Renting in London

South West London is best IMO, many people would also agree. You are looking on about £750 minimum for 1 bed flat, more for a house or anything with a garage or own garden. Nice places near London where I lived are Putney, Richmond, Wimbledon, Then theres plenty of nice places in Surrey (much further from London Bridge though), Kingston, Surbiton, Epsom, Hampton. But then comuting to London is expensive and very time consuming.
 
apatia77 said:
But then comuting to London is expensive and very time consuming.
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I get on the train at Hersham which is only 25 minutes from Waterloo. 10 minutes later and you've gone down the JL to London Bridge.

I would have thought that Wimbledon, Richmond and Putney were more than £1000pm for a decent place. I started out looking at Wimbledon when i moved to Earlsfield.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;11314318 said:
I get on the train at Hersham which is only 25 minutes from Waterloo. 10 minutes later and you've gone down the JL to London Bridge.

I would have thought that Wimbledon, Richmond and Putney were more than £1000pm for a decent place.
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If you take the express train then it might be possible, i used to comute from Surbiton to Waterloo and it wasnt very nice experience, most trains were packed then i had to use tube and i paid at the end nearly £200 p/m for travel card.

Also anywhere in Surrey near any train stations you pay as much for rent as in Putney.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;11314318 said:
I get on the train at Hersham which is only 25 minutes from Waterloo. 10 minutes later and you've gone down the JL to London Bridge.
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The quickest trains from Hersham to Waterloo are more like 35 minutes.
 
MickeyFinns said:
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?
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Dont think a lodger would be a good idea. My wife wants space for just the two us if we're moving up there.

This is going to sound silly, but the job doesnt seem that enticing now, considering the rigmarole Ill have to go through. Also judging by the costs for renting in a nice place, although I might be able to afford it, we'll both have to cut down the amount we are saving towards a deposit on a house.

Ok, well dont think Ill be going for the job even though I could do it with my eyes closed. Oh well. Cheers for the feedback guys :)
 
My boss's son lives in London and rents out a small studio apartment/bed sit and pays £900 a month with his girlfriend.

And thats about 10 minutes from the main city.
 
apatia77 said:
If you take the express train then it might be possible, i used to comute from Surbiton to Waterloo and it wasnt very nice experience, most trains were packed then i had to use tube and i paid at the end nearly £200 p/m for travel card.
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Surbiton is the last stop before Waterloo on the Express trains, which is why they are always full before stopping there.

£200 is about right for Train plus Zones 1-6 from Surbiton out to Walton.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;11314389 said:
Not during rush hour since they don't stop at Wimbledon, Clapham or Vauxall.

I know, I do it every day. 26 mins according to NRES.
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Ahh right, didn't realise they were quicking during peak times!
 
apatia77 said:
South West London is best IMO, many people would also agree. You are looking on about £750 minimum for 1 bed flat, more for a house or anything with a garage or own garden. Nice places near London where I lived are Putney, Richmond, Wimbledon, Then theres plenty of nice places in Surrey (much further from London Bridge though), Kingston, Surbiton, Epsom, Hampton. But then comuting to London is expensive and very time consuming.
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£750 pcm really won't get you much around SW London.
I pay £825pcm for a one bed unfurnished place that's not very big and Twickenham isn't the expensive part of SW London either!
It is only 5 minutes walk from the train station though.
 
CLAWS said:
Id be on about 35k.

Someone tell me if Im being silly passing this up.
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Well you can get an idea. My cost of living a year is ~£8k with no council tax and split bills and discount on trave lcards.

So with these things and more or transport plus you might spend more on food and going than us cheapy students so I'd say you might be laying out anywhere between £15 - 20k a year on living and going out. After income tax you'll have about £25k so is about 5k more than you save towards a mortgage than you are now?
 
Mickey sorry mate Im being thick here. Could you rephrase that question, Im having a bit of a brain freeze.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;11314302 said:
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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^^^

Im in toooooooooooooooooooting bec and it's pretty reasonable. £950pm for a 2bed flat in a new build. Big living room, good size kitchen and bathroom. Bedroom ain't bad either, and the 2nd bedroom is great as PC/storage room.

Tooting bec is ok too, balham gets more expensive as it is nicer plus has overland railway. Then further north towards clapham is expensive. All these are on *** northen line, and are about 25mins up to london bridge on the tube. Im on less than 30k, but still comfortable with the gf's and my combined income.

London is good :D
 
CLAWS said:
Mickey sorry mate Im being thick here. Could you rephrase that question, Im having a bit of a brain freeze.
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Sorry I was trying to ask would £5k a year be more or less than you are currently saving?

On £35k and post tax and living/going out expenses i.e. rent and rood I think you would ahve something like £5k extra a year.
 
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