Buying a house (and renting)

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by No:1 Final Fantasy Fan » Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:07 am

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Drumstick wrote:Tinder is better in London compared to commuter towns too. :lol:


This! haha I'd imagine for me finding a partner will be easier in London

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by 7256930752 » Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:45 am

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:
Sandy wrote:
Drumstick wrote:Tinder is better in London compared to commuter towns too. :lol:


This! haha I'd imagine for me finding a partner will be easier in London

One of my best friends weighed up renting further away plus commuting against passing more for a place in the centre. He decided to get a place near where is working and is having a blast.

strawberry float spending your life stuck on trains wth delays every day for fairly minimal savings.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Frank » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:27 am

Imagine a world where not every job was in London.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by No:1 Final Fantasy Fan » Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:57 pm

Hime wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:
Sandy wrote:
Drumstick wrote:Tinder is better in London compared to commuter towns too. :lol:


This! haha I'd imagine for me finding a partner will be easier in London

One of my best friends weighed up renting further away plus commuting against passing more for a place in the centre. He decided to get a place near where is working and is having a blast.

strawberry float spending your life stuck on trains wth delays every day for fairly minimal savings.

Do you also work in E&C Hime?

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by 7256930752 » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:16 pm

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Hime wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:
Sandy wrote:
Drumstick wrote:Tinder is better in London compared to commuter towns too. :lol:


This! haha I'd imagine for me finding a partner will be easier in London

One of my best friends weighed up renting further away plus commuting against passing more for a place in the centre. He decided to get a place near where is working and is having a blast.

strawberry float spending your life stuck on trains wth delays every day for fairly minimal savings.

Do you also work in E&C Hime?

No mate I work in Ipswich. I intentionally commute to get away from this hell hole.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Dowbocop » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:16 pm

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No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Making the biggest move of my life! From Liverpool to London. I start my new job in London on the 1st of October but haven't found anywhere to rent yet. Any advice would be much appreciated from those who have rented in London.

I'll be working in Elephant & Castle however do not want to live there as I heard it isn't too nice. I like Greenwich but feel the commute might be too long. Anyway guys any advice you can provide would be great i.e. locations, rent privately or agents etc
Also is it really that competitive? I heard you have like half a dozen people after each available room so you end up having to be interviewed by the current flatmates/landlord.


Yes it is very competitive. If you go for flatmate-listed adverts then most likely you will be 'interviewed' and they choose whoever they like the most. For agent/landlord-listed adverts, it tends to be first-come first-serve, which is easier but then you run a higher risk of not getting on with your roommates.

Greenwich is certainly a nice area, but bear in mind it is very touristy. That may grind after a while.

How long of a commute are you willing to accept? What is your rental budget? What kind of area are you looking for? The suggestions made so far for areas are pretty sound. Though if you go for Clapham/Balham, the Northern Line is pretty horrendous at rush hour. You could also look into Herne Hill, 2 stops from E&C, a nice area with a good park on your doorstep.

It's a miracle nobody dies falling off the central platform at the Clapham stations. I rented in Colliers Wood for a year in 2013-14 and getting on the tube there was okay as it was just before the daily Tooting pile on, but it was getting busier. Again, my wife used her brother's car less than a dozen times in a year when we were there. I know you're a bit of a car fan but I wouldn't say it was worth it.

Herne Hill and Streatham are nice areas. Beckenham is very quiet and verdant too. When I worked in London I could get from Camden (north side of Zone 2) to Orpington (Zone 6) in 90 mins (door to door, i.e. including 20 minutes walking to my work at Orpington). If you're good at catching trains on time then you can do some long journeys quite quickly.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by No:1 Final Fantasy Fan » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:20 pm

Hime wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Hime wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:
Sandy wrote:
Drumstick wrote:Tinder is better in London compared to commuter towns too. :lol:


This! haha I'd imagine for me finding a partner will be easier in London

One of my best friends weighed up renting further away plus commuting against passing more for a place in the centre. He decided to get a place near where is working and is having a blast.

strawberry float spending your life stuck on trains wth delays every day for fairly minimal savings.

Do you also work in E&C Hime?

No mate I work in Ipswich. I intentionally commute to get away from this hell hole.

:lol: its not that bad come on!

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by No:1 Final Fantasy Fan » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:23 pm

Dowbocop wrote:
Snowcannon wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Making the biggest move of my life! From Liverpool to London. I start my new job in London on the 1st of October but haven't found anywhere to rent yet. Any advice would be much appreciated from those who have rented in London.

I'll be working in Elephant & Castle however do not want to live there as I heard it isn't too nice. I like Greenwich but feel the commute might be too long. Anyway guys any advice you can provide would be great i.e. locations, rent privately or agents etc
Also is it really that competitive? I heard you have like half a dozen people after each available room so you end up having to be interviewed by the current flatmates/landlord.


