cheapest areas to rent in the south east

astar86

hi im looking to rent in the south east and i just wanted to know what people considered the cheapest areas to be?? cheers

Alan2020

I live in the SE, what is your budget and where do you need to commute to? There are lots of really cheap places as long as you are a brave soul

astar86

thanks for the reply> my budget is roughly £400 pcm for a one bedroom flat (not sharing)

Alan2020

When you mean SE do you mean SE London or SE of the Country?

If you mean SE of the country the Medway towns are cheap, you get good value for the money and London is within 45mins of commute, can you please clarify?

astar86

se england cheers

BitterAndTwisted

Thamesmead. Dover. Probably Folkestone as well

Alan2020

Try Gillingham (Rainham), Chatham, Rochester for rail links into London (victoria and the high speed links). For instance this
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-26920846.html

Doom_and_Gloom

£400 even in the Medway towns is rather low to be honest for a 1 bed. You might get a decent studio for that but probably not a 1 bed place - although it is possible for a 1 bedroom place it won't be great. A studio or 1 bed place will be A or B tax band so rather low but something to think about as well - you will be able to get 1 person discount if it is just for you mind. Most places around £400pcm are going to be shared places so not what you are after. You aren't going to have a lot of choice to be honest.

marmitequeen

SE is a biiiiiiig area. Try somewhere like Hastings or Bognor if you want cheap.

In fact, just seen this on RM: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-26867935.html (£60 pcm tee hee!)

Running_Horse

Alan2020 wrote: »

Try Gillingham (Rainham), Chatham, Rochester for rail links into London (victoria and the high speed links). For instance this
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-26920846.html

Only Rochester is worth living in out of those.

Medway is cheap for a reason, but is not as bad as some make out.

Same with Gravesend and Dartford.

jenhug

Running_Horse wrote: »

Only Rochester is worth living in out of those.

Medway is cheap for a reason, but is not as bad as some make out.

Same with Gravesend and Dartford.

Rochester has bad areas just like the rest of Medway!

I live in Rainham and its very nice, although I wouldn't want to live in certain roads myself.