[mrcartmenez]

False.

There are over 6500 properties with at least two bedrooms listed for rent on Zoopla for less than £1500per month.

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/property/london/?beds_min=2...

If you don’t have kids, get one of the several thousand one bedroom places listed for less than 1k per month.

[agent008t]

Note "within cycling commute of work". So for a lot of people that means zones 1-2. You would end up paying around what I mentioned for anything decent.