Rooms to rent in London on the cheap?

Question

what areas are reasonable and sort of central to get around.Approx. how much does a person pay average and are there any tips I should be aware of?

Answer 1

I assume from your avatar you are female? or a very nice looking feller!!!!
I either case there are many very obvious things to look out for, no need to go into details here, you should know by now.
To get back to your main question, any where on the underground route would be OK .
Tips? you need a day to travel around the outskirts, use the tube, get off at as many stops as you want and look in newspaper shop windows for ads. That's the cheapest way.
Cant really help you much because I don't know the object of your exercise, long holiday?
I was a contract worker, I stayed in a room just 10 minutes out of Harrow (where my office was) on the tube, large house, apart from myself it was full of Chinese restaurant workers , none could speak a word of English. The house had a communal kitchen , I would put myself a pan of stew on the cooker, they had a habit of coming inand inspecting the progress, dipping fingers in and adding whatever they thought it was short of!!! They didnt want to eat it, they just thought they would help me out!!
Perhaps not the sort of thing that would appeal to you??
My rent was £40 per week.
I was working with other contractors that were paying £350 a week for a self contained bed sit in Harrow, maybe more your style???
Sorry I cant be more specific but I dont really know what you are looking for, just make sure you dont get ripped off, try and avoid agents if you can and splash out a few quid to suss it out yourself , get into a cheap hotel for a couple of nights and ride the tube.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

For areas that are very cheap but fairly accessible for the centre of town I suggest trying Bow, Turnpike Lane, Finsbury Park or Hackney. You can get a room in a shared house in these areas from about £75pw. I'm sure there are other suitable areas as well.

I suggest you look for a room on http://www.gumtree.com and then Google for a tube map to see how accessible they are on the tube. Also go to http://www.tfl.gov.uk and use their journey planner to see how long journeys take on public transport. One more link I found invaluable for house hunting: http://maps.google.co.uk/ to see exactly where a location is and you can even see a satellite photo which might give you some feel for what the area is like.

If you want even cheaper areas, try East Ham or Stratford, but these areas are pretty shabby and not so accessible.

If you can afford slightly more (but still quite cheap) try Kentish Town, Tufnell Park, Bethnal Green for slightly more happening and very central areas.

If you want much more pleasant surroundings (albeit a bit suburban and dull), still accessible on bus and tube, but a one/one and a half hour commute into town, try Golders Green, Finchley

Answer 4

It really depends on your idea of "reasonable" and the community in which you will feel most comfortable to live in.

I know people that flatshare from £80 per week to £200 per week but I am sure you can get much cheaper too.

Answer 5

This site is easy to use, and has great maps

http://www.nestoria.co.uk/