Rental Revamp: How a Creator Found a Flat in London’s Tight Housing Market—and Made It Her Own

For Kristabel Plummer, the London Living Rent program was the key to locking down a long-term one bedroom for several hundred pounds less than similar units in the area.
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For fashion and lifestyle content creator Kristabel Plummer, home is more than just a place to live. It’s also her set, her canvas, and often her costar. When she found out that her landlords planned to sell the flat she shared in London’s Muswell Hill neighborhood in early 2020, she wasn’t sure what to do: Losing her lease meant losing her home, and her livelihood.

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