Exposed
brick. Canal view.
A studio loft in a converted 1857 cotton warehouse on the Castlefield basin. Cast-iron columns, exposed brick, original oak beams, double-height ceilings, and the Bridgewater Canal three metres from the door. Move in this week for £1,400.
This is not a new-build tower. It's an old mill someone took very seriously fifteen years ago — polished concrete floors, industrial Crittall windows, walk-in shower in black tile, proper kitchen with a gas hob. 580 sqft, furnished, tiny enclosed courtyard out the back that takes two chairs and a barbecue.
The actual flat.
An 1857 warehouse, reworked.
The building was a cotton warehouse from 1857 until the seventies, then sat empty until a private developer bought it in 2009 and turned it into nine lofts. No concierge, no gym, no pool — this is the opposite end of the spectrum from Deansgate Square. What you get is brick, oak, iron, a locked-gate courtyard, and the canal.
People take this one because they don't want the tower life. They want the Castlefield canal basin, the Dukes 92 terrace on a Sunday, the Rain Bar five doors down, and the ten-second walk to the Metrolink. Deansgate-Castlefield station is right there. Spinningfields is seven minutes on foot. The city centre is eight.
What's on your doorstep.
Not a marketing guide. What James actually sends to tenants on their first weekend in the building.
Tapas.
Castlefield institution. Canal-side terrace, patatas bravas, £4 croquetas. Don't book for the terrace — get there at 12.30 on a Sunday and post up.
The canal-side one everyone knows. Cheese board is the order. Sunday afters go until seven. You will end up here on a Sunday whether you planned to or not.
Deansgate Mews, across the bridge. Single-origin, proper roasters, pour-overs at the bar. Sit outside in April and you'll see half the building go past.
Deansgate.
Not included in rent (there's no gym in the building). £23 a month, 24-hour, five minutes on foot. If you want boutique, Blok is six minutes the other way.
Canal.
Three metres from the front door. Walk south and you're in Salford Quays in forty minutes. Walk north and you're at Piccadilly Basin in fifteen. Best dog route in the city.
Castlefield.
Metrolink. Altrincham, Eccles, Bury, airport, East Didsbury. Piccadilly is nine minutes by tram. The station is literally across the road.
What you pay.
What you get.
- 01 £1,400 first month, via Stripe. Receipt in 10 seconds.
- 02 £500 hold. Refundable in 5 days if you leave the place how you got it.
- 03 £1,400 / month after that, GoCardless direct debit.
- 04 That's everything. No referencing fee, no admin fee, no exit fee.
- ✓Keys this week. Usually next day.
- ✓Furnished studio loft, canal-side, exposed brick. Walk in, drop your bag.
- ✓Private courtyard, bike store, fibre wi-fi. No gym — PureGym is 4 min.
- ✓No credit check. No referencing. No guarantor.
- ✓Two weeks notice to leave, any time, no reason needed.
- ✓James on WhatsApp if anything breaks. Fixed same week.
The trade is clear. You pay the same as the letting agent would charge, minus the fees and the four weeks of waiting and the referencing and the credit check. You hand that discount back as flexibility — James can stop the tenancy if the building owners pull the unit, but we give you 30 days notice if that ever happens.
This is the only unit we hold in this warehouse. Lofts come up once or twice a year — join the list and James rings you first.
Want this one?
One message and James holds the unit for 48 hours while you come and see it. No deposit to reserve. No pressure.
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