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Jamie.
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PostPosted: 02:28 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: London. Reply with quote

Hello, I could possibly be moving to Engerland.

South London to be precise. Are there certain areas that are exceptionally cheaper to rent than others? Without being in a really scummy place. The property itself isn't important as long as two people can sleep without having our toe rings stolen during the night.

My dad moved to england around 30 years ago and it was expensive then, How does it compare to around £350 for a 3 bed house in an average estate over here.
Has to be within 15 mins walking distance from the centre.

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PostPosted: 03:11 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing london and money do not mix, no chance for that sort of money, 1 bed apartments go for nearley 300 grand if there within walking distance of a tube in london.
That could get you a 3 bedroom house just outside london.
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PostPosted: 03:32 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Instead of slagging him off, make the question understandable. Do you mean £350 a week? What area? And England has not got an R in it.
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PostPosted: 03:48 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look at the tube map - pick the furtherest tube and get a place there unless your loaded.
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PostPosted: 08:28 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

£350 a month?

You'll be lucky to get a half-decent room in a shared flat for that.

You also won't be getting a decent house for that anywhere within commuting distance of London.
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PostPosted: 08:31 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

I live in Guildford which is 30 miles south of London and £350 a month would get you an average room in a house share.
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PostPosted: 10:12 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Re: London. Reply with quote

-Jamie- wrote:
Has to be within 15 mins walking distance from the centre.


15 min walking distance from the centre of where?

15 minutes walking distance of the West End could cost you anywhere from £1000-£2000 a month to privately rent a one bedroom flat BEFORE expenses like council tax, electricity, and food.

Even a 15 minute bus ride, flats start from £200-250 a week to rent.

And south London is not really 15 minutes walking distance from the centre. Unless you live in Southwark/Tower Bridge, maybe starting from around £800-900 a month (rent) for a one bedroom flat, or to share a bigger flat, and that would be somewhere seedy like Elephant and Castle.

You couldn't BUY a three bedroom house 15 min from the centre of London (even on an "average estate") - because you're looking at probably close on half a million as a starting point.

Best to look somewhere like on Gumtree.com for shared rental accommodation, which is likely to set you back £350 a month to share with people.

And don't even THINK you could get on a council list and get a flat straightaway. Even the homeless departments will fob you off, and if they don't do that, they'll take forever to do anything other than stick you in a really crummy B&B and leave you to fend for yourself.

But good luck.
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PostPosted: 11:40 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Re: London. Reply with quote

-Jamie- wrote:
Hello, I could possibly be moving to Engerland.

South London to be precise. Are there certain areas that are exceptionally cheaper to rent than others? Without being in a really scummy place. The property itself isn't important as long as two people can sleep without having our toe rings stolen during the night.

My dad moved to england around 30 years ago and it was expensive then, How does it compare to around £350 for a 3 bed house in an average estate over here.
Has to be within 15 mins walking distance from the centre.

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Bless.

Its like Dick Wittington. The streets aren't paved with gold, but it costs as much as if they were!

Also, I've noticed from commuting to various places in London over the last four years, that there isn't really a 'centre' in London. It seems to spill out all over the place. If you want to buy (overpriced) electrical goods, you go to Tottenham Court Road for example. On the other hand you couldn't really go shopping in the square mile... plenty of bars and clubs though. No one walks further than about two or three streets, thats what the tube is for. I've also noticed that mass transit is great for making sure you /don't/ know how to walk somewhere. Two of my customers (TV companies) could be right next to each other for example, and I'd never know because as far as I'm concerned they are on different tube lines.

I wouldn't want to live there. Everything is so claustrophobic, and somehow it manages to be more expensive to live there than where I currently live in Reading which is London commuter belt. Also people who live in London appear to have their own style, their own language and their own idea of what life should be like. They find it perfectly natural to spend shocking amounts of money on Mortgages and rent. A lot of them think its strange if you own a car.

As I said, I go there a lot for work (usually at least once a week to a different part of london each week) and I don't understand it the way I would if I went into Reading every week. Its almost like its own country all wrapped up in the packaging that is the M25.

I just wish I could convey how quaint your post sounds to me, and I don't even live there! Wink
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go to Wales, the North of Britain or parts of Scotland and you may get a 3 bed house for about £500 PCM. London no way! I just noticed that he needs to be no more than a quarter of a hour walk from the centre, I am not taking the piss but have you seen a map of London? It is a big place, even to walk from Lambeth Palace to the Admiralty takes twice that long.
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PostPosted: 12:26 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Re: London. Reply with quote

hellkat wrote:
You couldn't BUY a one-bedroom flat 15 min from the centre of London (even on an "average estate") - because you're looking at probably close on half a million as a starting point.

Amended for you, honey!

MarJay wrote:
Also people who live in London appear to have their own style, their own language and their own idea of what life should be like. They find it perfectly natural to spend shocking amounts of money on Mortgages and rent. A lot of them think its strange if you own a car.

I know what you mean! For me, if somebody says their rent is less than a grand a month or mortgage less than about £1,500pcm, I wonder what kind of dive they live in! Until I realise it's not London-money they're speaking in.

