Looking to move to London Area.

[wtfftw]

The general idea is to get somewhere with good transport links (doesn't mean tube) as then it doesn't matter too much. Most areas have shops and restaurants and local parks. Get yourself near an underground or overground station or a good hub for buses (including night buses). I'd start looking in zone 2 and narrow it down from there.

 

[chico enrico]

Teh East Dulwich - zone 2 - thats the place to be - Norf London is a shithole

original posted - you would do well to be aware that some of the above posts are clearly ironic.

 

[canadiangirl]

what are the zones that everyone refering to? Would that have to deal with Transportation lines? I know when I visited Vancouver they had a zone 1, 2 ,3 refering to transportation so maybe that adopted the system from London?

Thanks for all your help guys, its giving me places to atleast start looking!
I am hoping to come back over and visit around Christmas time or my spring break to look at area's so then I have a better idea.

 

[marty21]

what are the zones that everyone refering to? Would that have to deal with Transportation lines? I know when I visited Vancouver they had a zone 1, 2 ,3 refering to transportation so maybe that adopted the system from London?

Thanks for all your help guys, its giving me places to atleast start looking!
I am hoping to come back over and visit around Christmas time or my spring break to look at area's so then I have a better idea.

the zones are the travel zones 1-6, if you have to travel from zone 6 into zone 1 (central london) for work, it can be pretty expensive, zone 1 is generally expensive to live in, so on your budget, try for zone 2, or 3, to minimise travel costs

 

[Bodmass]

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/lon_con.pdf

I'd get hold of an A-Z or similar (I prefer the Philips map) and marry those zones up to areas of London.
http://www.philips-maps.co.uk/index.php?nID=product&id=1&ISBN=9780540090365

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

there's a lot of folks talking foolishness here.

I've never paid more than £430 per month for a flat and have never lived outsise zone two, in anything less than a very large flat in old st/angel/camden/kentish town/archway.

You have found flats in angel and camden for less than 430 a month? Is that sharing or your own flat? Were they council places?

 

[Treacle Toes]

You have found flats in angel and camden for less than 430 a month? Is that sharing or your own flat? Were they council places?

Sharing i'd say.

 

[Xanadu]

Probably sharing very large houses with lots of people or council places.

 

[i_hate_beckham]

Don't move to London its shit. Really it is.

 

[i_hate_beckham]

Go to Calgary best city in the world ever.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Don't move to London its shit. Really it is.

Says the fucking troll from the most inbred bit of the country

 

[g force]

Norbury and Thornton Heath are horribly depressing shit holes. Either go to Croydon or move further in to Streatham - three train stations, buses to Brixton tube and cheap rents.

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

Crystal Palace too - lovely views

 

[Hellsbells]

Norbury and Thornton Heath are horribly depressing shit holes. Either go to Croydon or move further in to Streatham - three train stations, buses to Brixton tube and cheap rents.

i thought Croydon was meant to be absoutely awful. That's what I was told when I asked advice on this forum a few months back

 

[Monkeynuts]

i thought Croydon was meant to be absoutely awful. That's what I was told when I asked advice on this forum a few months back

I think people may be joking.

It's not totally without redeeming features. Bit of a dump in many places and with some rather unappealling sorts about but has some decent shops and quick trains to London and Gatwick. Some of the residential parts are pleasant.

People who live elsewhere are not usually clamouring to move there, though, and will not generally recommend it as the first place to think about living in London (if you even consider it part of London).

 

[Onket]

I lived in Sutton when I first moved to London (if it can be called London, it's certainly London compared to Leeds, where I moved from). It's just down the road from Croydon & I lasted a year before moving in to zone 2.

 

[g force]

Croydon does have it's absolutely foul areas no doubt, but there's some amazing roads with beautiful old houses...what I always think of 'proper' inter-war suburbs, tree lined streets etc.

 

[Hellsbells]

I lived in Sutton when I first moved to London (if it can be called London, it's certainly London compared to Leeds, where I moved from). It's just down the road from Croydon & I lasted a year before moving in to zone 2.

what was wrong with sutton?

 

[Onket]

I moved to be 'in London', but it's too far away from London IMO, and it's got a proper small town mentality too. Horrible high street at chucking out time, can't get into pubs (well, bars) without proper shoes etc etc

 

[Monkeynuts]

I moved to be 'in London', but it's too far away from London IMO, and it's got a proper small town mentality too. Horrible high street at chucking out time, can't get into pubs (well, bars) without proper shoes etc etc

I sympathise entirely, but that applies to the West End to a certain extent too... (as well as most definitely to every other London satellite - Croydon, Bromley, Romford... some others I can't think of... )

 

[Onket]

I sympathise entirely, but that applies to the West End to a certain extent too... (as well as most definitely to every other London satellite - Croydon, Bromley, Romford... some others I can't think of... )

Correct. But I suspect I was asked about Sutton because I said that I'd lived there.

 

[brixtonvilla]

Don't move to London its shit. Really it is.

*counts the "Where's good to live in Herefordshire* threads.*

Best thing coming out of Herefordshire? The fucking road.

 

[Tank Girl]

thumbs up for east dulwich from me. we've got a 2 bed flat for £700 including the use of a big garden and overlooking a park but if you want anything lively it won't be for you, it's nice and snoozy here

 

[Monkeynuts]

thumbs up for east dulwich from me. we've got a 2 bed flat for £700 including the use of a big garden and overlooking a park but if you want anything lively it won't be for you, it's nice and snoozy here

Have you been down Lordship Lane on a Friday or Saturday evening?!

OK, it's not Brixton-hectic but how lively do you want?

You've got a result with the £700 rent though, I remember an ex paying that 5 years ago and it was unusually cheap then

 

[Tank Girl]

yeah, we are very lucky with our rent.

I hardly ever go down lordship lane!

 

[Gromit]

I hardly ever go down lordship lane!

That sounds like a euphanism for paying for the rent in-kind, if you know what I mean.

 

[g force]

Have you been down Lordship Lane on a Friday or Saturday evening?!

OK, it's not Brixton-hectic but how lively do you want?

You've got a result with the £700 rent though, I remember an ex paying that 5 years ago and it was unusually cheap then

Yeah you rub shoulders with all the media types and discuss the latest trainers without fear of ridicule

 

[beeboo]

I'd suggest that you initially take somewhere cheap, on short lease and as central as you can afford whilst you get a feel for living in London.

Then take the time to explore different areas, sort out some work and find an area you'd be happy to "settle" for a while. When you first move to London you probably want to be making the most of the nightlife, seeing everywhere and not worrying too much if you live in a tiny dingy shoebox - there'll be other things you'd rather spend the money on.

 

[Xanadu]

I'd suggest that you initially take somewhere cheap, on short lease and as central as you can afford whilst you get a feel for living in London.

Best advice so far

Second bit would depend on what sort of person you are.

 

[Gromit]

Best advice so far

Second bit would depend on what sort of person you are.

No the best advise so far is 'don't eat yellow snow'.