A 21-year-old woman claimed she found a clever solution to escape Sydney’s overpriced rental market – but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Alexis Dobler, from Byron Bay, revealed she lived in a humble caravan parked in Sydney’s inner west suburb of Newtown for the past 18 months.
The retail worker claimed she rented out a carport space at a cheap price – but now, she was searching for a new property where she can park her home on wheels.
She placed an advert in a Facebook group over the weekend, saying she was willing to pay $200 a week for a carport space to park her caravan and use of amenities inside the home.
A 21-year-old woman who supposedly found a clever solution to escape Sydney’s overpriced rental market is not all it’s cracked up to be
But Daily Mail Australia can now exclusively reveal ‘Alexis’ was an alias created by a university student, known only as Max.
‘Max’ confirmed the social media post was part of ‘venture idea involving caravan sharing’.
‘I was interested to find out how many people would allow a caravan on their share house property and how much money they would be willing to take,’ he said.
‘My passion is finding ways for students and other young Australians to find a way to cope with the extreme housing prices in inner Sydney in a way that doesn’t impact their quality of life – paying too much percentage of income living in tiny airless rooms.’
Max said he created the fake profile so he could get a different opinion.
‘I just wanted people in the group to take it seriously, as people had made joking posts before about living in a similar situation,’ he explained.
‘I wanted to post from the profile of a conventionally attractive person to make sure the nature of the person posting had as little negative impact on the proposal reception as possible.’
Taking to a housemate Facebook group, the young woman placed an advert, saying she’s willing to pay $200 a week for a carport space and use of amenities inside the home
It comes after he posted on social media on Sunday, seeking a ‘nice’ and ‘friendly’ home but was willing to pay more or less depending on the quality and location.
‘I’ve been doing the caravan and sharehouse situation for the last year and a half and find it a good way to balance money and location,’ the post read.
‘My preference is for somewhere in Newtown/surrounding areas but please let me know if you have something else you think I might like.
‘I’m looking to pay $200pw + bills for for the carport space as well as use of amenities (shower, bathroom, kitchen, living room). Of course I will pay my share of water/gas/electricity bills as well.’
‘My caravan looks really cute in person and won’t cramp the style of your place.’