Landlord’s $300 room for rent where 5G phones and weekday visitors are banned

This small, cluttered room has been advertised for rent along with a list of strict conditions around internet use and guests.

An advertisement for a small and cluttered room available to rent in Melbourne has been posted online with a list of strict conditions – including no phones with 5G.

A photo of the room in Frankston, about 55km from Melbourne’s CBD, shows a single bed in a small room crowded with overflowing boxes.

More belongings can be seen in a heap on the mattress and the timber frame of the wall next to the bed is exposed with no insulation or plaster.

“Strictly no visitors to the property on weekdays, spa available for use on Saturday and Sunday,” the Facebook post seen by Yahoo said.

“BBQ facilities for cooking next to room in undercover area. No drugs/pet or 5G phone.”

The dirty spa was also pictured.

The landlord is wanting $300 per week for the room, while the median rental price for 1 bedroom units (not just a room) in Frankston is $255 per week, according to realestate.com.au.

A room available to rent in Frankston where no phones with 5G are allowed. Picture: Facebook

A spa at the house is allowed to be used on weekends only. Picture: Facebook

The landlord, who did not want to be named, told Yahoo he had three people scheduled to view the room over the weekend and believed it was his right to enforce the list of conditions.

“I have set rules as I don’t want my privacy or lifestyle interfered with. My house, my rules,” he said.

Social media has been flooded with Australians’ devastating experiences while desperately trying to find a place to rent, including pictures of crowds all waiting to inspect a single property, frustrating run-ins with landlords and property managers, shocking living conditions, and bizarre listings.

Rental listings in Australia’s capital cities are at the lowest they’ve been since February 2003, PropTrack’s December rental report, which analyses realestate.com.au data, revealed.

The number of inquiries per rental listing was up 31.3 per cent year-on-year and the increased demand drove rental prices up 10 per cent.

And the situation is expected to get even worse.

“With low volumes of stock available for rent at a time when demand for rentals is strong and is likely to increase further, we expect the market to remain extremely challenging for renters,” PropTrack director of economic research Cameron Kusher said.

“In Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest rental markets in the country, rental stock is reducing quickly and demand for rental properties is increasing.

“Most of the overseas migration that will occur over the coming years will be in these two cities, which will increase demand for rental accommodation.”