Living in London

[Badger]

I currently work in Clapham and commute from Hassocks every day but that is starting to get annoying and I don't want to live with my parents forever!

Can anyone recommend good places around South London to live? Clapham itself is quite nice but stupidly expensive even for just a room in a big house share and I don't fancy living and working in the same place.

 

[Djmiles]

Croydon is nice apparently

 

[Badger]

Maybe I should have mentioned that I'm not moving to Palaceville

 

[Scoffers]

what's wrong with getting your own place locally, and commuting?

 

[Badger]

what's wrong with getting your own place locally, and commuting?

I would quite like to move away, at least for a while

 

[Simster]

what's wrong with getting your own place locally, and commuting?

He says the commute is getting annoying. Keep up at the back.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

In general South London is overpriced and horridly overpopulated. Best avoided

 

[house your seagull]

personally was never a fan of south london as it's all palace country in my eyes so i would recommend looking north of the river. if you looked at places like acton or hammersmith you can live in a decent area for reasonably cheap, clapham is just over the river on the bus.

south london wise, the nice bits are expensive, but brixton, streatham, herne hill, tulse hill etc are alright.

realistically everything in london is pricey, that's why you earn more money, you need to get sussex prices out of your head and look for the best deals that are relative to the area, not what you think is dear.

 

[SurreySeagulls]

You could try Horley

 

[Double Hard Bastard]

Try East Dulwich mate, i used to live there till recently & work in Clapham/Battersea. The 37 takes half hour to get across from Lordship Lane which has loads of trendy bars/pubs & restaurants. It's really nice & green with the common on one side. Also it's cheap, my ex & i rented a superb two bedroom flat for nine hundred a month, check out thepropertyinn.com. They are useless but have nice cheap properties to rent. It has overground links into London Bridge but does not have a tube. I'm gutted I've moved but am still friends with my ex so around there regularly!

 

[Scoffers]

He says the commute is getting annoying. Keep up at the back.

Yeah I saw that, but I was wondering if he'd actually thought that through.

Living anywhere in London that is worthwhile, will be way too expensive. The places that most folks could afford in London, you wouldnt want to live in !

So surely you'd be better off finding a cheaper place locally, and commuting !

 

[Badger]

Yeah I saw that, but I was wondering if he'd actually thought that through.

Living anywhere in London that is worthwhile, will be way too expensive. The places that most folks could afford in London, you wouldnt want to live in !

So surely you'd be better off finding a cheaper place locally, and commuting !

By the time you add on the price of a season ticket it works out costing just as much, I'm pretty sure there are some decent affordable places

 

[dwayne]

what's ya budget?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/browse/london

This is a good website, Badger.

 

[Badger]

what's ya budget?

I'm looking at about 500pcm + bills for a house/flat share

 

[maffew]

Yeah I saw that, but I was wondering if he'd actually thought that through.

Living anywhere in London that is worthwhile, will be way too expensive. The places that most folks could afford in London, you wouldnt want to live in !

So surely you'd be better off finding a cheaper place locally, and commuting !

I think the bit where he said he DOESNT WANT TO COMMUTE might have something to do with the question

 

[Prof P]

personally was never a fan of south london as it's all palace country in my eyes so i would recommend looking north of the river. if you looked at places like acton or hammersmith you can live in a decent area for reasonably cheap, clapham is just over the river on the bus.

south london wise, the nice bits are expensive, but brixton, streatham, herne hill, tulse hill etc are alright.

realistically everything in london is pricey, that's why you earn more money, you need to get sussex prices out of your head and look for the best deals that are relative to the area, not what you think is dear.

Palace country? You have to live in London to realise quite what an insignificant club Palace is within the capital. In terms of profile and numbers of shirts walking around south London I’d probably say Arsenal, West Ham, Chelsea/Tottenham, Charlton/Milwall, Fulham, QPR, Orient, New Cross under 19’s THEN Palace.

I’m in Royal Greenwich myself. Very nice but its horribly expensive now and bad for getting to Clapham. Same with Blackheath. So ignore them – it was a crap idea. As someone mentioned above should have a close look at Herne Hill – very up and coming, lively and with some good bars. Pretty close to your work as well. Also don’t be put off by the word ‘Peckham’ in ‘Peckham Rye’. Got a few friends there and it’s a good place to live. Both will still be pretty reasonably priced and have, IMO, a good sense of community. And in the great shit pit that is London, that’s a pretty rare commodity.

 

[Lokki 7]

Try East Dulwich mate, i used to live there till recently & work in Clapham/Battersea. The 37 takes half hour to get across from Lordship Lane which has loads of trendy bars/pubs & restaurants. It's really nice & green with the common on one side.

Agree 100%. I'd say this is your best option.

 

[Scoffers]

I think the bit where he said he DOESNT WANT TO COMMUTE might have something to do with the question

Yep, I get it, bimey, you guys are highly strung today for some reason.

The point is, a season ticket costs around £3k per year, but houseprices in London are a damn sight more expensive than 3k, so for a young chap who is still living at home, you might have to sacrifice your WANTS and deal with REALITY.

Very few people actually WANT to commute, but living in London has NEVER been more expensive than it is today

 

[Badger]

Palace country? You have to live in London to realise quite what an insignificant club Palace is within the capital. In terms of profile and numbers of shirts walking around south London I’d probably say Arsenal, West Ham, Chelsea/Tottenham, Charlton/Milwall, Fulham, QPR, Orient, New Cross under 19’s THEN Palace.

I’m in Royal Greenwich myself. Very nice but its horribly expensive now and bad for getting to Clapham. Same with Blackheath. So ignore them – it was a crap idea. As someone mentioned above should have a close look at Herne Hill – very up and coming, lively and with some good bars. Pretty close to your work as well. Also don’t be put off by the word ‘Peckham’ in ‘Peckham Rye’. Got a few friends there and it’s a good place to live. Both will still be pretty reasonably priced and have, IMO, a good sense of community. And in the great shit pit that is London, that’s a pretty rare commodity.

Cheers, I've heard Herne Hill is quite good and pretty easy to get to Clapham from. I've also looked at Streatham, which people have recommended, there seem to be a lot of areas that used to be shit but are now pretty decent. I'll investigate Peckham Rye too.

I agree with the Palace thing, you don't see anyone wearing their shirts around.