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London Newsagents with lots of ads on the window?

Does anyone know if there's in London some newsagents with lots of ads on the window? and can you give indications as to where they are roughly? the kind of things that used to be around before the Internet years when someone needed a room

I have to move out next weekend and I need something quickly, even if it's a cheap boxroom

thank you

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  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,600 Forumite
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    google spare room, or you could air bnb
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
  • bouicca21
    bouicca21 Posts: 6,673 Forumite
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    All over the place ...walk down any high street
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Small post offices are also quite likely to have a small ads board.

    As bouicca says, there's no substitute for pounding the streets to look for yourself.
  • libf
    libf Posts: 1,008 Forumite
    Try gumtree.
  • Out,_Vile_Jelly
    Out,_Vile_Jelly Posts: 4,842 Forumite
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    They are usually in the scruffier bits of London, but they are literally in every newsagent or corner shop.
    They are an EYESORES!!!!
  • jayss
    jayss Posts: 543 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Barber shops and fix your phone shops in South London(Brixton/Clapham/streatham) have them sometimes along with newsagents/mini markets. But spare room, easy roommate and gumtree likely to be better.
    There are often students trying to sublet for the summer which would give you time to find something longer term.
  • Bart1
    Bart1 Posts: 170 Forumite
    There are probably still shops with ads in the window but why in the 21st century would you want to trapse around them?

    Try spareroom.com
  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,600 Forumite
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    be careful of gumtree, had some dodgey rents in the past myself
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
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