Accommodation
How to find an accommodation in London and where?
About the location, since the transports are quite expensive, is better close to your office, university or place to work.
If you are new in the city and still searching for a job, we suggest Zones 2 and 3, they are not to far from the centre, not to expensive.
To find a place to live, in addition to go into estate agencies, you should search for ads in websites, that is usually cheaper.
List of cheap areas in london: Merton, Raynes Park, Tooting, Charlton, Bethnal Green, Bow, Stratford, Plaistow, Stoke Newington, East Clapton, Forest Gate, Leyton, Shepherd’s bush, Acton, Willesden.
Areas better to avoid: Harlesden, White City, Stockwell, Camberwell, Brixton, Peckham, New Cross, Elephant and Castle, Canning Town, Woolwich and large parts of Hackney.
Areas better to avoid: Harlesden, White City, Stockwell, Camberwell, Brixton, Peckham, New Cross, Elephant and Castle, Canning Town, Woolwich and large parts of Hackney.
Good areas for young professionals: Islington, Fulham, Putney, Wandsworth, Battersea, Clapham, Balham, Streatham, East Dulwich, the Docklands, Tower Bridge, Borough. You may also find yourself drawn to the East End around Aldgate, Shoreditch and Bethnal Green.
What about expenses?
Bills normally cover all the utilities and the council tax, if you are a student, you will not pay it.
Just make sure in your rental agreement everything is included.
- websites to search an accommodation:
- Rightmove: rightmove.co.uk
- Roomster: roomster.com
- Gumtree: gumtree.com
- Spareroom: spareroom.co.uk
- Zoopla: zoopla.co.uk
- Primelocation: primelocation.com
- Move flat: moveflat.co.uk
- Property wide: propertywide.co.uk
- Studio2let: studios2let.com
- London Gov: london.gov.uk
- Find a Flat: findaflat.com
- Londonnest: londonnest.com
- London Property Finders: londonpropertyf.co.uk
- Into London: intolondon.com
- London Rent My House: londonrentmyhouse.com
- Rent Onomy: rentonomy.com
- Flatshare: flatshare.com
- Uniplaces: uniplaces.com
- The student Room: thestudentroom.co.uk
- Useful websites:
- London Rents: legacy.london.gov.uk displays the average rent in London by postcode
- Find about your neighbourhood: neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
- The Guardian interactive UK crime map tool: theguardian.com
- Council tax: cityoflondon.gov.uk
