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Blimey - flat hunting, London and the weather
Right, last night, I went to see a place advertised in the cheap section of the Ham&High property guide. Flatshare, sounded about what I'm looking for. Was right next to a complete self contained flat for less than £300pcm in the same postcode district as this place, so the prices looked right.
Met the (slightly batty) lady as she walked back from the shops, helped her in with her shopping, and just looked at the main room. It was gorgeous. So I turned and said:
So, anyone want a room in Hampstead for £250-£300 per week? Hampstead, ten minutes walk from two tube stops, quiet, broadband, huge room, private bathroom, off street parking, one shared tenant, nice but slightly batty?
Still, a few to visit today that look promising, two of them within 5 minutes walk of Mike's flat (not sure if that's a good thing) and at least I know the area. Really liking it up here; might possibly be spending too little time looking for a place to live, and a bit too much time simply wondering around and getting on and off at random tube stops. Oh, and book shops. Might be going into them too often as well.
Also, snow? My car is covered, went to get some stuff from it earlier, and it's actually white. I mean, I know that's the colour of the paint, but it hasn't been this white since a few days after I bought it. What is this snow stuff, we don't get that inDevon Torquay (seriously, we don't, it all melts immediately). Good job I'm not driving anywhere today.
ETA: Saw a place earlier, small room in shared house, dirt cheap, all bills paid, includes wireless broadband, can't be argued with, and it'll give me incentive to find somewhere bigger when I'm settled in witha steady income. Me happy.
Met the (slightly batty) lady as she walked back from the shops, helped her in with her shopping, and just looked at the main room. It was gorgeous. So I turned and said:
Um, the price in the paper, £300. That's not per month is it, it's per week. She looked at me as if this was blitheringly obvious. It never occured to me to check, it was in the cheap section, and I don't know the areas well enough. Still, nice cup of tea, long chat, I showed her what was wrong with her ad and why she wasn't getting any respondents (because, y'know, it was an ad suited for a cheap place, not a Really Nice Place. then I helped her put it on a few websites I'd been looking at (although I can't see it live on gumtree so can't link). Then she offered me commission if I found someone that wanted to take the room.
So, anyone want a room in Hampstead for £250-£300 per week? Hampstead, ten minutes walk from two tube stops, quiet, broadband, huge room, private bathroom, off street parking, one shared tenant, nice but slightly batty?
Still, a few to visit today that look promising, two of them within 5 minutes walk of Mike's flat (not sure if that's a good thing) and at least I know the area. Really liking it up here; might possibly be spending too little time looking for a place to live, and a bit too much time simply wondering around and getting on and off at random tube stops. Oh, and book shops. Might be going into them too often as well.
Also, snow? My car is covered, went to get some stuff from it earlier, and it's actually white. I mean, I know that's the colour of the paint, but it hasn't been this white since a few days after I bought it. What is this snow stuff, we don't get that in
ETA: Saw a place earlier, small room in shared house, dirt cheap, all bills paid, includes wireless broadband, can't be argued with, and it'll give me incentive to find somewhere bigger when I'm settled in witha steady income. Me happy.
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Alas. This is reality.
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we've got what is barely an inch of snow here. Most of it's melted, but has refrozen as clear ice on black tarmac paths.
Walking to uni this morning was.. fun to say the least :D
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This is a plan with zero flaws, no?
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Still, I've just rented a place for 300pcm all inclusive, Wimbledon/Raynes Park area, so I'm happy, it's a bit small, one room in a shared house with a nice kitchen, but it'll do, and when I'm settled in I can look for something better/someone to share with, which was always the plan.
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Still, nice that the Indy is now linkable, a bit late to the party but good anyway.
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It really was a nice place though. And I've just got a place, for the same price, so yay!
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I was blessing you for being the kind of person who whould stick around at a failed flat viewing and give the batty landlady advice and make work for yourself and go out of your way to help her out.
*pats you onna head*
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Place I just took on? £300pcm, all bills, including wireless broadband, paid. That's cheaper than Devon. Admittedly, tiny room, but location is good and I can store stuff at Mike's, so I'm good.
London not as expensive as people make out as long as you don't expect the world. I'm happy.
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Besides, y'know, commission. Money=good, especialyl if it takes no work at all really. Now, if I knew a city commuter wanting somewhere 'cheap' to sleep during the week, then It'd be even easier.
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Hmm, now I need to contact Merton LDs and see if there's owt I can do. Next week. Maybe.
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But house/flat shares are the way to go; I've seen reasonably 3 bed places for about £1000 per month, divide that by 3 (or get a couple for one of the rooms) and it's a bargain compared to some other places, you just need to compromise and not live on your own, which I suspect is what I'll miss.
But yeah, graduate, move to London, and spend far too much time in Camden.
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I take the place on Saturday morning, and Ill need to do the obligatory registrations with job centres, agencies, etc, but once I'm in I'll give you a shout re both.
If someone badgers me, I might actually get some party work done now I'm up here, apart from sit on a few comitteees I've not done much for ages, which is wrong.
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Glad you've found somewhere! How's the job hunting going?
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