Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Well, havign recently broken up with my girlfriend I'm starting to remember why I dislike living on my own and have started to work out how I'm goign to make the move up to London on my own (former plan with girlfriend + part of my original plan after i came back from Dublin and before i met her) given that new city + livign on own + boring gits at work who don't predominantly lvie in London will = £££ + misery, i happened across this article at the wekened (or shoudl I say my Mum did whilst reading a paper at a garden centre!)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/rentingproperty/7777557/Shared-accommodation-Lets-stick-together.html
Think it soudns liek a great idea so have been in contatc with the landlord and am arrangign a meeting to go see him soon and get a betetr feel for it! Not planning to move up until December/January time which will suit well! Never ben keen on the idea of livign with one perosn, esp after living on my own for a few years but with a bunch of people similar to me I think its be great! Not cheap but quite a savign voe rlviign on your own I reckon
http://www.fulhamrooms.com
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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Looks great.
HD box in each bedroom!!!
Think how many Arsenal games you can get to living in London.
[Edited on 01-06-2010 by Ben J]
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luciaadr
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Registered: 11th Aug 04
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That's barely an article. its a full page advert disguised as news.
No single rooms to rent in London? Lies.
Sure top-spec ones like that are few and far between, but then I wouldn't want to pay over the odds to have TV, fridge (in my bedroom?).
A few friends live in flatshre accomodation accross london, I dont recall them struggling to find one. They're not "chaotic and cramped" either.
Did the landlord mention prices when you inquired? I know Dublin's not cheap but I bet they're mega money.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Roughly £230-270 pw I think
Think the big chunky fridge is in the kitchen rather than each room... also id be wanting to take some stuff into the room myself as i alreayd have furniure so hopefully bring price down a bit too
Benji - oh yesh, many more as cuts out 40% of the cost!
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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For £1k per month you could get a mortgage & a nice house out of it.
I'd rather do that and go and make some new friends than live with strangers who could nick your food and get on your nerves.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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In Central London? No. Plus you also need deposit
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Whittie
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Guess so, i'm fed up of shared living though. Does my head in sometimes.
At the end of the day it is a good deal considering the location, and it's up to you. Not something i'd personaly like though.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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Robbo just get your own gaff you gay. Jut make sure you go out and meet new people. Join a gym or a night class or something. Plenty of other ways to meet new people.
I did it for two years in London. Fuck living with randoms.
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Dom
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Price is ok but i wouldn't say it's brilliant, i would do what a friend of mine did and have a butchers around Gumtree. He managed to score an apartment share with two extremely fit blondes somewhere near Kentish for £650 a month inc bills (doesn't include sky though).
However the houses do look pretty decent though 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Just appears to be another thing where people believe that throwing money at a problem will solve it. I know plenty of people who share flats and houses in London and they certainly aren't paying a grand a month.
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ed
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Plus if he's charging that much he could at least do the decent thing and have a proper website made.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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Get your own gaff. You'd easily get a 1 bed in a half decent area for less than 1k a month.
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
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You could have put a deposit down with the amount you spent on your ex's presents 
But seriously if I was to go to London on my own communal living would be what I looked at. I've had a couple of friends who have tried getting 1 bed places and have really struggled paying the rent, a lot cheaper to share, plus it gives you instant access to new people.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
You could have put a deposit down with the amount you spent on your ex's presents
But seriously if I was to go to London on my own communal living would be what I looked at. I've had a couple of friends who have tried getting 1 bed places and have really struggled paying the rent, a lot cheaper to share, plus it gives you instant access to new people.
FLOL
you're not far wrong 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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That is my idea of living hell.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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Why, out of itnerest?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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It seems like the idea is you live in a house with other people, but the intention is to not even bother to get to know them. So you're under the same roof with a bunch of strangers afraid to even leave your own room.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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with this you mean ed? not at all - quite the opposit in fact 
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