'Fully renovated' house for rent at $750 a week slammed as 'disgusting'
A house for rent in Sydney that appears to have a toilet connected to water by a hose is being slammed online as "disgusting".
The home in Auburn in the city's west is up for rent at $750 a week, with the ad claiming it has been "fully renovated".
The advert boasts that the home has three bedrooms, a lounge and dining area, a "good" kitchen with gas cooking, one bathroom plus laundry and "one separated toilet".
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"The toilet is connected via a hose from the sink. The kitchen is nightmare fuel, and the laundry looks like you're gonna get live-ins," a post in the sh-trentals subreddit said. Domain
The front of the home in Sydney's Auburn Domain
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It also has a private yard, and a granny flat which is "not included".
And it might claim to be renovated, but the photos tell a different story, as the city's housing crisis continues.
"The toilet is connected via a hose from the sink. The kitchen is nightmare fuel, and the laundry looks like you're gonna get live-ins," a post in the sh-trentals subreddit said.
The kitchen photos shows crumbling cabinets, an ancient floor and a cooker which appears to be rusting away.
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The crumbling kitchen at the Sydney home in Auburn Domain
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"Imagine what the rooms they didn't show look like," one commenter said.
"Oh my gosh that should be illegal to advertise! How is that a place someone can live in!?" another said.
"Trying to decide which bathroom is better - this one with the hose or the one which looks like a grenade has gone off in it," another said.
Some commenters said they had reported the listing.
The cost of living crisis has seen a glut of low-standard rentals being listed.
One of the toilets in the Auburn listing in Sydney. Domain
Last month research said Sydney could become known as a grandchild-less city if the housing crisis is not addressed now.
Meanwhile, Australia's rental prices have reached a new record high, breaking through the $600-a-week barrier for the first time.
In Sydney, CoreLogic figures put the median weekly outlay at $745, rising beyond $1000 in the Eastern Suburbs and to almost $1170 on the Northern Beaches.
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