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Living in London

Baz Auckland

18:09 / 15.02.02

As of March 4th, to hopefully around March 3rd, 2004, I will no longer be a Torontonian, but a Londoner!

To all those Barbelithers who live in this lovely city: Any hints on finding a flat? Anyone in need of a flatmate? Is it worth living in the outer zones for cheaper rent?

Any assistance and advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Barry.

The Return Of Rothkoid

20:05 / 15.02.02

As in, March 4th this year?

What's your rent-bracket? I've got to move somewhere quite soon...

Shortfatdyke

04:25 / 16.02.02

don't want to dampen your spirits, barry, but be warned that rents in london are pretty horrendous these days. a single room, even in a deprived area like hackney, is likely to be around £400+ a month. there are cheaper places, but they go really quickly. i've been looking for a while and i'm hoping that i'll move into a friend's house when she moves out - word of mouth seems to be the best way.

and go for zones 2 or 3.

Bear

07:00 / 16.02.02

Best site I've found at the moment for renting a flat is -

Find a property

And for flat shares....

Move Flat

Have you tried the above one SFD - pretty cool you can create a shortlist by clicking on heading like, smoke, drinks, gay - hates football (no really

)

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

07:17 / 16.02.02

We've got a room going RIGHT NOW! £280 a month (including gas & electricity). Only criteria, vegetarian house of dog-lovers.
PM me if you're at all interested- same goes for anyone else, or any of their friends.
(We've actually got 2- were going to rent them out as a package deal for £470 a month, but figured...)

[ 16-02-2002: Message edited by: Moominstoat ]

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:59 / 16.02.02

Actually looks like we've only got one left now... just met one of my flatmate's colleagues who's looking for somewhere.
But yeah. original terms and conditions still apply. And it may be in Hackney, but it's the nicest part of Hackney (Church Street) and we've just repainted the kitchen, lounge and bathroom, so it's kind of nice.

The Planet of Sound

14:56 / 16.02.02

Avoid the urban sprawl at all costs. Take a garret in Hampstead for £600 a month and work every hour God provides as a waiter/office slave while writing in your spare time only to be rejected by every publisher in the united kingdom while also recording music that no-one wants to listen to and acting in plays that get stinking reviews and experiencing relationship problems that are directly related to the cost of living in the world's most evil and corrupt public school boy mafia infested mega-city and resorting to drugs to blot out the horrible reality of... Oh! Sorry...

Baz Auckland

09:20 / 17.02.02

quote:Originally posted by Moominstoat:
We've got a room going RIGHT NOW! £280 a month (including gas & electricity). Only criteria, vegetarian house of dog-lovers.
PM me if you're at all interested- same goes for anyone else, or any of their friends.
[ 16-02-2002: Message edited by: Moominstoat ]

Sounds grand! Thanks a million! I am emailing you as soon as this reply is sent....

The Return Of Rothkoid

09:59 / 20.02.02

Just bumping this up, with the hopes that if anyone has any luxurious mansions going to waste, they'll let me know about them. I have to move out of this well-appointed matchbox rather soon (as in, by about the first week of March) and am getting The Fear...

Shortfatdyke

09:59 / 20.02.02

well, i've just stuck a hand-wringing woe-is-me application for a council flat in the post.....can i hear you say waste of time?

alas

09:59 / 20.02.02

good luck all of you on your househunting, council flat begging, etc. i wish that my expression of moral support could help in a more practical way to ensure that there would be a roof over all your fab heads...
alas.

Cherry Bomb

13:07 / 20.02.02

Hey, does anyone know how hard it is to work under the table in London?

I'm starting to run lower on cash than I'd like, I really can't afford/don't want to go home at the mo and if I could make some quick cash there I'd love it. I'll pretty much do anything short of drug-dealing, prostitution and oh, I guess things that involve being really horrible to other people. If I could make some quick cash while visiting I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I figure you folks would know. What can you tell me? Anything?

Baz Auckland

19:55 / 20.02.02

From what I've heard, it's pretty easy to walk into a pub and ask to sweep up after hours. I'm assuming 'cash paid nightly'

Rev. Jesse

20:36 / 20.02.02

Ha ha!

Y'all amuse me to no end.

I have a beatiful lakefront apartment that runs me $200 a month. Sure, its not in a city, but it is very very nice and right near the highway.

Baz Auckland

16:10 / 21.02.02

Ah, but I'll pay the money to live in a nice...BIG CITY.. mmmm.. I love them!

The Return Of Rothkoid

19:52 / 21.02.02

And in London, you really will. Sigh.

The Return Of Rothkoid

13:22 / 26.02.02

*bump*

Anyone know of any decent rooms going?

*tumbleweeds*

The Return Of Rothkoid

12:11 / 05.03.02

*bump*

Anything? Anyone?

This is getting serious... I saw the worst room last night - shown around by someone who kept calling me "Ian" because she was reading an Ian McEwan book - and am seriously starting to get worried about finding somewhere to live.

[ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: The Return Of Rothkoid ]

Shortfatdyke

08:26 / 06.03.02

well, i'm getting so used to seeing dank and dingy rooms that when i was being shown the bedroom of a sixteenth century 'haunted' castle the other day, complete with thick cobwebs and dust you could choke on, i nearly shrieked "i'll take it!" to the guide.

The Return Of Rothkoid

11:53 / 06.03.02

Everyone think good thoughts: I have an appointment to see a place tonight, and I really hope it works. And doesn't have the tang of catpiss in it.

Oh, bugger it. If it does, I'll probably still take it. If I'm offered it. Finsbury Park, here I come?

Shortfatdyke

11:57 / 06.03.02

best of luck! finsbury park's okay. except when arsenal are at home....

pointless and uncalled for

12:00 / 06.03.02

I'm probably going to be moving over middle to late summer this year, any suggestions on some good zone two/three areas? North or South are good.

Ariadne

12:02 / 06.03.02

Good luck! I'm hoping to go and see a flat tonight too.

Yes, the last one fell through - bugger! So here's hoping we're both lucky....

Less searchable M0rd4nt

12:06 / 06.03.02

quote:Originally posted by The Return Of Rothkoid:
Finsbury Park, here I come?

You watch yerself, my son. You just watch yerself. Yer'll be on my manor, see? Toe ver line, and naaahbody gets 'urt.

rizla mission

13:03 / 06.03.02

quote:Originally posted by shortfatdyke:
well, i'm getting so used to seeing dank and dingy rooms that when i was being shown the bedroom of a sixteenth century 'haunted' castle the other day, complete with thick cobwebs and dust you could choke on, i nearly shrieked "i'll take it!" to the guide.

Well who wouldn't? That would rock.

The Return Of Rothkoid

13:11 / 06.03.02

[packs shiv and hip flask, slicks back hair]
Wotcher?

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