Living in London.

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So I need to find a love nest for redcountess and myself toot bloody sweet. marnameow has pointed out that just south of the river is vastly underappreciated, and also we should be able to find a decent flat for £700-800 a month. She's been suggesting stuff along the Southwark/Bermondsey/Rotherhite axis. Liz has been sniffing online around New Cross and environs.

Actual requirements are that it have two bedrooms and be really close to public transport (Tube preferred, train maybe). Nice things would be ground floor and all on one level. Location is the least of our worries - north, south, east or west - unless it's a shithole or truly light-years out of town. Must not be a pain in the arse to get to Knightsbridge (Piccadilly line), where I work.

So. Tell me about where you live, and where you've looked in the past. Please go into as much detail as possible.

(You can tell it's Friday, can't you.)

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maida vale

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I lived there in 1998-1999, at which time it was quiet but pretty good. Plenty of shops, one little antqiue store and easy tube access (Bakerloo line, half hour to Oxford st.). My apt. was a 1 BR for 900 pounds or so per month, but you might be able to find a better price, because my apt. was a pokey little place that was decidedly overpriced.

I *liked* Maida Vale because it was serene and had green spaces, and wide tree-lined boulevards. It didn't even feel like London, half the time.

Getting to Slimelight was a pain, though.

I looked at a bunch of places before settling there; one of them was basically someone's backyard shed with a tree growing through it (Golders Green, i think?) and one was a dreary little place in Wimbledon. The one I *should* have taken was a ginormous place in, I think, Hempstead. Which I passed on because it was more than two blocks from the train.