{"id":1865,"date":"2016-01-18T17:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-real-life-experience-as-a-property-guardian-was-anything-but-funny\/"},"modified":"2016-01-18T18:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T11:21:44","slug":"my-real-life-experience-as-a-property-guardian-was-anything-but-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-real-life-experience-as-a-property-guardian-was-anything-but-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"My real-life experience as a property guardian was anything but funny"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nChannel 4\u2019s Crashing has been described as the comic voice of generation rent, but I soon tired of living in a dilapidated building with few legal rights Channel 4\u2019s new sitcom Crashing, which follows six twentysomethings living as property guardians in a disused hospital, has been described as the comic voice of generation rent. My real-life experience of being a property guardian, however, has been anything but funny. Shortly after arriving at my desk on a Tuesday morning in early January, I received an email from the property management company which, until recently, employed me as a property guardian. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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