I am!
Who else is? Can we share a flat?
Tips and tricks and good estate agents required from London inhabitants req'd please!
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I am!
Who else is? Can we share a flat?
Tips and tricks and good estate agents required from London inhabitants req'd please!
no king way maaaate
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Go to Euston, ride the northern line to Oval, turn around three times, go back up, change to the central line at Tottenham Court Road, go eastbound to Bank, press Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right A B and Select and you get a flashy penthouse pad in Pimlico. And a tank.
I'm thinking of looking for somewhere around Kennington/Oval
though Vauxhall is my first choice of area due to it's proximity to where I'll be working.
vauxhall is not a great place
^
everyone I've ever known to live there has regretted it.
I can't afford great places
seriously.
I can't really afford much more than £400- £450 per month.....
vauxhall aint that cheap tho?
I heard otherwise.
nowhere in central london is that cheap
He's confusing 'cheap' in the price sense
with 'cheap' in crap sense.
i had a two bed flat in vauxhall
for £500/each a month. converted house opposite vauxhall park, no silly estate buildings.
i actually really liked living there, shame the flat had cockroaches :(
that's possibly manageable.
where do you find properties? Gumtree? Flatshare? or just local estate agents....
Gumtree is quiet good
Also when you look check which borough you are in as this will determine your council tax and some areas have really high taxes and they are generally quaterly so you don't want to get hit with a giant bill in the middle of your year type thing.
I'm looking to live with students if possible
and thus dodging that metaphorical bullet.
hahaha
that's not how it works! you'll get billed 75% of the total.
I've been told we'll be exempt if we're all students
Have been this year.
if you're all students, yes
i just didn't realise you'd still count.
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Guntrip used to live in Vauxhall. For about £600 a month. FAIL.
I think I need to rob a bank
£500
...
I knew it was £500 a month. I also know his salary and knew that if I said the actual rate, he'd consider it, even though he'd just end up spending what little net he had left on noisecore CDs leading to him living next year under a bridge.
I KNOW ALL.
^wise man
no free rooms in your bargain basement are there?
I don't really know you.
I've never met you.
I'd love to live with you.
(Probably won't be able to though but this is just to say to London people that I think you'd be good to live with)
My budget isn't very big, as placements don't pay
I'm siphoning savings into paying for accomodation next year.
Oh, and I come with a housemate. He's ok, if a little driven. Tidy enough though!
Your placement doesn't pay?
That sucks. Not the case where I am now.
It does
but only 11 and a half thousand or something, cause it's only 10 months. And after tax, that's about 9-10 grand. Which is not very much at all.
And I really want to save some, cause I'll have a smaller student loan in final year and I want to do a proper holiday/travelling thing, cause I haven't yet.
You won't be saving anything
Trust me.
thing is, I have some savings which I'm going to use
cause if I start shelling all my paycheck on rent each month, it'll be hard to save anything. So I will be able to pay for a slice of my accomodation....
Well good luck to you
All this does is remind how much I need a new job
couldn't you just use the savings for your holiday/travel?
Yes, but I reckon I'll save more money this way
Cause I would probably end up dipping into savings anyway. What I've done at the moment is drafted up a budget whereby I removed about £200-300 per month from my savings to substantiate my wage.
makes no logical sense
but whatever works for you! I suppose it will help the discipline
Once I've got a job
We'll talk, yeah?
For sure.
You are housetrained, aren't you?
Poo poo poop!
That reminds me, I still need to buy some bog roll
Me too, moving in with a couple of mates...
studying in Elephant and Castle so anywhere near-ish on the Bakerloo or Northern Line would be good. That said I'm sure there's plenty of buses that serve Elephant too.
London southbank?
Same boat... Living in elephant at the moment, but plan on moving to Kennington with student friends in a few months. There's a bmx bowl at Kennington which makes me happy. In my pants.
Elephant has great bus-links, can get to most places in zone 1/2 from there.
move to New Cross.
there are tons of buses to Elephant and it's student central.
I'm moving in June, back with the rents
and then providing I get a job, looking for somewhere in Shepherd's Bush in July/August. I've already sorted out who I'm living with though.
Chez Bous?
