Yo...if anyone in London is looking for accomodation send me a message. I'm looking for two flatmates to move in from the start of July. Place is in Bethnal Green, v spacious and generally really nice. Feel free to ask questions or seek more info.
― Local Garda, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
just bumping this, fwiw
― Local Garda, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:39 (fourteen years ago) link
dammit i'd be *totally* up for this but i'm not sure whether my job applications will work out...i'll leave it for now, and get in touch if i land on my feet
― cumlord smedley (country matters), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
q is will anyone want to live with someone styling themself as "cumlord smedley"? :-)
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
red dwarf fans?
― U2 raped goat (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Odd_Couple_poster.jpg
― snoball, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Big Brother 11 shaping up nicely.
― Brandy Frotte and Reel De La St-Jean (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I might know someone. What's the rent?
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
yo ronan know a friend who may be interested.. drop me an email and i'll put you in touch??
redbulldozers at gee mail
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wallpapermurals.co.uk/pic/gallery/autumn-forest-mural.jpg
Here is a picture of Ronan's front room.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
not pictured: dj deciduous and his decks
― cumlord smedley (country matters), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
ya but here's the kitchen
http://www.step2kitchens.net/images/products/little_cooks_kitchen_nook_1.jpg
― U2 raped goat (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
this is one of the bedrooms
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/ny/2-13-prince2.jpg
― jed_, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice "satisfied" cushion there, presumably Prince will only allow you to use it once he has finished sexing you wild.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
The one on the left of the picture has "APPLAUSE" written on it...
― snoball, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
no snoball that says apple sauce
so more details
-rent is 542+30 council tax+a little more for bills, about 600 all in.-expensive i guess but place is spacious and nice, ilxors will vouch.
email me through ilx or even better at r o n a n f i t z g e r a l d at gee mail dot com
― Local Garda, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey, I emailed you yesterday, forgot to ask what initial deposit would be? Much like thee old cumlord though, I need to sort a job situation first.
― I wanna be your toy boy (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure deposit wise, flatmates are leaving 3 months into a lease so would need to consult landlord about that side of things...kind of keen to get people on board before talking to him either way
― Local Garda, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I replied to your mail btw hoy hoy...through ILXor, did you get it?
― Local Garda, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
REVIVE...need two people, move in sept 6th, let me know if this sounds good, really nice flat and I can send you pics. tell friends if you know anyone looking!
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Thursday, 27 August 2009 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
hi ilx..........i need a person to move in to bethnal green flat on august 6th...it's amazing and i've lived here for 2.5 years so trust me. if you have friends interested let me know. old flatmate has done her year's work experience in london so is leaving. 542 a month before bills/council tax.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Sunday, 11 July 2010 11:54 (thirteen years ago) link
oh a friend of mine was trying to find a place thereabouts, i'll let her know
― oligopoly golightly (c sharp major), Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
542 a month before bills/council tax.
is that an decent/average e.london rent just for a room? o_O
― jed_, Sunday, 11 July 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a tiny bit pricey, but not to far off the mark. We do get paid more here though.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a little on the pricey side (I pay £425 for a room in a bigger place in a generally more expensive area) but it's a lovely flat in a really convenient place.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a really big flat...v central, it is expensive but each bedroom is pretty huge and everything about it fairly great...for me personally it's living 4 mins from central line which is a big deal also.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 12 July 2010 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
hey does anyone know of anywhere going in London, pref. SE that is *cheap.* would live in any hovel if the price was right. Also i need a job. apprec. ur help guys!!!
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
hey can i bump this thanxxx
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
to clarify im just looking for like a restauraunt where they dont rob ur tips
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 11:59 (thirteen years ago) link
How cheap is cheap?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm from SE London and would be honoured to have you as a reg drinking buddy (until I leave the country myself in a month!!!) but sadly cannot help you personally as am living w/ fam atm
although when me + gal move back in May, we will be looking for a place of our own!
Matt DC lives on the Cator Estate so probably has a spare outhouse you can live in :P
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ochone ochone our best & brightest etc
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
cheap is like less than 400, preferably less than 350
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
oh dude that's easy, just go on gumtree and do a search for the 'lewisham' or 'deptford' or 'greenwich' areas
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
one bedroom etc - there are loads under those prices
There's no way I would even think about looking at a one-bedroom place for under £350pcm. That's going to be a complete hovel, like, really bad.
