Renting in London - advice needed on areas

TheGame7

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Rabiddog_2

Barbi can.. She said so!

dander

You won't make it from that end of the DLR to White City in 40 mins.Usually to get a rough idea of travelling times on the underground network, calculate 2 minutes per station if you're looking at the central area. DLR seems to run a lot slower than the tube for some reason.

With those stations your best bet would be to look for places on the central line, but to be 40 mins from both Bank and White City isn't going to be easy. The travelling time between those two is about 30 mins.

I don't know the first thing about rental prices I'm afraid, but Camden, Angel etc are very fashionable and popular, so I'd guess expensive.

TheGame7

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MoneySavingSpender

rightmove/gumtree/spareroom

QQuaver

TheGame7 wrote: »

I beg your pardon?

Barbican? I think it's expensive there too.

dag_2

Yeah, I'd say somewhere on Central line too. The estates in the valley of the River Lea in north east London tend to be a bit cheaper I understand, although some of these areas do have difficulties. However, most of the areas that are within easy reach of the Central line are a bit further east than this, closer to the River Roding. The Central line crosses the River Lea at Stratford.

It's realistically possible to walk to Blackfriars from St Pauls on the Central line within only a few minutes if you don't want the hassle of changing.

The spacing between the streets seems to get a bit larger once you get out to Woodford, so I imagine that the houses are probably larger round here than they are any closer to Central London. I think you'd be hard pushed to find a 4-bedroom house much closer to London than Woodford.

System

Try gumtree & spareroom.co.uk

I've worked in White City, Camden is over 1 hour away.

Check http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ - it will list transport times

dag wrote: »

I think you'd be hard pushed to find a 4-bedroom house much closer to London than Woodford.

Not true. May cost more though.

beingjdc

dag wrote: »

I think you'd be hard pushed to find a 4-bedroom house much closer to London than Woodford.

You can get a 4-bed here for £400 a week, and it's Zone 2. Not very pleasant, mind you (SE16 though towards the SE8 border for those). Would do your commute in the suggested time, but has the actual Millwall football ground as opposed to just the name.

neverdespairgirl

TheGame7 wrote: »

I am looking for a 4 bedroom house to rent for £500 per week. I require good transport links to Bank, Black Friars, White City (i.e. able to travel to them in under 40 minutes). Also, the tube station should be in walking distance from the property.

I have considered East London (Docklands), North London (Camden, Shoredich, Angel and Old Steet) and also Clapham Junction.

You won't get a 4 bed house for that money in those areas, I reckon, you need to think flats.

Camden is a great area, but very specific. It's fantastic in lots of way - location and transport are very good. It's edgy, Camden Market is a bonus, there are lots of good pubs / clubs etc. But it certainly wouldn't suit everyone. There are some run down bits as well, but you might well absolutely love it. Close to King's Cross as well, and good to get to all the places you mentioned.

There are places in that area for about £500 a month for 4 beds, here are a few examples:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-17146129.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=rent

south of Camden proper, between Camden and the Euston Road. Good for tube links, under 10 mins to Euston, Euston Sq. and Mornington Crescent. Close to King's Cross as well, and good to get to all the place you mentioned.

Angel, Old St and Shoreditch are all fairly trendy, nice areas, good transport links, but it'll be a struggle to get 4 beds for £500 a week.

Can't really help about the docklands, I don't know it well enough.

bigsmoke

hiya

afraid i can't help much more on those areas than has been posted already - camden, angel, shoreditch all very trendy - you will either have to pay a high rent or live in the 'rougher' parts. they're all very much inner city areas.
clapham junction is slightly less so, with all the services you'll need (a massive asda for starters!) and you're reasonably close to the swish bars of battersea rise etc, with the common for running, picnics, football etc. clapham common area is a good night out but an entirely different night out to camden/shoreditch - depends on whether you're skinny jeans or polo shirt with a jumper over the shoulders i think!
clapham junction is also a ridiculously busy station - depends how you feel about rush hour traffic.

apart from an easy commute, what are you looking for in an area? do you want easy access to bars/clubs and an easy journey home from a heavy night out? or are you looking for somewhere a bit quieter with pubs, parks, cafes?

to throw another option into the mix - i live in between brixton and herne hill, which almost satisfies your commuting demands. white city is probably a good 45 mins (victoria/central line from brixton, which is a 10 min walk), blackfriars/city thameslink 20-25mins, train from herne hill. you can walk to bank from one of those. the train from herne hill goes direct to king's cross for your journey back home.
it's a nice residential area - herne hill has a nice villagey feel with a huge park, brixton is 'lively' to say the least ;o)

will have a bit more of a think about it and let you know if i have any sparks of inspiration!!