Car? You own a car? Shocked Last time I drove one was in about 1996, and I freaked out my car-owning colleague (she was below 21 so wasn't allowed to drive the company car) by looking at the pedals and going 'clutch, brake, accelerator, clutch, brake, accelerator' a couple of times until I remembered the order... Embarassed I think I fared better than my navigator, as we found ourselves in Bournemouth instead of Poole. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 12:38 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Avoid South London like the plague!

Too many reasons for me to describe, it is cheaper, but you will get far more scallies and chavs.

I reccommend West london, Ruislip/Harrow, can be a bit pricey but its mostly aspiring middle class asian families, whos children, want to be 'gangsta' just dont have it in em... so your bike will likely be safer...
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PostPosted: 13:23 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Re: London. Reply with quote

Paivi wrote:
[Until I realise it's not London-money they're speaking in.


That amused me Smile

Dunno how folk can afford to live there Smile

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PostPosted: 14:05 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheDonUK wrote:
Avoid South London like the plague!

Too many reasons for me to describe, it is cheaper, but you will get far more scallies and chavs.

I reccommend West london, Ruislip/Harrow, can be a bit pricey but its mostly aspiring middle class asian families, whos children, want to be 'gangsta' just dont have it in em... so your bike will likely be safer...


South london isnt all that bad, ok yes it is, but as long as your in before late and dont get yourself involved in anything stupid then its all good, ill be honest though, there is a new police board up every few weeks asking for witnesses to a new shooting.
( ^sorry for the mixed messege there Laughing ^ )

To the OP why does it need to be 15 minutes from the "centre" of london?
id suggest looking right on the outskirts of london, for instance i live at the very end of the ditrict line (just inside the M25) and although it is still expensive (£1000+ PCM for a 3 bed house) it isnt as bad as the centre of london.
You can get a mainline train to fenchurch street in about 45minutes or ride it in about the same time.

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PostPosted: 15:49 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Dads just sold his flat and is renting a bedsit in Paddington for 6 months at £1600pm, its nice but tiny.

I rent a 3 bed in Norwich and thats £595pm and is a 15 mins commute (if you own a plane) or 1 hour 45mins on the train from London.
The closer you get to London the more the prices go up, although so do wages normally.

My Mum sold our old 5 bed,three story house in Herne Hill SE London with large rear garden and over looking a park for 110K before the property boom in 1994, you can't even buy a 1 bed flat for double that in the same area now Sad
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PostPosted: 16:03 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

The one bedroom basement flat next door to me, (in north London) is up for rent for £240pmth. It has a little bit of garden and is 5 mins walk to the tube, trains and buses so you could be in central London in 15 mins. Living in London as I do, I don't think I would ever choose to live south of the river although saying that, there are good and bad bits of every where, I just wouldn't know where the good bits are.
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PostPosted: 21:33 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Obviously conducted some extensive research then when you had the idea of moving to london. Try Barrow-in-Furness, more likely to suit your needs Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

well I live oin Balham

northern line about 20-25 mins from centre. I share a room with my girlfriend in a 2 bedroom flat.

I pay £400 for half the room so basically our room is 800 a month which is pretty steep but it is a pimp flat.

Your gonna be looking to spend around 500-600 a month in a nice london area with tube access
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PostPosted: 22:53 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm way out of London now, thankfully. We have just put an offer on a decent 3 bed house, in a good area for £101k. My missus is earning 7k a year more and I am earning 3k a year more than we did in London. The same house down south would be more than double that. It does mean I have to do without traffic, wankers, stress and immigrants, but we seem to be coping.

Get my friends and family out and drop a bomb on the place Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:10 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

stan hyd wrote:
well I live oin Balham

northern line about 20-25 mins from centre. I share a room with my girlfriend in a 2 bedroom flat.

I pay £400 for half the room so basically our room is 800 a month which is pretty steep but it is a pimp flat.


You pay £400 by pimping your girlfriend??????

How do I sign mine up????
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PostPosted: 23:35 - 06 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for all the info, It's very expensive to rent/buy in London compared to here. Sad
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PostPosted: 17:25 - 07 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

-Jamie- wrote:
Thanks for all the info, It's very expensive to rent/buy in London compared to here. Sad


To be blunt, No shit sherlock! Laughing
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PostPosted: 23:15 - 07 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

Al wrote:


My Mum sold our old 5 bed,three story house in Herne Hill SE London with large rear garden and over looking a park for 110K before the property boom in 1994, you can't even buy a 1 bed flat for double that in the same area now Sad


what street? missus used to live on holmedene ave.
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PostPosted: 23:53 - 07 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 23:56 - 07 Jan 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote

His mom lives about 500 yards from my place. If she does come to live on Whitacre Rd I hope to fyck that Paris Hilton does not move into a place on Charles Rd to be close to her mate, The next thing will be bloody Christene Angulera opening a kebab shop on Muntz St and Justine Timberlake serving petrol over the road from the big mosque in Golden Hillock Rd.
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