There's a super hoop in you dying to get out
I thought you were sharing a flat
with Royter-Kelly and DanielHatfood?
In yr twisted dreams I was.
Don't get a slightly-out-of-price-range flat...
...and think you'll be able to afford it somehow.
This was my first mistake.
Make sure you get somewhere with a living room, unless you already hate your soon-to-be flatmates.
Don't expect to have any money.
London's ace! This is actually true, and not sarcastic.
Moving to London???
"Go to London! I guarantee you'll either be mugged or not appreciated. Catch the train to London, stopping at Rejection, Disappointment, Backstabbing Central and Shattered Dreams Parkway."
"i spell london
S.H.I.T.H.O.L.E. shithole!"
well aren't you both really helpful ?
:(
It's like PocketMouse has henchmen now.
I look forward to seeing you in September.
Look for me ma, I'll be there.
bamos says what I'm thinking
Wow.
:D
all true. I still like it though.
"Train to Lowestoft?"
So what would people on here recommend
in terms of fairly nice/affordable areas to live?
Honestly?
Somewhere that isn't London. Depends on what you class as nice. I've opted to look in Shepherd's Bush because it isn't massively expensive in relative terms, has a fair few facilities nearby and isn't all that far from central London (20 minutes on a bus, and the Central Line tube station *should* be open by October).
I did consider Kennington too, little more expensive though I found. It does boil down to luck though.
I guess so
Kennington is definitely worth a look, from what I hear. Otherwise I'm thinking I'll maybe look around Earls Court. Thing is, I'm happy to pay more if it means I'll save on transport to/from work.
One Disser on here found a really nice flat in Leyton for £300 per month, so I'm hoping on a similar stroke of luck.
it's cheap because it's in leyton.
B-LEYTONSTONE!
Oh that doesn't work written down
I live in Brixton
It's alright, been there over a year now. Great things locally on the cheap like a comedy night at The Babalou Bar and the Windmill in walking distance. It's easy to get to Vauxhall on the Victoria Line and I've never had any trouble despite the supposed reputation. In my opinion, all of London is dodgy, it's just that some areas look nicer lulling you into a false sense of security about it all. The only time I've been mugged in London was within the square mile.
Nope!
I'm doing exactly the opposite. Free at last!
it could have been the start of something beautiful
*moves back in*
dinner?
I know someone
who is also looking for a place from Sept. She's probably looking around the New Cross area though, because she'll be studying there.
It might be more in your price range than the more central places you're thinking of at the mo.
PM me if you want her details.
where's the placement?
As avoidance of big horrible commute should factor heavily into your decision.
Victoria
far from ideal in terms of finding things relatively nearby and affordable.
yeah that is tricky
but the Victoria line is ace and very fast so you could easily manage to live up North East should you wish. But yeah Brixton/Stockwell would be ideal or anywhere on a train line into Victoria would be easily manageable too e.g Camberwell.
Is Brixton and Stockwell a decentish area now then?
I'm not too keen on fucking my year up by getting burgled/mugged.
It's London
There are good and bad bits and wherever you live you are at risk of being mugged or burgled.
I like Brixton personally (not that I have ever actually lived there) although I do prefer North East.
i wouldn't move to brixton.
why?
i think it's a horrific place
i appreciate that there are a number of nice properties around there (BRIXTON VILLAGE LIEK WOAH) but having to go near that main drag around the tube station every day? massive sadface.
I agree with you on that
I was walking back to the station from The Windmill in Brixton on Monday night - it was around 9pm so not too late and I got harrassed by at least 3 drug dealers in a space of 200yards.
one of my friends has just moved away from Brixton
he moved into a shared house with some randoms, and a couple of them were freegans who used to cook roadkill :|
Seconded
"Brixton's so vibrant and comsmopolitan and up and coming"
NO it's dangerous, chocka with drug dealers and going to/coming from the tube is like taking one's life in one's hands.
This is an exaggeration
Brixton has much more of a negative reputation than it deserves in my opinion. It's got it's shadier side, but I've never had / seen trouble since living there. It's not the nicest area in London, but I think you could do far worse.
