London rental

[leesaleesa]

Hello, I have a question about rents in London-Is it possible to rent a 1BR flat in the London vicinity for $400.00 US? I am under the impression that London is one of the more expensive cities, and am sceptical of this figure.

[berthesghost]

Maybe if it's 1980.

What's "London vicinity"? Like Dagenham?

[leesaleesa]

I would assume it means London and the surrounding areas. No idea what the area is called, just that is in walking distance to Whitechapel. Let's say a 10 mile radius of the city-Do you know approximately the average rental in lets say a working class area would be?

[Vagabond]

$400.00 a week, maybe. Not $400.00 a month.

[GarrAarghHrumph]

I would assume it means London and the surrounding areas. No idea what the area is called, just that is in walking distance to Whitechapel. Let's say a 10 mile radius of the city-Do you know approximately the average rental in lets say a working class area would be?

I did a quick search of available flats to let in that area of London, and the least expensive I could find in walking distance of Whitechapel was a one bedroom in Stepney for £260 per week. That'd be about $1,632 per month, US dollars.

[milanessa]

Maybe a bed sit? I really don't know - never looked for other than hotels or B&B's in London.

[leesaleesa]

Thanks, I didn't think this was true. Turns out that the person claiming it also insists that Normandy is in England. We were writing a novel together, and I found many of his facts to be suspect. Think I'll go it alone now.

[Anita18]

Thanks, I didn't think this was true. Turns out that the person claiming it also insists that Normandy is in England. We were writing a novel together, and I found many of his facts to be suspect. Think I'll go it alone now.

Oh....boy.

[Vagabond]

Well, Normandy was part of England about 750 years ago. Maybe leesaleesa's friend hasn't kept up on current events.

[leesaleesa]

Lol. The copy so far is very colorful, but I don't think it'll sell. Not sure how a book about a murder/mystery set in Florida and Louisiana becomes a Da Vinci Code ripoff that has one character with a really good realtor living in a surprisingly affordable flat in London, Normandy England.

[GarrAarghHrumph]

Lol. The copy so far is very colorful, but I don't think it'll sell. Not sure how a book about a murder/mystery set in Florida and Louisiana becomes a Da Vinci Code ripoff that has one character with a really good realtor living in a surprisingly affordable flat in London, Normandy England.

Alternate universe?

[skatesindreams]

Lol. The copy so far is very colorful, but I don't think it'll sell. Not sure how a book about a murder/mystery set in Florida and Louisiana becomes a Da Vinci Code ripoff that has one character with a really good realtor living in a surprisingly affordable flat in London, Normandy England.

Maybe you should think twice about this!

[leesaleesa]

Yeah, the partnership, she is dissolved. By the time it got around to Russian Tartars and fake Turks with mysteriously Mexican acents, who are ancient Celts from Wales, I threw the towel in for good.

[Aussie Willy]

Yeah, the partnership, she is dissolved. By the time it got around to Russian Tartars and fake Turks with mysteriously Mexican acents, who are ancient Celts from Wales, I threw the towel in for good.

I don't know. After reading this bit I think it would make a fabulous comedy.

[Nan]

.... Russian Tartars and fake Turks with mysteriously Mexican acents, who are ancient Celts from Wales, ....

Now, THAT'S interesting!

[Tinami Amori]

Lol. ..........that has one character with a really good realtor living in a surprisingly affordable flat in London, Normandy England.

There IS Normandie Hotel London, which in mid 2000's was a crapy flea-infested hole-in-the-wall hotel in the alley next to Paddington Train Station and belonged to your standard Indian Patels #100003 family . They did rent tiny rooms (toilets down the hall) during off-season for long-term per-week/per-months, and the monthly rate did come to 400-500 BP/month (which is not dollars, but still.... ). The hotel has been upgraded since, but it is still a hole-in-the-wall, only the prices went up