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I was thinking of the really hot summer when I was working in the city, it was hell. After 9 is slightly better.
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I didn't have any particular problem with the Northern Line in the last eleven months travelling from Edgware to Leicester Square. Mind, I was always careful to avoid the rush hour (leave Edgware around 9am, travel back around midnight). This also allowed me to avoid being in Edgware as much as possibleOriginally posted by Lucy View PostBelsize Park / Hampstead are lovely and close to the heath but the Northern Line is well, full of northeners. No it is tripe, 45 degrees in summer. I fainted twice.
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Northern line goes quite far these days?Originally posted by Lucy View PostEspecially now.
St James is nice, or Chelsea
Belsize Park / Hampstead are lovely and close to the heath but the Northern Line is well, full of northeners. No it is tripe, 45 degrees in summer. I fainted twice.
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Not too bad given the rates are higher.Originally posted by sunnysan View PostWell
Rentals in London are stupid..... crazy ... anywhere decent for a 1 bedder is £400/ week
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Think of it - you work one day a week for rent, the other for food/transport/basic stuff
You get to do whatever you want with 3/5 of your income sans tax.
In the rest of the world you work 5/5ths for rent and basic stuff and people live by the dozens in one apt, so it's not too bad
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Where are you looking? Best place to look is Loot/local papers and go direct. Avoid agency fees and popular websites where the flats are taken in less than a day.Originally posted by sunnysan View PostThere aint no bargains.
You get what you pay for. If you not going to take it there are 10 mugs waiting in the queue.
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How else are we supposed to keep the riff-raff out?Originally posted by sunnysan View PostWell
Trying to find somewhere to rent in London in an area that is not hazerdous to my health
Rentals in London are stupid..... crazy ... anywhere decent for a 1 bedder is £400/ week
Insane
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Bargains
There aint no bargains.
You get what you pay for. If you not going to take it there are 10 mugs waiting in the queue.
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Especially now.
St James is nice, or Chelsea
Belsize Park / Hampstead are lovely and close to the heath but the Northern Line is well, full of northeners. No it is tripe, 45 degrees in summer. I fainted twice.
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What area do you want to live in? You'll be surprised, there are a fair few bargains out there to be had.Originally posted by sunnysan View PostWell
Trying to find somewhere to rent in London in an area that is not hazerdous to my health
Rentals in London are stupid..... crazy ... anywhere decent for a 1 bedder is £400/ week
Insane
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