Where to live in London? Please help

debrag

vaporate wrote: »

Nothing worse than deciding whos name goes on which energy suppliers lol. Plus internet.

Never had to deal with bills, actually Kingston we paid bills to the ll but it wasn't much at all between 5 rooms, Crouch End was prepay which we took off our rent when we put money on meters. Other than them times never had a problem.

womble12345

I say go for Beckenham as previously suggested but go for near New Beckenham station, this is on the line into Charing Cross (25 mins) and once there you can walk for 10 minutes to Soho.

Cissi

I'd say have a look at Wandsworth (especially since you have connections with the Wimbledon area). Very low council tax (half of Richmond, Kingston etc) and a number of decent areas, depending on budget.

ILW

22225 wrote: »

I work in Barking but live in Wanstead. Wanstead's really nice. Barking is depressing but not particularly dangerous, I don't think. Some dodgy types but not more dangerous than other some places? Good luck with everything anyway.

Thats what I found, didn't seem particularly dodgy, just very depressing. Couldn't say why exactly though.

neverdespairgirl

lynzpower wrote: »

SoThese probs exist everywhere, and you cant escape them without being in a Zone 1 apartment block but still the homeless people and rubbish situation wont be dramatically better.

The rubbish probably will be. We live in central London, and have 11 rubbish collections a week

lynzpower

Tis wonderful to see you back Neverdespairgirl

Completely agree about the litter. Although I am staggered at the improvements of Elephant and castle . My freind came to visit and she used to live in E&C and she hadnt been there for almost 5 years and she noted huge improvements. We have seen a large decant though of a massive estate due to be bulldozed, so it feels like there are less people here.

jonewer

dogactor87 wrote: »

lynzpower

My friend lived in Vauxhall so I think I'd ask her to come look at places with me as I have heard similar to what you've said. Worrys me how close to Brixton it is too. What areas of Vauxhall would you avoid? Like is everywhere south Vauxhall bad or the east.etc.

I work in Vauxhall.

DO NOT LIVE THERE! ITS IS A TOILET! I HATE IT! ITS AWFUL! ITS A HOLE! DO NOT LIVE THERE! ITS BAD ENOUGH WORKING THERE! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Out,_Vile_Jelly

vaporate wrote: »

I've seen places for 1k a month lmao

What nut would pay such prices. Just for a box.

I pay approx that for a lovely period flat with private garden in a nice area. Happy to pay for space, privacy and not having to look at other people's pubes in the bath.


OP, there are 3 criteria that are affecting your decision:

- length of commute
- budget
- cat

You may have to compromise on one of these. How does having a cat work in a house share- will it have run of everyone's rooms? What about cat flap, litter tray and bringing in "presents"? Won't you be concerned about the proximity of so many busy roads?

dogactor87

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

OP, there are 3 criteria that are affecting your decision:

- length of commute
- budget
- cat

You may have to compromise on one of these. How does having a cat work in a house share- will it have run of everyone's rooms? What about cat flap, litter tray and bringing in "presents"? Won't you be concerned about the proximity of so many busy roads?

I don't think I need to change my criteria as I have found places that fit it just I don't know the areas.

Remus is an indoor cat so it would mean no "presents", busy road accidents or cat flap. It would mean a litter tray but he is excellent with it and as to where he can go, well that would be a discussion with room mates.

dogactor87

lynzpower wrote: »

Tis wonderful to see you back Neverdespairgirl

Completely agree about the litter. Although I am staggered at the improvements of Elephant and castle . My freind came to visit and she used to live in E&C and she hadnt been there for almost 5 years and she noted huge improvements. We have seen a large decant though of a massive estate due to be bulldozed, so it feels like there are less people here.

So you'd reccommend looking into Elephant and Castle?