[Benjamin1989]

Hi

I'm moving to London with a friend in September to start work. We'll both be on around 30k, however neither of us have lived in London before.

We're both working around the Fleet Street/Moorgate area. I was just wondering whether someone could recommend a good place to look?

We're looking to spend no more than 400 a week between us. At the moment, we have viewings booked for places in Dalston and Shoreditch but have no real idea of what these places are like, so any further recommendations would be brilliant

Thanks in advance

[audi_turbo]

Well for that kind of money you can certainly get a house in South London, although I'm not sure if you need this kind of space. However, having said that there are some nice areas in South London. In terms of transport the trains/tube are very efficient so getting to Fleet Street wouldn't take very long.

[YemiSanya90]

Commuting is a way of life in London, I started when I was twelve. For 400-500 a week, you should be able to find somewhere decent. But you could go cheaper in some areas if you wanted. Since you want a place where commuting to work won't be too difficult, look at areas in terms of their distance from their local tube or national rail station. FindaProperty.com lets you search for places via the London tube map.

Areas such as Islington and Finchley are nice areas, so are Barnet, Oakwood and Enfield Town. Other areas such as Muswell Hill, Mill Hill, Hampstead, Belsize Park, Primrose Hill and Swiss Cottage in North West London are fine and have station on the overground or underground to make commuting easier.

But, get to grips with the transport system, learn the different lines, get an oyster card and a rail card as you can add this your oyster card to get discounts. Learn the different bus routes you can get and see if you can even get the bus to work as it might work out cheaper. As travel cards are worked out by zones, the further the zone you live in the more you pay. For example, I live in Zone 4, which mean a Zone 1-4 travel-card would be about £36-40 a week for me.

Good luck and I hope you find a place to live.

[GPH92]

Dalston and Shoreditch are trend areas, full of hipsters and creative types.

[Steezy]

(Original post by GPH92)
Dalston and Shoreditch are trend areas, full of hipsters and creative types.

This...

You'll either love it or it will make you want to throw up.

[Politricks]

Always bring a newspaper if you're going to travel on the tube, it's going to be very awkward staring at people sitting opposite you.

[sarahoo]

Shoreditch is a really cool area to live, I'd prob live there if we could afford it right now. Borough/Southwark area has soem really nice places, too. If you want a little more space, going south a bit on the East London (overground) Line will get you a really nice flat with an easy commute, slightly less exciting area. A lot of recent college grads also live down southwestish around Clapham (lots of shopping, bars/clubs) or Brixton (which people find a wee bit scary sometimes, but there are fun places to go there, too).

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by Benjamin1989)
Hi

I'm moving to London with a friend in September to start work. We'll both be on around 30k, however neither of us have lived in London before.

We're both working around the Fleet Street/Moorgate area. I was just wondering whether someone could recommend a good place to look?

We're looking to spend no more than 400 a week between us. At the moment, we have viewings booked for places in Dalston and Shoreditch but have no real idea of what these places are like, so any further recommendations would be brilliant

Thanks in advance

Edgware or High Barnet maybe?
More of a suburban area, which is where the majority of people come into the city to work which you can tell, by how packed the trains get.

Plus those 2 areas are the starting lines for the Northern Line which go straight to Moorgate via Bank. And you'll get a seat as well

[Sharri5]

London is a horrible city. You're better off moving out of the country

[JohnC2211]

(Original post by Sharri5)
London is a horrible city. You're better off moving out of the country

Be more obvious, troll.

[M1011]

Happen to have made a very similar thread myself yesterday, feel free to have a look as it may help.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/show....php?t=2042508

[bertles86]

Try:

Clapham Common: chilled
Putney: friendly
Tufnell Park: central
Hackney: cheap, rough and busy

[EssexDan86]

Live outside of London in a bigger, cheaper property and commute!

[sarahoo]

commuting sucks, don't commute. commuting is for people with babies or less money to spend.