Apartment Rental in London, UK

For £1750 a month you could probably live just about anywhere. West of the city is generally nicer. Hampstead might be a good bet depending on where you're working, it's also good for running.

Would be working near Liverpool Street Station.

How crazy are the rents in a place such as Notting Hill? I know London is probably 2x the cost of NYC.

Where are you going to be working? Living close to work or at least where you dont have to change transport all the time is a real bonus.

Nottinghill itself is quite expensive but there are some not so nice areas within 10 min walk of Nottinghill where the rent will be half as much London is a funny city like that good areas next to really shlt areas.

If your wanting to run then consider areas like Richmond / Kingston or North West like Ruislip / Northwood / Pinner. These areas are a bit further out but offer lots of space to run.

What about Pimlico?

It seems very close to Fulham and Chelsea so somewhat convenient to nice areas.

Central high 1988 wrote:

Would be working near Liverpool Street Station.

How crazy are the rents in a place such as Notting Hill? I know London is probably 2x the cost of NYC.

are you male? single? do you need to feel 100% safe at all times or are you okay with developing neighborhoods?

i happen to really like the area near liverpool street station; the spitalfields market area. you could get a decent 1 BR there for about $3500 per month.

the islington area, near the angel tube station, is also near liverpool street station and is nice.

i personally would never live as far away as notting hill. i just don't like longer commutes. if you prefer a more residential, quieter, safer location, and being close to a park, then i would look at hampstead as someone else already suggested. you'd have a commute of around 40 minutes each way on average.

the tube though, is not as reliable or as fast as the NY subway. so keep that in mind.

if your overall question is whether you can find a decent place to live within a reasonable commute of liverpool street station for around $3500 per month, then the answer is clearly yes. i don't think rents in london are quite 2x NYC. i'd say more like 1.5x.

post more specific questions if you'd like and i can try to answer them.

Richmond is a nice place to live, close to the river, a huge park, a tube and rail station to get you right into central london, maybe? 20 mins to Waterloo.

I am Married, no children. We are both in out mid-30's but looking for a neighborhood that still has some edge to it. We aren't ready for suburban life yet.

I have done some looking into the situation and would be needing a furnished apartment. I heard Shoreditch is an ok area.

Proximity to a park for running is not a priority as I assume I will be quite busy woth work the first several months and will have to train on a treadmill because of long hours at the office.

i think you'd like the area immediately adjacent to spitalfields market. i have a single, female, 31-year-old friend who lives there now in a modest 1 BR and she enjoys it. i think she's paying around £275 per week (plus you have to pay the "council tax" here when you rent).

the large majority of flats do come furnished here, incidentally, so that shouldn't be a problem for you.

being within a short walk to work would be nice if you're working long hours. and if you stick quite close to the market itself, the neighborhood is definitely a gentrified one. if you like indian/bangladeshi food you are also close to brick lane where a good, cheap meal is easily had.

again, i'd also consider islington if i were you. a tad bit further from your office than the spitalfields market area, but certainly not too far. a little quieter perhaps and still sort of eclectic.

another possible area would be shad thames. it's on the south side of the river, immediately to the east of tower bridge.

shoreditch is also an okay area, though i don't know it as well.

again, let me know if you have specific questions. i'm not sure if you are at the point where you are looking at particular neighborhoods or if you are merely trying to determine whether living in london would be a realistic possibility financially.

I'm a student studying abroad and living in the West Hampstead/Kilburn area. Its a bit outside central London, but the Jubilee line will get you to Baker/Bond Street in 10 mins. or so, and the best part is a decent sized flat is a lot cheaper than what you'll find in a nice area in zone 1. I'm paying 75 quid a week and sharing with a couple other guys in a pretty decent 1st floor flat. I like the area, it isn't too suburban and it has lots of independent shops. Plus it feels safe to walk around alone at night, which can't be said about some areas of East London (some guy offered me cocaine then threatened to mug me when i declined in shadwell). I've heard good things about Hackney and Spitalfields, and I have a friend who enjoys living in the Victoria/Pimlico area. My advice: if you want to save some money and have a place that isn't tiny, live in zone 2. It's hard to justify some of the rents in certain areas, and to me, an extra 10 minutes on the tube every day is worth the couple hundred quid i save every month on rent.