London!!!!!?

Question

my husband and i are going to live in London. he found a job there. what are the cheapest places to live in as a start?
and could you give some websites for property letting? as far as i know is foxton.co.uk

Answer 1

This website gives you a graphical view of London and in which areas it's cheap http://www.net-lettings.co.uk/

Next I recommend http://www.nestoria.co.uk/ which displays results from several websites that others already noted (yes, including Foxtons). You can drag the map, zoom-in on the map and sort by price, even over whole London. For example
http://www.nestoria.co.uk/coord_51.659566,-0.041199,51.574296,-0.181618/property/rent/sortby-price_lowhigh

Answer 2

Foxtons is a high end estate agent. If you have half a million to spend on an apartment then Foxtons are your best bet. Best check on www.findaproperty.com. As for area - it depends on where your husband's work is. For instance if he's working in Canary Wharf you'll want to be around Docklands or at least in Tower Hamlets but a flat in Brixton would be a nightmare for travel. Basically the further away from the centre and a tube station you are, the cheaper the area. Cheap areas do come with disadvantages however such as high crime, nasty shops and poor public transport. There is no such thing as a cheap flat in London as there is such high demand for property.

Answer 3

A lot of people do not like Foxton's, just an fyi. I would look at primelocation instead . . . http://www.primelocation.com/ they list stuff from all agents.

We moved to London a little over 18 months ago from the US. It was hard to look online and know what areas to look at to move to. If you know where your husbands job will be then also look at the tube website and you can see how long the journey will be to get to work . . . http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en

We made a long weekend trip over before we moved so we could look at different areas. I would see if his company will pay for a relocation agent to help you sort things out. It helped us a lot, she spent 2 days showing us different areas so we could then pick one to look for a flat to live in.

Oh, and the farther out from the city you the less expensive it will be.

Answer 4

Foxtons and others can give you some advice but you need to look deeper, not all the cheap places in London are the best, they could have gun crime there, or its run down , try the town hall, and the citizens advice bureau, Also go on google and put london in title box [ town hall could help you with which web sites to go to and more]. Please avoid Tottenham and Brixton [ bad places to live].

Answer 5

I won´t go living very far from Central London: it might be cheaper, but you will spend a lot in transport (money and time).
Have a look in gumtree website and local papers.
I think areas like Elephant & Castle, Camberwell, Stockwell,Peckham, Streatham might be cheaper than the rest.
The South is generaly cheaper than the North.
Avoid Estate Agents as they require a month deposit for themselves.

Answer 6

Try
http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/rent/london.html

Answer 7

take a look at gumtree.com and go on the london part of the website, you will sometimes find cheaper places in the accommodation section.
these are usually private lettings and therefor carry no agents fees.
cheers

Answer 8

Epping,Loughton.Theydon Bois are actually just outside London (Essex) but are nice areas and you can reach central London in no time.I cant think of any agencies but just type in Letting agents in whatever area and youll find something there.Good luck x

Answer 9

Remember that all estate agents are complete snakes so be really careful when handing over deposits and signing contracts. London has a desperate housing shortage so it will be expensive, and you will probably not like what you get for your money.

Answer 10

Move near to or at the end of a tube line. It will take half an hour to get into central London.