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?

Comments

[lovingboth]

Go for Howard's sister's flat. With a clear end point (assuming she does actually come back - my landlady went to India for a fortnight over a decade ago and still shows little sign of returning) you've more than long enough to find somewhere else after a year. Plus who knows who will want to live where and with who then?

If you don't, then Bermondsey is a better option IMHO than Brixton. You can get to the East End without going via zone one = cheaper travel. If you get a bike, it's an easier and nicer cycle to the centre and south.

[ergotia.livejournal.com]

Yes, but Bermondsey is not particularly easy to get to from Streatham.Has that part of Paul's post become invisible?

[adjectivegail]

Has that part of Paul's post become invisible?
nah; some people just don't take the time to read things properly before they make their replies.

[lovingboth]

Between 8pm & 9pm, there are two trains from London Bridge, taking 21 mins going via South Bermondsey station. You can also go to Streatham Common twice an hour - what's it.. about five minutes between the two?

From Herne Hill, there are also two, albeit taking only seven minutes. You can't go direct from Brixton, so the two trains an hour take 19 mins. The alternative is the trip from Brixton to Herne Hill that people who remember Prides in Brockwell Park will recall.

So for London, I'd wouldn't call that hard. And the basic advice was to go for that flat.

[(Anonymous)]

Must confess, that Bermondsey is just one stop from London Bridge main line station,on the tube Jubilee, and also it's great for central London, It's relatively central location, and as Ian points out it's has South Bermondsey station. It's also fairly accessable to NE London, either via the East London Line, or the Jubilee. Hadn't realised that Streatham wasn't on a tube before. The alternative would be to Locate to streatham.

laurence

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

By the way, would you like an invite code?

[(Anonymous)]

Err, yes, I guess, so but I'm not much of a techie so I'm not sure what to do with it. Am I being particulalry dense, or is it late on friday : )

Laurence

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

There are plans to extend the East London line down to Streatham, but who knows when that will happen.