renting a room in london

dimbo61

six people living in a flat with only one bathroom !!!!
EH and council would love this

Fire_Fox

dimbo61 wrote: »

six people living in a flat with only one bathroom !!!!
EH and council would love this

So would cockroaches. :eek: Now that really would be a House in Multiple Occupancy.

Starbrite

Sauffff Landon is where it's at

Tips for Landon hmm Don't come stay where you are it's far cleaner, cheaper, greener, friendly

Failing that good Sausage n mash shop in portabella rd, spitfileds Market and Brick lane are great areas and you may see a Banksy if your lucky

babie_gurl

Starbrite wrote: »

Sauffff Landon is where it's at

Tips for Landon hmm Don't come stay where you are it's far cleaner, cheaper, greener, friendly

Failing that good Sausage n mash shop in portabella rd, spitfileds Market and Brick lane are great areas and you may see a Banksy if your lucky

lol starbrite its only for a couple of years i just wanted to experience a diffrent lifestyle and the job came up so i thought why not worst case i dont like it ill just come home im sure theres good and bad in every city

babie_gurl

buget expert thanks for the advice
i have spoken to my new boss and i will be working central london so i guess i will be doing alot of traveling do you think central line would be best?
i have been looking at things to do for free in london its like a game trying to live on a shoe string buget maybe i will start a blog for the two years im there
anything else you can think of ? where do you think i could buy cheep fruit and veg ? guess i will be cooking alot !

Lizling

Central London's still a pretty big area and different tube lines (and don't forget buses) go through different bits of it. There's not much point being on the Central Line if it turns out that you're working near, say, Westminster. I suppose though, if you really, really have to find somewhere to live before finding out where you're going to be working, you'll never go too far wrong with the Central Line.

Local markets in the more multicultural areas and some of the ethnic shops generally seem to have the cheapest food. Not Borough Market though :rotfl:.

babie_gurl

thanks everyone im going today to look at rooms im excited ! i think tottenham hale area seams to be around my buget but im now thinkng while im there to have a look around otherareas i would love to live in a warehouse apartment or a big share and i love camden but the prices are huge !to say the least !

chuckley

babie_gurl wrote: »

buget expert thanks for the advice
i have spoken to my new boss and i will be working central london so i guess i will be doing alot of traveling do you think central line would be best?

avoid like the plague. its the worst line out of the whole network. but anyway you can get into town easy with non tube links. it's cheaper and u can easily get an ensuite for £600. I've seen some for £400 in zones 3-5.

victoria line is good for central links though, so anywhere NE and parts of SW is great.

BitterAndTwisted

babie_gurl wrote: »

I think Tottenham Hale area seams to be around my budget but I'm now thinking while I'm there to have a look around other areas i would love to live in a warehouse apartment or a big share and I love Camden but the prices are huge! To say the least!

I live very near Tottenham Hale and there isn't really very much in the immediate area which you will find of interest, apart from the Lidl in the retail park. Although it's very handy for getting the bus to Walthamstow market where there is oodles of cheap fruit & veg to be found. The best (almost the only) thing about being out here is the fast transport links: 20 mins to Oxford Circus and 10 mins to Liverpool Street.

Camden might look attractive to an outsider in the day-time but it's dirty, noisy and absolutely full of drug-dealers. I don't think that it's one of the safest of places for a female to be out and about late at night either: my niece is a Police Special and some of the thing she tells me about would make your hair curl! Mind you, that local thug Mark Duggan was shot by the police last year within sight of my own front door, so what do I know?

kmmr

chuckley wrote: »

avoid like the plague. its the worst line out of the whole network. but anyway you can get into town easy with non tube links. it's cheaper and u can easily get an ensuite for £600. I've seen some for £400 in zones 3-5.

victoria line is good for central links though, so anywhere NE and parts of SW is great.

Without getting into tube wars - I find the central line swift and reliable. I get it every day to and from work, and normally the wait for a train would be under 1 minute. In the 4 years I have been commuting I would estimate there have been less than 10 major incidents that caused me to have to get different transport.

The stats may be slightly misleading as the trains are so frequent that a small delay can impact a lot of trains, but they may still only be a minute or two apart.