For that sort of money you're looking at a shared house. I actually can't think of many places I'd recommend where the landlord or agency would take someone who isn't currently working. Your best bet is probably to look round New Cross or somewhere else full of students.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
with plax on this but replace se w/ ne
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
under 350 in greenwich for a 1 bedroom?? xpost
― just sayin, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
ok maybe not greenwich - rotherhithe tho yes - i was looking there only the other day
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
plax, do you reckon you'd be leaving ireland if the economy hadn't gone to shit?
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i smelllll a SITCOM
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
That's going to be a complete hovel, like, really bad.
flats are kinda what you make of them tbh
anyway hate to be all king boy pato abt this but as stated above you live on the cator estate :P
(lol lee/blackheath rivalry injokes4u)
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
that was always the plan. u think i was hoping to kick back in moycullen and let my painting degree start bringin in the moolah?
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Not really, there's not much as a tenant you can do about the size of the flat or even the state of it if the landlord really isn't arsed.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Your best bet is probably to look round New Cross or somewhere else full of students.
bear in mind the horror of those students though :/
also SE london isn't really london
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
campaign for REAL london
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
People who grew up in Somerset have to keep mentally downscaling the size of London, it's the only way their tiny rural brains can cope with anywhere bigger than Yeovil without panicking.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
panicking is a perfectly valid response to the idea of living in or getting stuck in kent
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, no. I mean, space is what you make of it as is location etc, but stuff like damp everywhere or structural problems combined with crappy landlordism is not 'what you make of it', unless you consider respiratory problems/death by carbon monoxide to be things you have made.
― emil.y, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Students > Arsenal fans.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:37 (thirteen years ago) link
dont forget neighbour issues
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i think by "what you make of it" he meant that strong drugs and/or obliviousness can make even the most cramped, depressingly grungy and poorly maintained flat a blindspot of one's life
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:37 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
wasn't so long ago i was worse than hitler iirc
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
thread going brilliantly
obv there are some things outside of your control but to automatically dismiss a smallish/cheap flat as terrible is a bit much imo
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
how cheap is cheap
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i am afflicted by both atm ;_;
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
did a cursory search and cheapest monthly rent for a flat/self contained shoebox was like £500
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
n e wayz plax is looking for a share so idk if that's rlvnt
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
tallies with towns in west of ireland ffs
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah.
a lil bit more worried about finding a job tbh.
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
srsly, the prices on gumtree are not that diff than galway, which seems kindof mental.
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
just figured out the source of the misunderstanding
i was talking per week, not per month
w/e
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
also lol
see i was going to say that
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I kinda feel like responding to this as the Americans do whenever anyone refers to any aspect of their culture in derogatory terms but I can't be bothered (and you're probably right on the whole just doesn't apply to me).
£350/month in a house share probably isn't gonna get you much either tbh but gems do appear for fuck all if you're persistant. A friend of mine used to lodge with a family in a really nice house in Streatham for very little money but that would be quite a different experience I imagine.
