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Previously on "North West London accom."

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by realityhack View Post
    Nice one Sal.
    Hope the clearance comes through doubletime.

    Just don't end up like this statistic from gumtree.
    From the article:

    The car's true owner was unaware it had been offered for sale. Two men have been arrested by police and given bail.
    Sigh

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  • oracleslave
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    Newham or Millwall?

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  • realityhack
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    I couldn't agree more!

    I want somewhere clean and safe...but then as cheap as possible.

    I've possibly got a flat share sorted in Earls Court. £450 per month. Sharing with a young gay professional couple (male). They like a drink, AND they have a cleaner! Perfect!
    Nice one Sal.
    Hope the clearance comes through doubletime.

    Just don't end up like this statistic from gumtree.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by mace
    Problem with gay couples is that they won't take too kindly to you bringing your bf back. Not sure that I would sleep well wondering what the noises from next door where.
    I'm sure* the sound of a bloke giving a blow is the same as a woman giving a blow.

    *obviously, being married I've no experience of either

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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by mace
    Problem with gay couples is that they won't take too kindly to you bringing your bf back. Not sure that I would sleep well wondering what the noises from next door where.
    What a ridiculous thing to say

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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
    Whats the point in spending all the money earned on accomodation?
    I couldn't agree more!

    I want somewhere clean and safe...but then as cheap as possible.

    I've possibly got a flat share sorted in Earls Court. £450 per month. Sharing with a young gay professional couple (male). They like a drink, AND they have a cleaner! Perfect!

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  • bullseye
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    Originally posted by sunnysan View Post
    I have seen this before too, I believe that during the application process they have gleaned enough information from you to pick up the transfer from the transfer agency. So you transfer the money, then they pick it up and you lose the money, or since they have a copy of the reciept they can go and pretend to be you and "cancel" the transfer.
    Originally posted by mace View Post
    Correct, in order to pick up the money from the money transfer agency, you just need the receipt and proof of id (which is easy for them to create).
    Thanks SS and mace.

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  • Bagpuss
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    Whats the point in spending all the money earned on accomodation?

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  • Evil Hangover
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    backlight I used to live in Earls Court, it was ok, but a bit busy and a few to many hotels around. All of the Aussie's et al. have moved further west as SW5 has become too expensive.

    I would suggest Maida Vale/Warwick Avenue, Swiss Cottage (east of Finchley Rd), West Hampstead, Belsize Park or Hampstead.
    +1

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    Hi all,

    I want to spend as little as possible on my digs when I'm in London although I do want to stay somewhere clean and safe.

    I had just assumed I'd get a hotel, but I'm starting to think a flat share may be cheaper?

    Does anyone have any ideas of best places to stay/best flat sharing websites/cheap hotels, etc in the Earls Court area.

    I'd only be staying Monday to Friday.

    Cheers,
    Sal
    Monday to Thursday surely if you're commuting back home for the w/ends?

    Or does monday to friday factor in a friday night piss up in London?

    Seriously, it depends where in London you're working. Earls Court is OK, but would be quite tricky and time consuming to get to, say, Greenwich or Lewisham.

    There are other cheap fairly central and not too naff areas, like Camden Town, or for that matter even more central like Bloomsbury of Pimlico. There must be loads of people rattling around in large central terraced houses, for example, who would be eager to rent a room cheaply, cash in hand ("no tax please, we're British"), to a professional female.

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  • backlight
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    I used to live in Earls Court, it was ok, but a bit busy and a few to many hotels around. All of the Aussie's et al. have moved further west as SW5 has become too expensive.

    I would suggest Maida Vale/Warwick Avenue, Swiss Cottage (east of Finchley Rd), West Hampstead, Belsize Park or Hampstead.

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  • thelace
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    Hey Sal, if there are any Gigs on at Earls Court, can we come crash with you?

    Getting the tube after a gig is a nightmare

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    You forgot to add that it's like a soulless, deserted, grey wasteland after working hours.
    Fab health club over looking the Thames, so relaxed I don't notice it's deserted.

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  • snaw
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    You forgot to add that it's like a soulless, deserted, grey wasteland after working hours.
    And not exactly convenient to get to earls court from ...

    Fulham, kensington, chelsea, putney, parsons green, putney, notting hill - all very close, and nice to live in.

    Use gumtree for flat shares.

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  • realityhack
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    You forgot to add that it's like a soulless, deserted, grey wasteland after working hours.

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