Best place to find a flat in London or Greater Area

[tommy]

Cockfosters sounds like cock fisters. In case you hadn't realised.
Your welcome.

[butternutsquashpie]

Come stay with me Butters! Bring a travel humi

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[cigarsam]

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[7kingsguy]

S.Woodford on the Central line ?1000/ month for 1 bed modern flat,10 mins to the City.. Look around Watford.

Woodford is expensive - overly so I think for the area. I live in Hainault - Just as good transport links and half the rent. 600-700 for a 1 bed flat here.

[Ethem]

I've lived in London since I was 5.

Knightsbridge is a great place though prices are rather high. I live in Oakwood which is zone 5. It's a suburban paradise. Fantastic place to live in terms of safety, schools etc but I guess your friend will be less concerned about these things. A 1 room house share should be around ?500pcm, 1 bed flat ?800-?1000, 2 bed flat ?1100-?1250.

You can also have a look at southgate, Barnet, finchley, cockfosters for good places to live. Drop me a pm and I can give u more information on the immediate area once he finds a property he likes if in north london.

Best place to look is on gumtree.com as the landlords will post their own properties rather than through agents and usually the saving will be passed on to the tenant.

I guess the important thing will be where his uni is. He'll want to be close, or on the same tube line for easy access. U can live in London and still commute for over an hour

[butternutsquashpie]

Ahh yes if its for a student definately use the university's housing dude. Much more suitable for students with no money. Now if we're talking rich student Knightsbridge isn't bad.

i like the phrasing of Tommy's post! "x, if y, then z." very good

not exactly rich but he has been living off a job for a while. just going back to school for an upgrade in education. was hoping for him to explain this all himself... but i guess it'll help if you knew what he's looking for.
what's Knightsbridge like?

[tommy]

Ahh yes if its for a student definately use the university's housing dude. Much more suitable for students with no money. Now if we're talking rich student Knightsbridge isn't bad.

[mattyhall22]

Can't the university help him out with a list of student friendly landlords or halls of residence?

[Tucky]

Well you didn't expect him to have 'normal' friends did you pj?

[PeeJay]

Canuckistani? WTF?

[butternutsquashpie]

This is for my mate who's scrambling to find lodging temporarily as he studies here for a year.

I'll let him introduce himself when the time is near. Very good Canuckistani BotL.

I figured you gents would have a vein of information regarding London living. So I'd be a fool not to ask.
I also wanted to keep it a surprise so he could introduce himself later.

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[peanutpete]

prices will most likely be higher if you are only doing a short let around ?100 to ?200 per month more if you only need it for a couple of months

[butternutsquashpie]

S.Woodford on the Central line ?1000/ month for 1 bed modern flat,10 mins to the City.. Look around Watford.

helpful advice there, Snooky ^_^

[snooky]

S.Woodford on the Central line ?1000/ month for 1 bed modern flat,10 mins to the City.. Look around Watford.

[EdBlackadder]

High Wycombe has direct links into London, 1 bed house next door to me is currently renting at ?660 pcm....I'm sure flats in the area are slightly cheaper.

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Christ we pay ?495 for a 2 bedroom house in a nice part of Derby and I still feel kinda gypped.