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A year ago, 32-year-old Gary Dickson was living and working cheek-by-jowl with two housemates in Carlton during the extended coronavirus lockdowns in Melbourne.
With all three housemates home around the clock due to work-from-home orders, Mr Dickson spent much of the year working and sleeping in the same room and fighting for space in the shared kitchen.
But now, Mr Dickson is one of many renters who have upgraded to new digs on the back of the cheapest inner-city rents in more than a decade.
Gary Dickson was able to snag a North Melbourne two-bedder in a new building for $350 a week.