Renting in London

Beenie

We are in Chelmsford (30-35 minutes to Liverpool St station) and the platforms are packed 7-8.30am each weekday with commuters. The trains are generally full too, as people are moving even further east to get more affordable property, so the trains fill up around Colchester and then the smaller stations nearer Chelmsford.

If you can bear the daily commute (which can't be so bad as thousands do it daily) then look around the Chelmsford area. Rentals affordable for someone on a City salary, and lots of charming villages to choose from.

There is also house sharing in London to consider. My nephew moved to London for a decent job and got a share in a house in Hampstead. I think he pays around £800-900 per month but has no transport costs as he is able to cycle to work. Worth considering I would have thought?

hazyjo

Sod that - sounds like a nightmare commute!


I work at Liverpool Street and commute from lovely Leigh-on-Sea. It's not the quickest, but it's one really nice train, then I walk.


Spend more time on finding the right location. Totally agree with getting a train into Liv St (overheads are fine, certainly doesn't have to be a tube).


You also have the option of Moorgate, Fenchurch Street, Cannon Street and obviously all the tube stops nearby.

p00hsticks

Ntsn wrote: »

I would spend a lot of my time in my room therefore it must be decent at the very least.

Doing a full time job and that commute, I suspect that Monday-Friday you'd be doing little more than sleeping in that room

sal_III

One more voice for direct link to Liverpool street. It makes absolutely no sense to deliberately go for a place with links to the wrong London terminal station. Unless you have friends/family in Watford. You are loading 30-60min to your commute + expenses for no apparent reason.

Worked at Euston for about 2 years, I wouldn't dream about taking a bus to/from there in peak hours, unless I wanted some nap time.

There are plenty of comparable places (already mentioned in other comments) to the east with direct links to Liverpool street, either by train or tube.

bouicca21

If you want to go west, the Central line from South Ruislip, or metropolitan from Eastcote, or further out to Uxbridge, or the other branch out towards Northwood, Northwood Hills, Rickmansworth. Or overground from chingford, Enfield.

Liverpool Street is easier to get to from practically anywhere other than Watford.

hazyjo

Check out Highams Park, E4 (near Chingford). Easy for Liv St https://www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/?search_id=907899643&


Travel: £34pw or £130pm.

AdrianC

bouicca21 wrote: »

...or metropolitan from Eastcote, or further out to Uxbridge, or the other branch out towards Northwood, Northwood Hills, Rickmansworth.

Liverpool Street is easier to get to from practically anywhere other than Watford.

I think you might be forgetting there's three Met branches...

hazyjo

AdrianC wrote: »

I think you might be forgetting there's three Met branches...

Oh - so Met goes to Liv St/Moorgate from Watford. I was searching Nat Rail thinking I was sure there was a train going to Watford from Moorgate! Must have been thinking of tube.


Why on earth was the OP wanting to get off at Euston lol. Just stay on the tube! Sorted. Although it would be a far quicker journey from East.


OP - also look at Walthamstow.

george4064

I appreciate this website is for buying, but might be useful: http://www.commutefrom.com/

My initial thoughts would be to look at living somewhere East.

AdrianC

hazyjo wrote: »

Why on earth was the OP wanting to get off at Euston lol. Just stay on the tube! Sorted.

Different bits of Watford are easier to different London stations.