Reply to: Places to stay near Canary Wharf

[chef]

I always stayed in Greenwich Village when working at Canary Wharf, mainly as I liked the village feel to it all when going out to eat in the evenings.

[redgiant]

South of the river, or over by the airport or O2 you will get more space for your cash, Clipper and jubilee line 1 stop away, large tesco and ok shopping centre close by:
Eg:
1 Bed flat to rent in Pennington Court, Canada Water - Ref: 11521099

What I have done in the past is blitz all the agents on the site with your requirements, tell them what you want and when and tell them your timing window to view – tends to focus them and makes them come to you, not the other way round.

Market is vquiet at the min, I moved last week, just 2 buildings down, got a cheeky deal because it was empty 3 months. Alot of the new builds are overpriced and tiny (The Landmark & Pan Panninsular). If you are seeking furniture also, ping me, I know a couple of sites who will haggle with you if you are bulk buying (no connection to any of them, they were just really good to me).

Best of luck!

My place is just down the road from there. You can rent in one of the warehouse conversions in the area (Rotherhithe Street or Rotherhithe Village) which tend to give you more space and in the case of my building a swimming pool, underground parking and gym.

[BoredBloke]

South of the river, or over by the airport or O2 you will get more space for your cash, Clipper and jubilee line 1 stop away, large tesco and ok shopping centre close by:
Eg:
1 Bed flat to rent in Pennington Court, Canada Water - Ref: 11521099

What I have done in the past is blitz all the agents on the site with your requirements, tell them what you want and when and tell them your timing window to view – tends to focus them and makes them come to you, not the other way round.

Market is vquiet at the min, I moved last week, just 2 buildings down, got a cheeky deal because it was empty 3 months. Alot of the new builds are overpriced and tiny (The Landmark & Pan Panninsular). If you are seeking furniture also, ping me, I know a couple of sites who will haggle with you if you are bulk buying (no connection to any of them, they were just really good to me).

Best of luck!

Cheers for all the info. I'd spotted that one also, but its sharing and I don't really want to do that

[BoredBloke]

Not if the wife and kids are coming to visit at the weekends

Hector does not have to know that! Would also be pretty hard to prove if/when they did

[Spacecadet]

Thanks for all the comments. My main priorities are that the daily commute is reasonably short - less than 1 hour each way. I'd prefer to have a place with a seperate bedroom. We are planning on using it at the weekend so that my wife and kids can come down and use it as a place to stay on the odd occasion - so a studio really wouldn't be too handy. I'd also prefer to have parking available. I have to pick my son up from school in worcester on a regular basis and so it's handy to have my car available on these occasions.

I'm assuming that every cost that I incurr in renting a place down there (rent, bills etc) will be an allowable expense.

Not if the wife and kids are coming to visit at the weekends

[Dallas]

South of the river, or over by the airport or O2 you will get more space for your cash, Clipper and jubilee line 1 stop away, large tesco and ok shopping centre close by:
Eg:
1 Bed flat to rent in Pennington Court, Canada Water - Ref: 11521099

What I have done in the past is blitz all the agents on the site with your requirements, tell them what you want and when and tell them your timing window to view – tends to focus them and makes them come to you, not the other way round.

Market is vquiet at the min, I moved last week, just 2 buildings down, got a cheeky deal because it was empty 3 months. Alot of the new builds are overpriced and tiny (The Landmark & Pan Panninsular). If you are seeking furniture also, ping me, I know a couple of sites who will haggle with you if you are bulk buying (no connection to any of them, they were just really good to me).

Best of luck!

[BoredBloke]

Thanks for all the comments. My main priorities are that the daily commute is reasonably short - less than 1 hour each way. I'd prefer to have a place with a seperate bedroom. We are planning on using it at the weekend so that my wife and kids can come down and use it as a place to stay on the odd occasion - so a studio really wouldn't be too handy. I'd also prefer to have parking available. I have to pick my son up from school in worcester on a regular basis and so it's handy to have my car available on these occasions.

I'm assuming that every cost that I incurr in renting a place down there (rent, bills etc) will be an allowable expense.

[Dallas]

fyi: Mudchute asda is being ripped out and remodelled for a huge residential dev. bigger than pan panninsular. The amount of new builds is driving costs down. I have lived locally over 8 years now, moving 4 times - happy to recomend specific streets/buildings if you like (have done before for friends).

If you want walking distance stick to the riverside flats, all portered. Jubilee line is alot better post improvement works, dlr is being 'tested' for the olympics at the weekend at the min.

Depends on your priorities really.

[norrahe]

Isle of Dogs. Burrells Wharf. I stayed there for 6 months, very conveniently placed for DLR and the river bus stops outside. Has gym and pool. Anywhere round there will have dodgy places next door though. St David's is newer but probably more expensive. Should get a studio for £900.

Burrells wharf is really nice and most of the apartment blocks have gyms and pools if I remember rightly.

[redgiant]

Lots of permies seem to commute in from Greenwich and Blackheath into the wharf. DLR or Thames Clipper (from Greenwich pier) some of them even cycle in.

My London pad is in Canada Water/Rotherhithe - no problems with the area at all (low density housing and lots of green spaces) and a short (3min) ferry ride across the water.

[Lockhouse]

Isle of Dogs. Burrells Wharf. I stayed there for 6 months, very conveniently placed for DLR and the river bus stops outside. Has gym and pool. Anywhere round there will have dodgy places next door though. St David's is newer but probably more expensive. Should get a studio for £900.

[amcdonald]

Rainham or Purfleet would be doable get a C2C train, swap at barking or limehouse and tube it to a DLR

Apart from the usual yobs violence is pretty rare, it's more the odd drunken teenagers than anything

A world away from the really rough spots in London

[Gonzo]

It wasn't that bad surely.

Twenty years ago it really was (it was before respectable people started moving into the area).

Students could get some nice new places in those days because no one else would live there.

[norrahe]

I remember going to (what is now) the big Asda at Mudchute one day about twenty years ago. They made me leave my watch with them as security before they would let me have a metal shopping basket.

It wasn't that bad surely.

[Gonzo]

It is true that most of the new built up areas are right near some iffy areas. Used to live in the iffy areas as a student and you did have to watch yer back.

I remember going to (what is now) the big Asda at Mudchute one day about twenty years ago. They made me leave my watch with them as security before they would let me have a metal shopping basket.