don't have to be rich - for a flat with a sitting room + 3 rooms, just share it amongst six people = 3 for each 3 rooms + 3 person splitting up the sitting room. :wink:

Reply 4

s.e.r.e.n.e

12

Butterfly

Thanks

Zone two. I have friends living in St. Johns woods and Canary Wharf.

Reply 5

fairycakes

12

st john's wood and canary wharf?! that is crazy. it must take then aages to get in.

but saying that i know people communitng from reading, croydon, watford, tooting other random places in north and east london. (but that is because they're living at home home.)

but the majority live in the places i said earlier. also saying that most people don't share, and lots of ppl i know have double beds for around 110-120 a week and less.

Reply 6

ashy

17

fairycakes

st john's wood and canary wharf?! that is crazy. it must take then aages to get in.

but saying that i know people communitng from reading, croydon, watford, tooting other random places in north and east london. (but that is because they're living at home home.)

but the majority live in the places i said earlier. also saying that most people don't share, and lots of ppl i know have double beds for around 110-120 a week and less.

I live in Kent, and commute in. Not by choice though, really.

Reply 7

mizfissy815

12

spencer smith

don't have to be rich - for a flat with a sitting room + 3 rooms, just share it amongst six people = 3 for each 3 rooms + 3 person splitting up the sitting room. :wink:

How much do you reckon a 3 bedroom flat would cost in Chelsea?

Reply 8

ashy

17

Have a look on here.

Depends what you want. You'll be looking at the crappest of the crap in Chelsea at an affordable price.

Reply 9

fairycakes

12

it's not worth taking the crappiest of crap in chelsea. you'l have a much better quality of life further out. and most ppl don't ive in chelsea, so probably all your friends will be ages away...

Reply 10

s.e.r.e.n.e

12

Is St. John's woods a nice place?

Reply 11

xaxa

1

I think so, I've only been there once though and I don't know anyone who lives there. Think about how long you want to spend travelling to College every day!

Reply 12

fairycakes

12

you really don't want to live that far out. esp if you are really invovled with clubs and societies.

Reply 13

s.e.r.e.n.e

12

xaxa

I think so, I've only been there once though and I don't know anyone who lives there. Think about how long you want to spend travelling to College every day!

the problem with living in st. john woods has got less to do with the how far it is from college but rather that it is not on the piccadilly line.

Reply 14

feroz

I'm thinking once I get there it'll be easier sorting out where to live - I mean, finding a bunch of people to share a place with and then finding a place after taking in group opinions and arguments shouldn't be too hard.

Things sort themselves out :wink:

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Reply 15

wtid

Sorry to ressurect this thread - I'm never sure where the cutoff period between "there was a thread about this not long ago :rolleyes:

" and "what's the point of starting a thread from this long ago, just start a new one!" :wink:

So my girlfriend is most likely going to ICL but she won't be going into student accommodation as we want to live together. The thing is we don't know where to even look for properties. We want a 1 bedroom place and were looking at Hammersmith but I was told the tube station isn't a very safe place and we don't really want to be walking about in a bad area late at night if we have to, getting mugged or whatnot. Does anyone live in Hammersmith? Is it as bad as I've made it sound or was I misinformed? I'll be working in Soho so I can get the Picadilly up to Leicester Square which is fine.

Any other areas which would be suitable, so we can easily get to both places? Another problem is we don't know when to start looking - do places get booked now? I heard ICL has information about renting in the private sector but can she access that before she's been accepted? She has a conditional offer so if she makes it (which she's confident about) she'll be going but by the time she gets her grades (end of May) will it be too late to start looking at places?

Cheers for any advice :smile:

Reply 16

fairycakes

12

i live in hammersmith. tube station is ok, there are drunks and annoying kids that hang around there, but it's not that bad. i think you have been misinformed. there are a lot worse places to live.

i've heard a lot of people have got mugged around charing cross area - greyhound road. so personally i would never live that way. i think it's too far away from teh tube station, and i hate fulham palace road. but i am really picky. lots and lots of people from imperial live that way and in fulham and have no problems. i'd personally prefer to live the other side of the station, which is where i live now.

i wouldn't live in shepard's bush either, i dont think it's very safe.

i guess imp would have no problem with helping you find accomadation but normally landlords don't advertise until about a couple month before their places are ready, so you don't need to look until the summer. imp's help isn't very good in my opinion. they do have lists of landlords they are affiliated with, but there are mixed views of the conditions of these places and the lists are normally outdated. most people go through estate agents.

people normally live around hammersmith, fulham, paddington, bayswater, gloucester road, earls court etc etc. there are bad and good areas in all these places. - eek i know that's not particularly helpful. i think you have to go house hunting and see for yourself too - if it's near a housing estate, far away from teh tube station going down quiet streets etcetc

it also depends on how much you are willing to spend.

i hope i've helped some. feel free to ask me any questions.

xxxx

Reply 17

wtid

yes that was great thanks fairycakes :biggrin:

I don't quite know the budget right now, cheap as possible but that's still good would be great :wink:

Realistically between £200 and £250 a week I guess (but that's just by looking at estate agent websites, and it looks more like the higher end of that guesstimate).

Reply 18

firegalley246

2

If you're willing to live a bit further away and travel a bit more every day, then somewhere like Battersea (where I'm living at the moment with some other course mates) might fit the bill.

The flat I'm in is £350 a week (excl. bills) shared between 3 of us, plus the transport links to/from Imperial and the rest of London are pretty good (having Clapham Junction tran station nearby also helps too...). 40 minutes walk to and from college every day is probably too much for most people, but some of us don't mind. Also, there are quite a few pubs and restaurants/takeaways within walking distance which is nice.

We only managed to rent this place in September, about 2 weeks before the start of term, though most people I know had their accommodation sorted out earlier, between late July and late August.

Reply 19

HCD

16

£350/week.... nice! :biggrin:

In which areas do Imperial students usually live in their 2nd years and onwards?

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