Don’t Pay Rent

About the book

Having waited in vain for a decade and a half for ever escalating property prices to come crashing down, I realised in my mid forties that I would have to take matters into my own hands to make my dream of home ownership come true.

What do you do when you’re aching to own your own home, but are caught in a deepening housing crisis? Well, you certainly don’t pay rent!

Here I relate my adventures with rent avoidance, especially the van dwelling years and the ensuing battles with a useless repairs engineer, marauding hooligans, and Brighton & Hove City Council.

About the author

Originally a keen student of modern and classical languages, in my mid twenties I overheard a snippet of conversation in a student bar that so fascinated me that I changed tack: all of computing is based on ones and zeroes. I became a web developer. As a relaxing side hustle I practise complementary therapies: Reiki, Sekhem, Indian head massage.

Favourite pastimes include playing my electronic drum kit, sewing repairs to my clothes, foraging on country walks. I enjoy being hyperproductive, balanced with lazy mornings in bed reading with a giant mug of strong coffee.

Finding myself the wrong side of soaring property prices at the turn of the millennium, I spent years without paying rent.