― a le tiss faux-cunt (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Half my extended family are from Somerset, I'm allowed to do it.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 12:54 (thirteen years ago) link
if you like painting it might be worth giving camelot a try, it can be an arse moving but you can get incredible spaces for next to nothing
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link
hate this shit
― Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
am keeping diplomatic silence on that one
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i never heard of camelot before - sounds wild. http://uk.cameloteurope.com/544/1/vetting-of-guardians/strict-selection-of-guardians.html
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
are u gonna stay in greenwich & environs lj
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
we were thinking wapping, am considering rotherhithe, wd consider greenwich/deptford too - kinda wanna be e of centre - much prefer the area - less opulence, more industrial grandeur and open space
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
wd also consider tower hamlets but not the isle of dogs bit
idk those places rly
wapping is mostly yuppie scum, prob a grand a month for anything decentish there, tower hamlets is obv more grimy nahmean
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Rotherhithe is kind of grim and weirdly isolated, cut off between main road and river on all sides, and nasty combination of gated yuppy flats, industrial estates and grimy tower blocks. Don't really see the appeal.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
feel newham would be a better fit for lj's grime career
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
thing is with two sources of income, the options open up dramatically
wapping, mostly yuppie scum? aw, have liked it on walks thru, maybe limehouse or bow is a better plan tho
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
newham is much nicer than everyone says, nb this is based solely on my 'every-district-line-station walk' from upminster to embankment
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
If you live with students as a non-student, doesn't the whole flat become eligible for council tax? Or am I misremembering this?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
think u r right
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh why is everything complicated
― plax (ico), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i cannot imagine wanting to live between the river and the DLR, it all seems so... weird
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:16 (5 minutes ago)
friends of mine are in shadwell which apparently is better, they have a v nice place but think they are kinda conned paying ~ two grand a month for it
general sense of bland cityboy dormitory around there idk
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I've only really perceived an open-skied East London old/new architectural miasma, lots of newsagents, winding backalleys
maybe gotta go further east to escape the whitecollar hordes
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
like, tons and tons of those boxy modern towerblock flats with tasteful balconies and curved steel and maybe a swimming pool on top, and plenty of quiet streets but like, no cafes or shops or anything, and a few lonely estates kind of plopped in among them every so often
"bland cityboy dormitory" otm
shadwell kind cool though i think, not that far off from stepney
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
camelot is def a good idea
― just sayin, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Walthamstow!
Or Leyton is I think even cheaper.
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
got some friends who just moved to leyton cuz it was cheaper - appaz it's a really nice area
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Got a lot of friends in Wathamstow, still fairly decent price-wise, and reasonably fast links to Central London if needed, close to the 406/M25 if not.
― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
plax i'd totally give camelot a shot, that link tracer sent wrt selection process is bizarre considering the people i've met who do the camelot thing. a friend has just moved into a room just off old street roundabout where he's paying half what i pay for my place and he's got 10x as much space.
if you're thinking north east:
aldgate/whitechapel/mile end/bow/bethanl green end of town is a bit cheaper than the shoreditch/dalston/stoke newington bit. it's a bit more grown up which is nice. holloway/kentish town is a quieter and you can find some pretty nice places for cheap
south of the river: i'd look at camberwell/peckham/new cross before looking any further south
shadwell is best place in that little area imo altho yeah a lot of gated cityboy apartment blocks, always feels a bit dead round there imo
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Camelot could be okay if you don't have a lot of stuff and are happy being moved around at random and at short notice. On the plus side you could end up living in some pretty neato places. I know someone who was living in a disused mental hospital just north of Oxford Street for a while.
Another vote for Camberwell/Peckham/New Cross. Heaps of buses around there.
― salsa shark, Thursday, 13 January 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
rather walthamstow than peckham tbqh
― Jefferson Mansplain (DG), Thursday, 13 January 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
would be inclined to agree
kinda like bow/holloway best out of all those
shadwell isn't the worst idea at all - what about limehouse? area round weaver's field?
― legerndrymayne (acoleuthic), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yo dudes...got a room going in my flat from august 6th. bout 625 inc all bills, is a really nice place, 5 mins from central line, on globe road. mail me r o n a n f i t z g e r a l d at gee mail dot com
― LocalGarda, Friday, 15 July 2011 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
unnecessary spacing out of gmail.com there but nonetheless, have at it.
i have a friend who needs a room but er.. she's a single mum with a three year old
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
NO
― LocalGarda, Friday, 15 July 2011 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
(on religious grounds)
haha yeah it's a big ask, that one. i know you have strong feelings about fallen women.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2011 11:59 (twelve years ago) link
i'm looking for a room right now but for less than £625pcm (which is why i want to move out of here) (also HOUSEMATES ugh still so dirty).
tracer you were trying to move your friend into our place when gareth moved out, she still hasn't had any luck?!
― lex pretend, Friday, 15 July 2011 12:02 (twelve years ago) link
well she found a council flat but it is shitty, w/a shared bathroom :(
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2011 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
passed this info. on to a very good friend on mine
― tpp, Friday, 15 July 2011 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
bumping this - i know london ilx is small, but got a room going in the flat i rent in bethnal green for one person, £617 a month before council tax/bills, it's a decent sized double room with a a lot of storage, massive walk-in wardrobe, big flat, big living room, newly renovated bathroom and toilet, big. nice location on a one-way street, 5 mins from central line. let me know here if you are interested...
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link