I kind of agree actually
it's more than a bit draining although fine for sporadic visits. See also Camden. Lots of Camden is extremely nice but around the station and market is hell.
you know
i've been coming to work in camden every day for nearly three years now, and i still find it draining. i'd really hate to live around here.
amen to that.
HEY!
i was talking about you earlier on. one of my friends works in EMAP's offices down by Mornington Crescent. i guess that means you guys are publishing RIVALS, right? can i make you fight?
Rivals?
We just BOUGHT Emap. Your friend is my bitch now.
BAUER GETS RESULTS
:D :D :D
That's the feeling I get about both those places
same with shoreditch
Finsbury Park area
or up near Seven sisters is good as well, I'm on £475/week, but that includes council tax, so you should be able to get your budget (plus i'm central side of finsbury park). I can keep an eye out on my work notice board, they often have dsome good rooms, plus you'd be staying with nurses
that would be great!
Looking for a place beginning of september!
I hate Seven Sisters
although I'm sure some of the residential streets are fine. Much of Finsbury Park is surprisingly nice given the horrible area around the station. Excellent transport links too.
Kennington's nice
You got the park, you got nice houses, you got nice pubs, it's near the river, it's got ace transport links and it's not that far from the city centre. IT'S GOOD.
Might cost a little more than a shittier area of London though.
I am too
to be a student again. I haven't thought about logistics yet as its a frightening prospect and I don't know anyone in a being able to handily move into their spare room kind of way. Oh god, I'm going to end up in a hovel.
Halls??
No
because I'm going to be postgrad and stupid UCL won't even consider applications from UK students for accommodation until after term starts which is completely pointless, because it all goes to international people first.
I would
second the Finsbury Park recommendation. Used to live there and work at Victoria and it worked out very well. Only 15-20 minutes on the Victoria line. Also stacks of buses around there. Probably want to avoid Blackstock Road (Algerian Mafia Central) but anything on one of the quieter roads sneaking your way up to posh Highbury would be good too!
I couldn't have put it better
so you have done it for me.
Listen up, this person talks megasense.
ucl
hai five.
hello
halls innit.
Probably am.
leaving Bristol for sure.
When you have a welcome to London shindig
Please do it somewhere other than the Coffee House
?!
It's a nice pub and all
But it's cramped and I never feel comfortable in there
BIG RED
FT mother fucking W
Thirded.
...
BLASPHEMY!
...on the other hand, the Red Lion is also good.
DANGER DARTS
I want Afterskool to be involved for the lulz
or maybe your club night?
Afterskool is serious business
And you've sampled how awful I am at djing yet still want to come? Brave man, most people just come to be polite
If I keep coming can iDJ?
I'm like Kutmaster Kurt.
I'd echo
the recommendations of Finsbury Park. It's not glamourous, but its pretty cheap and the transport is ace.
I currently live in Stamford Hill, which isn't that great for transport. But on the other hand I'm surrounded by Hasidic Jews. Yeah!
I'm probably moving back around that time
I'm not a student though. Well, I am, I'm an open university student, but I obviously have to work full time.
Still, I'm very excited.
well
a friend and I are going to move somewhere and we are both students who study in Waterloo so i don't know, we could maybe find a place together or something? we would like to stay in a place that you would too i presume, as victoria and waterloo are not far from each other.
^
I heartily endorse this poster. A fine gentleman with excellent taste.
hey thanks :D
sorry i wasn't speaking much last night or too into it, i was so tired. i woke up at 1pm today after sleeping at 12am :D
also sorry about my brother. he is a rude guy sometimes.
haha
Don't worry about it, I could see that you were all in. I'm impressed that you made it to the gig - a lesser man would have bailed. (And your brother was fine.)
I've pmed you
There's me and another guy, we'll both have jobs next year. He'll be working in Blackfriars, but as he's on a better paycheck, he doesn't mind travelling a bit further. I think this is A Good Idea.
I'm moving to New Cross
if I get into Goldsmiths! *fingers crossed*
Awesome.
damn all you people who fuck off to london and i never see you again!
it's a black hole.
i'll be living in camden or westminster
in september. i think.
yay!
i'm moving too, though don't need a flat.
But i'll be in london, yay!
i wish i was moving to london in september
maybe September 2009. Maybe.