Identification of a spider

Question

I have found this 8mm spider in my home, North London. I've been told it may be a false widow but wanted a second opinion.

Note: The silvery parts in the picture are actually brownish in colour

Answer 1

It does appear to be a young spider, and seems consistent with a young Steatoda of some sort, so "False Widow" sounds OK.

Edit: I just did a quick Google search and pulled up a useful paper (link below) that pretty clearly indicates that this is almost certainly a young Steatoda nobilis, one of the 'False Widows'. See the top left - image A

Dugon, M.M., et al. 2017. Occurrence, reproductive rate and identification of the non-native noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) in Ireland. In Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 117(2):77-89