A flat in London?

[ciphergoth]

As I mentioned in an earlier LJ entry, it looks like bootpunk is going to need the room I'm now living in before the end of the year, so I'm looking for somewhere new in London to live before then.

• I want to share a flat, is anyone else looking for a flat share?
• Where in London should I live?
• How much rent should I expect to pay? Update I think the £100pw cost of that Tooting flat is about the limit of what I'd want to try and pay.

I want to live near Lisa and Lili, who live very near Streatham station. But I'd also prefer to live somewhere that was on the Tube so I can get into London more easily. One possibility is this flat as mentioned in Howard's journal. It has the huge advantage of being about fifteen minutes walk from Lisa and Lili. But from what he says I'd have to move out again in a year. Alternatively, Brixton has been suggested as a good place to live, handy for the bus to Streatham but also for the Victoria line which takes me rapidly into London and on to the burgeoning bisexual ghetto in Walthamstow. julietk has told me I should live in Bermondsey, which is apparently cheap and handy for London Bridge which has frequent trains to Streatham. Thoughts, ideas?

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[juliet]

Bermondsey so far seems safe enough (note: have only been there a few weeks, but I've walked home from London Bridge or from the tube/bus stop by myself late at night several times & not felt worried. marnameow & sbp have lived there longer & haven't had trouble as far as I know). My partner got his bike nicked this week but then he *did* leave it not chained to anything which was a bit stupid.

Rent: we're paying 230quid/wk between us for a very nice house (1 double bedroom, 1 single, large living-room, smallish kitchen, *garden*), about 2min walk south of the tube. When we were looking there seemed to be decent enough 2-bed places available for 200-250 per week depending on location & so forth.

As well as the river, there's Southwark Park as well, which is quite nice. And there *is* Borough Market which is a pretty big bonus in & of itself.