Cheap places to live in London over the summer

sophlowe45

Hi

Don't know if anyone will have any ideas? but i'm working in london over the summer holidays for three months and trying to find the cheapest place to live. A lot of halls especially King's, Imperial, LSE are soooooooooooo expensive, i found some from London Met Uni at £83 a week, i can't find anything cheaper....i've tried looking privately as well but renting for three months only is a bit problematic and i haven't seen anything at less than £80 a week, infact found some horrid places in really dodgy areas at £98 a week.

Thanks if anyone can help!

fannyadams

how 'bout house sitting?
you get to lok after someone's house/pets/whatever whilst they are on holiday.
The downside you are only allowed out for a few hours but he upside is you can 'live' in some really cool houses.

Kal

How does housesitting work? How do you go about registering for this?

lara1983

Have you had a look round this site:
http://www.gumtree.com/london/london-short-term-flatshare_15_1.html

I've found gumtree sites really useful for short term stuff

sophlowe45

thanks lara - we did use gumtree to find the places we looked at but they weren't cheap or nice (for the amount they were asking for them!!)...

will still keep an eye on gumtree though for new stuff...

ditzymuppet

This was on our Union jobshop:

Cordwainers College is offering summer accommodation from the end of June to late August at its halls near Bethnal Green.

Minimum stay of 1 week with rental charged at £100 per week and £15 per extra night thereafter. Please call for further information.

Karen Gregory
020 8985 6685 / k.gregory@arts.ac.uk

£100 seems quite a lot, you might have more joy on the gumtree.com ... good luck x

sophlowe45

thanks everyone - looks like i'm going with the bethnall green halls i found at £83 a week - can't seem to find anything cheaper - although i don't have tp pay anything until i get there so will still keep an eye on gumtree and other websites...i need to learn not to be overly stingy!!