Yes it is very competitive. If you go for flatmate-listed adverts then most likely you will be 'interviewed' and they choose whoever they like the most. For agent/landlord-listed adverts, it tends to be first-come first-serve, which is easier but then you run a higher risk of not getting on with your roommates.

Greenwich is certainly a nice area, but bear in mind it is very touristy. That may grind after a while.

How long of a commute are you willing to accept? What is your rental budget? What kind of area are you looking for? The suggestions made so far for areas are pretty sound. Though if you go for Clapham/Balham, the Northern Line is pretty horrendous at rush hour. You could also look into Herne Hill, 2 stops from E&C, a nice area with a good park on your doorstep.

It's a miracle nobody dies falling off the central platform at the Clapham stations. I rented in Colliers Wood for a year in 2013-14 and getting on the tube there was okay as it was just before the daily Tooting pile on, but it was getting busier. Again, my wife used her brother's car less than a dozen times in a year when we were there. I know you're a bit of a car fan but I wouldn't say it was worth it.

Herne Hill and Streatham are nice areas. Beckenham is very quiet and verdant too. When I worked in London I could get from Camden (north side of Zone 2) to Orpington (Zone 6) in 90 mins (door to door, i.e. including 20 minutes walking to my work at Orpington). If you're good at catching trains on time then you can do some long journeys quite quickly.

Thanks! I just heard from my sister to avoid trains/national rail and instead make sure I stick to a tube station because on weekends the trains are unreliable and may not be running a good service. Is this true?

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Dowbocop » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:07 pm

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Dowbocop wrote:
Snowcannon wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Making the biggest move of my life! From Liverpool to London. I start my new job in London on the 1st of October but haven't found anywhere to rent yet. Any advice would be much appreciated from those who have rented in London.

I'll be working in Elephant & Castle however do not want to live there as I heard it isn't too nice. I like Greenwich but feel the commute might be too long. Anyway guys any advice you can provide would be great i.e. locations, rent privately or agents etc
Also is it really that competitive? I heard you have like half a dozen people after each available room so you end up having to be interviewed by the current flatmates/landlord.


Yes it is very competitive. If you go for flatmate-listed adverts then most likely you will be 'interviewed' and they choose whoever they like the most. For agent/landlord-listed adverts, it tends to be first-come first-serve, which is easier but then you run a higher risk of not getting on with your roommates.

Greenwich is certainly a nice area, but bear in mind it is very touristy. That may grind after a while.

How long of a commute are you willing to accept? What is your rental budget? What kind of area are you looking for? The suggestions made so far for areas are pretty sound. Though if you go for Clapham/Balham, the Northern Line is pretty horrendous at rush hour. You could also look into Herne Hill, 2 stops from E&C, a nice area with a good park on your doorstep.

It's a miracle nobody dies falling off the central platform at the Clapham stations. I rented in Colliers Wood for a year in 2013-14 and getting on the tube there was okay as it was just before the daily Tooting pile on, but it was getting busier. Again, my wife used her brother's car less than a dozen times in a year when we were there. I know you're a bit of a car fan but I wouldn't say it was worth it.

Herne Hill and Streatham are nice areas. Beckenham is very quiet and verdant too. When I worked in London I could get from Camden (north side of Zone 2) to Orpington (Zone 6) in 90 mins (door to door, i.e. including 20 minutes walking to my work at Orpington). If you're good at catching trains on time then you can do some long journeys quite quickly.

Thanks! I just heard from my sister to avoid overground/national rail and instead make sure I stick to a tube station because on weekends the trains are unreliable and may not be running a good service. Is this true?

The Overground is very reliable in my experience, every fifteen minutes on the dot. It was garbage when I was a kid but since they did it up it's very good. I only ever use it at the weekend to visit my sister and it's punctual. There was a big planned upgrade project in the past couple of years which certainly knocked out the Golders Green-Walthamstow route for a long old while. That may cloud her judgment.

Like everyone though, I'll only have detailed experience of a very small part of the network so my experience might be very different to someone living in Richmond or Peckham. The buses are good as well though, so if, say, your closest NR line is shut and there's no replacement bus service, you could potentially go to along a different line and get the bus across. It all depends on where you live, but a lot of places will have multiple train/tube links if you're not averse to a short/medium walk or a bus journey.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Squinty » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:10 pm

Oh house news, my fence blew over on Wednesday. It's currently being held together by some ratchet straps.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Snowcannon » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:10 pm

No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:
Dowbocop wrote:
Snowcannon wrote:
No:1 Final Fantasy Fan wrote:Making the biggest move of my life! From Liverpool to London. I start my new job in London on the 1st of October but haven't found anywhere to rent yet. Any advice would be much appreciated from those who have rented in London.

