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Random Questions: Living in london (finding somewhere)
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29 Nov 2012 22:26
Me and a mate are looking for a place, ideally walking distance to Hackney marshes (we'll both have studios there). We're not actually in London now (I'm in Wales) so looking is a bit of a pain. What areas round there are decent for around £500pm (each), if any? Ideally looking for a two bed place.
From looking about it looks like £500 isn't enough, but I don't know enough about East to know where to narrow the search down.
Cheers!norf london, piccadilly line zone 2
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29 Nov 2012 22:42
Me and a mate are looking for a place, ideally walking distance to Hackney marshes (we'll both have studios there). We're not actually in London now (I'm in Wales) so looking is a bit of a pain. What areas round there are decent for around £500pm (each), if any? Ideally looking for a two bed place.
From looking about it looks like £500 isn't enough, but I don't know enough about East to know where to narrow the search down.
Cheers!norf london, piccadilly line zone 2 Vague question:
Firstly, just try and find places nearby to each other, you'll get a place quicker and cheaper, you can cross pollinate house social groups, and you can tap each others flat-mates with fewer repercussions - remember that 2 bedrooms is the worst combo financially as well. If not - look for somewhere with 2 rooms going.
Honestly, it's a game of patience and luck, for £550-600 a month you could end up in an amazing converted building with some kind of historic or architectural significance, with awesome people who you love, and only 5 minutes walk from your office. Conversely you could end up in some shit-hole above a fried chicken shop in the arse end of Bethnal Green.
Treat viewings like a date or a job interview, but do shit loads of them, make sure you charm the people who live there and only take a place if you love it, the problem is time not money - if you can crash at someones place or something for a couple of months while you look then you're chuck, if not try and work something out that means you can get into London without committing to a flat until you find the right one.
As for areas go to google maps and draw an oblong between Shoreditch High Street, Dalston Junction, Hackney Central and Bethnal Green - then find inside there.
30 Nov 2012 10:33
Me and a mate are looking for a place, ideally walking distance to Hackney marshes (we'll both have studios there). We're not actually in London now (I'm in Wales) so looking is a bit of a pain. What areas round there are decent for around £500pm (each), if any? Ideally looking for a two bed place.
From looking about it looks like £500 isn't enough, but I don't know enough about East to know where to narrow the search down.
Cheers!norf london, piccadilly line zone 2 Vague question:
Firstly, just try and find places nearby to each other, you'll get a place quicker and cheaper, you can cross pollinate house social groups, and you can tap each others flat-mates with fewer repercussions - remember that 2 bedrooms is the worst combo financially as well. If not - look for somewhere with 2 rooms going.
Honestly, it's a game of patience and luck, for £550-600 a month you could end up in an amazing converted building with some kind of historic or architectural significance, with awesome people who you love, and only 5 minutes walk from your office. Conversely you could end up in some shit-hole above a fried chicken shop in the arse end of Bethnal Green.
Treat viewings like a date or a job interview, but do shit loads of them, make sure you charm the people who live there and only take a place if you love it, the problem is time not money - if you can crash at someones place or something for a couple of months while you look then you're chuck, if not try and work something out that means you can get into London without committing to a flat until you find the right one.
As for areas go to google maps and draw an oblong between Shoreditch High Street, Dalston Junction, Hackney Central and Bethnal Green - then find inside there.
Thanks guys. Plan is to stay at a mates for about a month and look at as many as I can in that time. On my own now as mate has flaked out, which was always the other danger I guess, and like you say much easier to find a spare room. Couldn't be bothered with the hassle of setting up a flat either.
30 Nov 2012 13:48
30 Nov 2012 14:19
Its fine been livng around there for 5 years, well connected to any where in north/east london worth going. can get a bus/tube in to town and be there in 30. Its not gonna win an outstanding natural beauty award but you aint gonna pay the same premium if you were living in tufnell park, angel, crouch end or camden etc.
Me and a mate are looking for a place, ideally walking distance to Hackney marshes (we'll both have studios there). We're not actually in London now (I'm in Wales) so looking is a bit of a pain. What areas round there are decent for around £500pm (each), if any? Ideally looking for a two bed place.
From looking about it looks like £500 isn't enough, but I don't know enough about East to know where to narrow the search down.
Cheers!
Me and a mate are looking for a place, ideally walking distance to Hackney marshes (we'll both have studios there). We're not actually in London now (I'm in Wales) so looking is a bit of a pain. What areas round there are decent for around £500pm (each), if any? Ideally looking for a two bed place.
From looking about it looks like £500 isn't enough, but I don't know enough about East to know where to narrow the search down.
Cheers!
Firstly, just try and find places nearby to each other, you'll get a place quicker and cheaper, you can cross pollinate house social groups, and you can tap each others flat-mates with fewer repercussions - remember that 2 bedrooms is the worst combo financially as well. If not - look for somewhere with 2 rooms going.
Honestly, it's a game of patience and luck, for £550-600 a month you could end up in an amazing converted building with some kind of historic or architectural significance, with awesome people who you love, and only 5 minutes walk from your office. Conversely you could end up in some shit-hole above a fried chicken shop in the arse end of Bethnal Green.
Treat viewings like a date or a job interview, but do shit loads of them, make sure you charm the people who live there and only take a place if you love it, the problem is time not money - if you can crash at someones place or something for a couple of months while you look then you're chuck, if not try and work something out that means you can get into London without committing to a flat until you find the right one.
As for areas go to google maps and draw an oblong between Shoreditch High Street, Dalston Junction, Hackney Central and Bethnal Green - then find inside there.
Me and a mate are looking for a place, ideally walking distance to Hackney marshes (we'll both have studios there). We're not actually in London now (I'm in Wales) so looking is a bit of a pain. What areas round there are decent for around £500pm (each), if any? Ideally looking for a two bed place.
From looking about it looks like £500 isn't enough, but I don't know enough about East to know where to narrow the search down.
Cheers!
Firstly, just try and find places nearby to each other, you'll get a place quicker and cheaper, you can cross pollinate house social groups, and you can tap each others flat-mates with fewer repercussions - remember that 2 bedrooms is the worst combo financially as well. If not - look for somewhere with 2 rooms going.
Honestly, it's a game of patience and luck, for £550-600 a month you could end up in an amazing converted building with some kind of historic or architectural significance, with awesome people who you love, and only 5 minutes walk from your office. Conversely you could end up in some shit-hole above a fried chicken shop in the arse end of Bethnal Green.
Treat viewings like a date or a job interview, but do shit loads of them, make sure you charm the people who live there and only take a place if you love it, the problem is time not money - if you can crash at someones place or something for a couple of months while you look then you're chuck, if not try and work something out that means you can get into London without committing to a flat until you find the right one.
As for areas go to google maps and draw an oblong between Shoreditch High Street, Dalston Junction, Hackney Central and Bethnal Green - then find inside there.

I looked at Barbican when I bought my first place in town a few years ago.With hindsight, wish i had bought there as it's great place to live.IIRC there's a specialist agent/site for places in The Barbican. Tho can't remember what it is ! You might also want to consider The Golden Lane Estate round the corner too …
whats Holloway Road like?
Its fine been livng around there for 5 years, well connected to any where in north/east london worth going. can get a bus/tube in to town and be there in 30. Its not gonna win an outstanding natural beauty award but you aint gonna pay the same premium if you were living in tufnell park, angel, crouch end or camden etc.
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