen,” for €1,100 (￡995) a month (or €1,000 not including bills). Just a couple of catches, however: cooking is strictly prohibited, and no more than two people are allowed into the flat at any one time.

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　　Amsterdam has been undergoing a property price boom in recent years, bringing costs back almost to the levels before the 2008 financial crisis. Prices in the Dutch city have risen nearly 22%. In large part, this has been due to a housing shortage that is expected to peak next year when demand outstrips supply in the Netherlands by an estimated 200,000 dwellings.

　　However, the most recent example of the sky-high values being apportioned to relatively humble abodes has raised eyebrows, even in the current market.

　　The Dutch broadcaster RTL, which discovered the ad, also reports that while it has been advertised as a two-room flat, one of those is the bathroom and the other is a joint bedroom/kitchen.

　　One person responding to the advert suggested: “Please also add – maximum weight of tenant 65kg when fully dressed.”

　　A second wrote: “The lack of space and the huge increase in demand due to Airbnb has given landlords an irrational amount of power … now they can start asking for ridiculous conditions, and still the apartment will be rented or sold.”

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