Is this UK’s cheapest Airbnb stay? Man reveals what it’s like to stay in £11 ‘shed’ in one of Britain’s most expensive cities

By HAYLEY MINN

Published: 12:30 BST, 20 May 2025 | Updated: 12:30 BST, 20 May 2025

It’s often better value to stay in an Airbnb than a hotel – but one man has seemingly found the UK’s cheapest.

Posting as ‘To Hull and Back’ on Facebook, John Levesley shared a video of himself checking into the £11-a-night property in York – one of the most expensive places to rent in the UK.

The reason this Airbnb is so cheap? It’s actually a shed at the bottom of a garden – with no electricity.

‘It’s not going to be great,’ John says, as he opens up a lock box to let himself in.

Opening a side door to let himself into the garden, he says: ‘It’s very, very basic. There’s no electricity and nothing in it.

’It’s basically a shed in someone’s garden.’

He then adds, while looking around the outside: ‘I can’t see a toilet which is going to be a bit problematic.’

Despite the lack of loos, the inside of the shed is slightly more passable as accommodation, containing a single bed, a mirror, and windows with curtains.

Posting as ‘To Hull and Back’ on Facebook , John Levesley shared a video of himself checking into the £11-a-night property in York – one of the most expensive places to rent in the UK

The reason this Airbnb is so cheap? It’s actually a shed at the bottom of a garden – with no electricity

Despite the lack of loos, the inside of the shed is slightly more passable as accommodation, containing a single bed, a mirror, and windows with curtains 

 But John soon points out some flaws.

‘There’s a few gaps in the panels,’ he says. ‘But you can’t really whinge for £11.

‘I just hope it doesn’t rain tonight and hopefully I’ll have an alright sleep.’

John seems content with his shed room, even suggesting it for a ‘romantic break with your partner’!

He adds: ‘I’m not even doing this to take the mick. Fair play, someone’s doing something to make a few quid.

‘It’s very peaceful, and I’m a simple man, I’d be happy with a tent in the woods.

‘There’s a product for everyone. It’s not perfect, but it is what it is.’

But the vast majority of the comments couldn’t agree with him on this Airbnb shed.

‘There’s a few gaps in the panels,’ John says. ‘But you can’t really whinge for £11. I just hope it doesn’t rain tonight and hopefully I’ll have an alright sleep’

John seems content with his shed room, even suggesting it for a ‘romantic break with your partner’

The vast majority of the comments couldn’t agree with him on this Airbnb shed

One wrote: Did you say you paid them £11? I think it should have been the other way around. They should be paying you John!’

Another agreed: ‘Is there a lock on the inside? I couldn’t cope without a toilet, I’m old so have to be up umpteen times a night.’

A third commented: ‘Honestly go home. That looks like a prank lol better go to a hostel than that joke. Lol.’

And someone else shared a picture of a wheelie bin, joking: ‘Come and stay in our Airbnb John. No gaps in the walls or roof, fully waterproof.’

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Is this UK’s cheapest Airbnb stay? Man reveals what it’s like to stay in £11 ‘shed’ in one of Britain’s most expensive cities

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