Relocating to London Best Place To Live

kyle1231 · 12 August 2016 at 9:57PM

Hello,

I wonder if anyone can help me out.
In a month I need to relocate back from Manchester to London for a new job , I'm from the south originally reading area and grew up in north London but I don't want to live with the folks. I also don't want to really live in london and was wondering if anyone would have any recommendations.

Budget (Max) £900 PCM
Commute within 50 minutes from Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 3DH
Rooms required : 2

Thank you

Thank you all for the your input I've decided to go for Woking the train journey itself is only 24 Min to London waterloo and the rest of the journey is a 4 mins tube and a short 10mins walk after looking into ti I found it to be the best place with time spent on the train. Although many of your comments did say commuting will be a hassle but due to the nature of my Job I will be working from home in 18 months time so I won't have to stick it out long term.

Also the second room would be an office its more of a necessity that a want.

Thx again

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cadon · 12 August 2016 at 11:42PM

Well, the best place to live would be in London, upping your budget and accepting you'll have to live in a much smaller space. Who is that second bedroom for? Why do you need it? I would strongly recommend rethinking this - if you have to commute in, you'll get sick of London very quickly.

According to commutefrom.com, you could get the train from Strood to St Pancras International and jump on the tube to Aldgate.

Here's something in your budget: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-43203474.html

Slough might be an option, changing at Paddington:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-54421639.html

Bishops Stortford, changing at Liverpool Street:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-43426824.html

Biggleswade, changing at Kings Cross:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-43315344.html

p00hsticks · 12 August 2016 at 11:52PM

cadon wrote: »

Who is that second bedroom for? Why do you need it?

The OP says that they want two rooms, not two bedrooms. I guess it's open to interpretation but I read it as meaning a separate living room and bedroom (as opposed to a bedsit) rather than needing two bedrooms.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted · 13 August 2016 at 7:07AM

Cheaper to go for a house/flatshare in London, rather than outside and then spending a fortune each month hoping that the trains aren't on strike or no mouse has farted on the track and caused a complete meltdown of the transport system.

ERICS_MUM · 13 August 2016 at 8:02AM

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Cheaper to go for a house/flatshare in London, rather than outside and then spending a fortune each month hoping that the trains aren't on strike or no mouse has farted on the track and caused a complete meltdown of the transport system.

I agree. Working in London gives you loads of opportunities to socialise, eat, theatre, sightseeing etc, I wouldn't want to commute far - waste of time and fares.

If you would be satisfied with a flat share, you could find a nice double room in a decent flat in the Bow area, 3 miles from work and 4 stops on the tube. £800 or so Pcm. Have a look in and around the postcode E3 4NX on Rightmove.

If you prefer to rent a flat on your own you will have to move out a fair bit for something decent. Here in Chelmsford you could get a nice 1 or 2 bedroom flat for your budget and do the commute in an hour (subject to the train co playing ball !) but fares would take up a big chunk of your spending money. Check out the area half a mile around postcode CM1 1FG.

Good luck.

SailorSam · 13 August 2016 at 9:23AM

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

I agree. Working in London gives you loads of opportunities to socialise, eat, theatre, sightseeing etc, I wouldn't want to commute far - waste of time and fares.
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I was watching a programme on Tv during the week about people going for interviews, one of the jobs was a sort of car salesman somewhere down South. The other was a young assistant in some sort of fashion place in London. The salary they were offering was between £16k-£18k. The young girl that got the job was from Cornwall and wanted to live in the 'bright lights'. I thought when i saw it, if she was only earning £16k and she was going to have to pay £200 for rent would she have the time and money to see all the sights and socialise much.
Incidentially, when the Tv producers went back some time later to see how she was getting on, she'd already packed the job in.

barbarawright · 13 August 2016 at 12:23PM

Frankly you are going to struggle to get a one bedroom flat anywhere in London for less than c£1200 a month (and remember you'll need a large deposit). On your budget you should be able to get a studio in South East London or maybe a one bed in outer London - somewhere like Croydon. Have a look on Rightmove to see the sort of things on offer.

Gavin83 · 13 August 2016 at 3:43PM

What's more important, living in London or the rent budget? If you want to be anywhere even close to London for that price you'll be looking at a flatshare or a tiny horrible flat in a dodgy area. I rent a 2 bed flat in East London (about 25 mins to Liverpool Street) and it's a massive amount more than that a month. Saying that it is a nice flat and the area is lovely.

As an alternative you are near Fenchurch street so you could live somewhere along the c2c line. You'd get an ok flat for that price in somewhere like Upminster. You'd get a decent place if you went a bit further out (line goes to Southend) but obviously the commute would be horrendous.

Also if you do live in London what do you want, somewhere 'busy' or somewhere a little more chilled with a village feel to it?

jrtfan · 13 August 2016 at 6:35PM

Maybe try looking around the immediate area to Ebbsfleet International station? Ebbsfleet to St Pancras takes 17mins and the rents in the surrounding area are reasonable (£900 mth could get you a 2 bed terraced house, so a smaller property should come in under that amount depending on which area you went for).

Savvy_Sue · 13 August 2016 at 6:57PM

Is that commute '50 minutes on a good day when everything's running as it should' or '50 minutes max even with leaves on the line etc?'

DS3 moved to London with work, he's had one lovely flat but most of the time he's been in shared flats or houses where the only 'shared' spaces have been the kitchen or bathroom. Pretty grim IMO.

But he likes to be within Boris Bike distance of work, which is fairly central.

One thing you could discuss with your parents is going back there short term while you look elsewhere. Far easier finding somewhere once you're there rather than not there. For that reason DS3 moved up and into a hostel. Didn't have to stay there long, fortunately ...

Meepmeep · 13 August 2016 at 7:54PM

Two years ago it cost me 800£ a month for a very very basic one bed flat above a shop in a really bad area of London in zone 4/5. Since then it's gone up. Your question should be, where can I afford and even then you are incredibly limited. If area is important to you, try spare room dot com and share. Otherwise you could look at areas out of central London, but have good transport links such as Croydon / Bromley. Even then your budget will be too small I suspect.
Don't mean to be a downer - but I've been in London for many years and this is the sad reality.
Good luck!

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