This man wants a flatmate to pay £1 a month to live in his £3million London house

The founder of flatshare site SpareRoom, Rupert
Hunt, is looking for 2 or 3 housemates in his
period house in Spitalfields. The chosen
housemates can pay as little as a quid a month -
they just have to be good people to have around.
In his SpareRoom ad, Rupert says:
“I'm offering the rooms on a 'pay what you can
afford' basis. I'm far more interested in finding
the right people to share with, who I'll enjoy
having around and add something to my life, than
maximising my rent.”
The lucky housemates will get access to a music
room, with a baby grand piano, a garden room,
and even what Rupert calls “the Disco Lounge”.
But he warns potential flatmates that he has a
work hard, play hard schedule and admits:
“Chances are I won’t be everyone’s ideal
flatmate.”
The full ad reads:

I'm looking for 2 or 3 housemates to join me in
my very creaky, possibly haunted house in the
heart of Spitalfields.
THE HOUSE
The house, which I currently share with a small
mouse, a bear, two peacocks (and various other
birds and animals), is in a quiet spot between
Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane. All except the
mouse are stuffed, so a flatmate with a cat, or a
terrier (preferably not stuffed) might be
appealing.

PAY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD
I'm offering the rooms on a 'pay what you can
afford' basis. I'm far more interested in finding
the right people to share with, who I'll enjoy
having around and add something to my life, than
maximising my rent (and market rent round here
would price some people out). So if you're my
perfect flatmate and happen to be volunteering
and can only afford £100 per month, I'd sooner
take you over someone who can pay full whack
but who isn't quite right.
I'm not after flatmates who just want cheaper
rent though. You'll need to genuinely want to
share with me - for your benefit as much as
mine: The people you live with can be the
difference between you dreading going home each
day or having the time of your life. Even if this is
the house of your dreams, I might be your
flatmate from hell :)
ME
I'm a work hard and play hard sort of person.
During the week I often head to bed at 10pm and
get up at 6 or 7am, while at the weekend I might
not get to bed till 6 or 7! On the other hand I'm
easily tempted into fun so do end up having the
odd unplanned big night in the week. Equally, I
occasionally have the urge (or need) to spend the
weekend in the office.
Nights out typically entail, pubs and/or cocktail
bars, followed by dancing like people who can't
dance till kicking out time, then home for 'disco
lounge'.
Weeknights tend to centre round the kitchen,
where we eat, drink and talk about the day,
perhaps ending on a few games of shithead and
cocoa before bed.
By the way, I'm also the founder of SpareRoom.
WHO I'M LOOKING FOR
I don't have any specific requirements really, as,
from past experience, you can't predict who will
make the best flatmates. I tend to like people
who don't take themselves (or life) too seriously,
but have a passion that they do take very
seriously.
THE ROOMS
I have 2 rooms available. One is in the basement
and is next to a guest room with an en-suite you
can use most of the time. The second is a
smaller room on the first floor (well, due to the
higgledy piggledy nature of the house, it's more
like floor 0. 5!) and has its own toilet.
There's plenty of communal space. On the ground
floor there's the Music Room. It doubles as a
dining room in the winter and houses my double
bass and Granny's baby grand, which,
unfortunately, goes unused since one of my ex-
housemates moved out. So someone who plays
piano might be a nice bonus.
Then there's the Garden Room, which is a nice
place to have tea, read or gaze out into the
'garden' where the wild things grow. The garden
needs some serious TLC, so someone with
greener fingers than me might be appealing.
Upstairs there's Disco Lounge, the epicentre of
our nights out and nights in, but also a great
place to relax (or recover!) over the weekend.
If you're interested, please get in touch and let me
know more about you and what I might expect
living with you.
...and finally...

If you've watched the video attached to this
advert, you'll know that I've decided to film my
journey, to show people the process (and that it
can be fun!) and to spread the word that living
with the right people beats living alone.
Unfortunately this means we're forced to work
around film schedules, so you'd need to be
available on the 3rd or 4th of February and be
prepared to appear in my YouTube series.
If you're interested in following my journey,
subscribe to the SpareRoom YouTube channel
and like me on Facebook for updates on my
progress and to see who I end up living with.