I'll be working in Elephant & Castle however do not want to live there as I heard it isn't too nice. I like Greenwich but feel the commute might be too long. Anyway guys any advice you can provide would be great i.e. locations, rent privately or agents etc
Also is it really that competitive? I heard you have like half a dozen people after each available room so you end up having to be interviewed by the current flatmates/landlord.


Yes it is very competitive. If you go for flatmate-listed adverts then most likely you will be 'interviewed' and they choose whoever they like the most. For agent/landlord-listed adverts, it tends to be first-come first-serve, which is easier but then you run a higher risk of not getting on with your roommates.

Greenwich is certainly a nice area, but bear in mind it is very touristy. That may grind after a while.

How long of a commute are you willing to accept? What is your rental budget? What kind of area are you looking for? The suggestions made so far for areas are pretty sound. Though if you go for Clapham/Balham, the Northern Line is pretty horrendous at rush hour. You could also look into Herne Hill, 2 stops from E&C, a nice area with a good park on your doorstep.

It's a miracle nobody dies falling off the central platform at the Clapham stations. I rented in Colliers Wood for a year in 2013-14 and getting on the tube there was okay as it was just before the daily Tooting pile on, but it was getting busier. Again, my wife used her brother's car less than a dozen times in a year when we were there. I know you're a bit of a car fan but I wouldn't say it was worth it.

Herne Hill and Streatham are nice areas. Beckenham is very quiet and verdant too. When I worked in London I could get from Camden (north side of Zone 2) to Orpington (Zone 6) in 90 mins (door to door, i.e. including 20 minutes walking to my work at Orpington). If you're good at catching trains on time then you can do some long journeys quite quickly.

Thanks! I just heard from my sister to avoid trains/national rail and instead make sure I stick to a tube station because on weekends the trains are unreliable and may not be running a good service. Is this true?


That will limit you a lot in south london because so much of it is rail-based. Yes the trains may have a weekend off every now and then but so do the tube lines. Trains do run less frequently than the tube, true.

I don’t suggest limiting yourself that much, but do have an alternate method of transport in mind (cycle, bus, another rail route, etc) in case your primary one fails

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by No:1 Final Fantasy Fan » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:30 pm

Thanks guys! Really appreciate the advice coming through.
I am pretty set on Clapham now. All the houses seem very grand, large rooms and nicely done up inside. Prices aren't too bad either, seen loads of double rooms for under £800pcm :)
Although I have some viewings set up around Canada Water too, so will check those out as well, no harm in having a look.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Oblomov Boblomov » Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:52 pm

£800/month isn't bad when it facilitates a take home of over £2k, likely much more. Plus you get to actually be in London.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Drumstick » Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:17 pm

London is a strawberry floating dump.

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by 7256930752 » Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:04 am

Drumstick wrote:London is a strawberry floating dump.

:lol: I'd love to know what cities you have been to that are so great for you to consider London a dump. I really don't understand the edge lord 'London is a gooseberry fool hole' rubbish.

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by 7256930752 » Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:15 am

That doesn't make it "a dump".

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by Bunni » Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:50 am

London was good for a couple of years. Years where you just experience life and not give a strawberry float for the future. But that gets boring eventually and without an over the average income you find yourself unable to save for financial security, or properly settle down while still being able to take advantage of the qualities London has to offer. You really can’t have both, and when your quality of life decreases to save for the future and establish yourself, it’s time to move somewhere more affordable where you can live the ‘London lifestyle’ and maintain yourself properly.

I was taking home around £1500-2000/month there ten years ago and have nothing to show for it. But I did go out for dinner pretty much whenever I wanted, parties at the weekend and exploring the city and living a great life. But I was stuck in small house shares with long commutes and broke all the time. In Glasgow I can clear the same salary, but I live in a fabulous area in a nice flat, go on regular holidays, have savings and still go out to eat and party and explore as much as I care to without feeling the pinch so much.

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Drumstick » Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:51 am

-Air quality and general pollution
-Way too many people
-The self-obsessed people that think they're better than everyone else because they live there
-Too touristy
-Litter everywhere
-Everything overpriced
-Everything takes too long (i.e. traffic jams)
-High crime rate
-Is there any countryside?
-Excessive queueing for everything

There are things I do like about London and I can hack it for a weekend away but I couldn't live there.

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by 7256930752 » Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:14 am

Aren't these things just what you get in a big, wealthy city?

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PostRe: Buying a house (and renting)
by Drumstick » Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:33 am

Hime wrote:Aren't these things just what you get in a big, wealthy city?

Some of them are. It's the only big city I've been to that I feel this way about, I find the atmosphere uncomfortable and it exudes an unjustified level of pomposity that grates.

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