OP asks for North London, Ocuk gives him Chiswick. Lol. I doubt you can find anywhere for £1300 in Chiswick proper either, it's well pricey.
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Good Area in North London for £1300?
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Does it have to be London?
Chelmsford is good commuter city and you will get somewhere very nice for that sort of money
Train to Liverpool Street takes 30 minutes.
Chelmsford is good commuter city and you will get somewhere very nice for that sort of money
Train to Liverpool Street takes 30 minutes.
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if you want to get on the housing ladder these days you dont have much choice.
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Yes I am against landlords. Well, all people who own more than 1 house. After university digs, everyone should get an equal shot at owning a house with a mortgage.
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Just my own preference but id be heading a little further out to somewhere like Stevenage, St Alban's, Hatfield or Welwyn Garden City etc
Slighter longer commute but better housing situation
Slighter longer commute but better housing situation
Soldato
I'd agree with this. Bit more for your money. Home counties and close enough to North London. Easy to commute.
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£1300+ of your hard earned cash ****** up the wall every month, going towards a landlord's pension pot.
Makes me mad
I'm going to stick with my £270/month mortgage on my 1-bed which I have locked down (fixed rate) until 2026.
Id pay £1300pcm to not live in stafford to be fair
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£1,300 a month and comments like "it's not a lot of money" and "gang culture and gun shots"
How much do you need to pay to be in a good (safe) area these days in London?
How much do you need to pay to be in a good (safe) area these days in London?
Soldato
Depends if you need/want to live in London I guess, I'm perfectly happy with my £350/month mortgage on my 3 bed with reasonable sized garden and driveway, the fact I'm not in London is just a bonus
(although I'm in Birmingham which I guess is the next worst thing 
)
Caporegime
Might be tricky, my friend has a 1-bed flat right on Wood Green high street (ie. noisy and generally grim) and he pays £1200 before bills. :/
Caporegime
A buttload.
There is a new block of flats being built next to ours at the moment in Tottenham (we are moving out to the suburbs at the end of March), and the studios are going for £350k, and a 2-bed for £530k.
In freaking Tottenham! On the plus side, we did get £400k for a 6 year old flat that was bought for £160k.
Would be interested to know why you think it has gone down hill (and what it used to be like before).
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Easy.
Its slowly turning into Tottenham, as London expands outwards the surrounding areas also get worse. The only thing that keeps areas “nice” is house prices, as it stops the “unwashed” from moving there
Also i blame brexit (not really just before someone else mentions it)
As an aside,
Much has been made over the last couple of years about how dramatically crime has fallen in New York.
Of course, this has been credited to changes in Policing priorities and strategies.
I actually think there is a simpler reason.
New York is now a very expensive city to live in. Even Harlem is considered up-market now.
The Scum just cant afford to live there any more!
Soldato
I've been in Archway near Upper Holloway for the last month in an AirBNB you could probably get a place for £1300 a month here, I mean it's a ghetto and a hellhole but I haven't been stabbed yet.
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They have 20 years of fond memories living in London?