Renting in London

CLAWS

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Hi guys,

What kind of rent would I be paying for a one bedroom flat/non studio apartment in London City?

The reason I ask is that I am being offered a job down there. My wife and I are weighing things up with regards to how much we would have outgoing against how much we are saving towards our house.

In Birmingham, a nice 1 bedroom apartment near the city centre would fetch between £450-550. Would London be a lot more expensive?

Any advice is very much appreciated and I apologise for the sketchy information.
 
Depends on where in London, but even a studio in Zone 4 would set you back £800+ a month not including bills and council tax.
 
What??? Serious?!?! So something along the lines of £900-1100 per calendar month?? :eek:

Forget it, Im not going for it:mad:
 
I dont think you can find any nice 1 bedroom apartments for anything below £1000 anywhere near city centre. London's city centre is so big, therefore its hard to say where exacly you wanna live, where about were you offered the job in?
 
Yeah London is insanely expensive. Even living 30-45 minutes away by train you're looking at £450-500 / month for a very small studio flat.
 
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apatia77 said:
where about were you offered the job in?
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King William Street is where the job is based. Not sure whereabouts in London that is because I dont really know London at all. Again sorry for the pants information.

Daz, Im guessing you own those places?
 
Do not forget that using public transport is not cheap in London, it is if you use busses only. Getting from suburbs to London is expensive and very unpleasant, trains are always packed during rush hours.
 
krooton said:
Depends on where in London, but even a studio in Zone 4 would set you back £800+ a month not including bills and council tax.
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Last year I was renting a one bed flat in Zone two for £800 a month. It was a new build with secured off street parking.

It's expensive, but you can find some reasonable prices (although everyone outside London will disagree with that).
 
apatia77 said:
Do not forget that using public transport is not cheap in London, it is if you use busses only. Getting from suburbs to London is expensive and very unpleasant, trains are always packed during rush hours.
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I think £110 a month to go anywhere I want in zones 1-3, day or night (night buses rock!) is pretty good going when you compare it to the annual cost fo a car.
 
apatia77 said:
Do not forget that using public transport is not cheap in London, it is if you use busses only.
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I find using a monthly travel card inside zones 1-6 to be relatively cheap regardless of what transport you use. It's once you get outside the zones and can't use an Oyster that it becomes expensive.
 
CLAWS said:
King William Street is where the job is based. Not sure whereabouts in London that is because I dont really know London at all. Again sorry for the pants information.

Daz, Im guessing you own those places?
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Very good location, as its near London Bridge station, best would be to rent something south of London where you can get direct train to London Bridge.

You also have to consider which part of south of London as some parts are very dodgy(i won't say as it might offend some people).
 
apatia77 said:
Very good location, as its near London Bridge station, best would be to rent something south of London where you can get direct train to London Bridge.

You also have to consider which part of south of London as some parts are very dodgy(i won't say as it might offend some people).
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Ok, omitting area names, what kind of rent would I be looking at in a decent area South of London?
 
Putney might be worth a look prices arent too bad around here. It's zone two about 30 mins to oxford street once on the tube. My place is £400 a month each for four people and I've seen in the estate agents 1 bedroom places for about £700 a month. I've also seen an £800 a month studio flat in south kesington overlooking the natural history museum so reasonable properties are there.

Bermondsey is soewhere you could consider aswell. Mostly council estates but gated blocks of better flats have popped. My frieds two bedroom flat there is something like £1200 a month and its really nice, have you considered a lodger or seeing if someone else you know wants to move to london too?
 
CLAWS said:
Ok, omitting area names, what kind of rent would I be looking at in a decent area South of London?
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Wandsworth, Southfields amd Earlsfield are nice, if you want to stay reasonably close. Parts of Clapham are nice, but probably too expensive.

Greenwich is great (where I first lived when i moved to London) and Blackheath is pretty good and affordable.

If you were to go further out then you could be looking at Bromley or Beckenham which are quite nice and still less than 20 minutes from London.
 
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