my gf has been tasked with finding us a place to live for when I get back to London.

is £300pw a reasonable budget for a 1 bed flat? I'm flexible on location as I cycle to work, she'll need an overground station nearby (sw/n/nw). I don't give a shit where we are as long as I have a nice flat - she's a bit more concerned about her personal safety - any suggestions for decent areas to look that might offer a good balance of these things?

or kentish town

?

http://www.gumtree.com/p/flats-houses/loft-conversion-with-parkett-and-en-suite-water-tank-special-offer/1044084506#photo-content

"Ideally it would suit someone less than 5'4 tall and with no history of claustrophobia."

Long shot, but does anyone know of a room going around Islington? Just got an internship there so i'm moving over from Berlin next week and need to get somewhere sorted asap. Any other good sites to check other than spareroom and gumtree?

so my landlord has decided to raise the rent of the flat by about £600 total, split between me and my flatmate. so obviously im going to move…

not sure where to go though. i quite like where i live, but a change might be good too.

commute wise, i need to get to soutwark, blackfriars (or waterloo).

werd. new landlord bought it a month or so ago

Have finally exchanged contracts on our house in Leytonstone.

Completion date is 10th March. Didn't go through an estate agent (useless cunts), knocked on doors and was told that the owners of the worst looking house on the street were maybe thinking of selling. Got talking to them, came back and looked at the house, bit of negotiation, offer accepted, BOSH.

It's taken almost 6 months to get all of the surveys and paperwork done but fingers crossed we should be all sorted now. Anybody heard of houses falling through once contracts have been exchanged?

I went here on Sunday:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwater_Farm

Interesting place, now one of the safest plces in the country.

should have knocked on HW, why of all places did you go up there?