Welcome back to What I Rent – Metro’s tenant diary series exploring what renting is like in the UK and further afield. For last week’s sister column, What I Own , we visited 25-year-old Liv Conlon at her flat in Glasgow. Having bought her first home out in Marbella when she was 18, in 2022 she decided to use the money from her two businesses to invest in another.
This time around, we’re back in the Big Smoke having a nosy around Sandro Farmhouse’s one-bedroom flat in Stratford, East London. In 2022, Sandro famously competed on The Great British Bake Off , making it to second place. Now, together with his partner and their two dogs, Pablo and Treacle, he’s found the perfect work-from-home space in the area he’s lived his whole life.
Here’s what he had to say about his renting journey...
Tell us about yourself! I’m Sandro Farmhouse and I’m an entrepreneur, content creator, baker and most recently, an author having just launched my first cookbook ‘Good Vibes Baking.’ I had the amazing opportunity to be a finalist on The Great British Bake Off which changed my life! How much do you pay to live here? Our rent is £2,800 per month for our one-bedroom apartment. We live at Coppermaker Square, a build-to-rent neighbourhood in Stratford, so this helpfully includes Wi-Fi and a gym for both of us, as well as access to all other amenities and monthly resident events.
And what do you get for what you pay? I feel as though we get a lot out of it. There’s a lot of .