Moving To/Living In London Megathread - ALL QUESTIONS TO GO HERE

seanrose

what football teams are around north greenwich. I always thought off heading the odd saturday just to watch a game of football either premier league or non league. something small like that just to break a weekend up or anything.

I also play a play a bit and played at intermediate level in ireland. I see theres a football team, shamrock or something which if time allowed would give me an outlet to meet new people

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West ham or Milwall are not far away but id give them a miss.....Fulham are quite easy to get tickets for & you don't have to watch your back in the pubs around the ground

seanrose

Help!!!! wrote: »

West ham or Milwall are not far away but id give them a miss.....Fulham are quite easy to get tickets for & you don't have to watch your back in the pubs around the ground

yeah I watched too many football hooligan films to think otherwise, also the fear of running into that eejit of a danny dyer at a west ham match would put me off, ha

Help!!!!

do you support any teams?

seanrose

Help!!!! wrote: »

do you support any teams?

used to visit parkhead regulary enough in the younger years. dont bother supporting anybody. i often see people getting upset over football and cant the logic behind it, lifes hard enough

Grandpa Hassan

seanrose wrote: »

I would like to thank everybody for their replys. I appreciate people taking the time out as im sure you answer the same questions over and over again.

I know I will never be fully prepared for London but the least I can do is make the best of the advice I am given and hence make the transition just a little bit easier.

For some reason Canary wharf has always stuck in my head when I thought of London and when I went through a list of areas it stuck out at me again.

I take it areas such as north greenwich are close to canary wharf. Is Canary wharf mainly banking jobs, financial services type jobs

My particular expertise is South and West London. I live Putney, and the area around here is potentially perfect....by the river, Richmond park, Kew, short cycle ride into the Surrey Hills. But it is expensive, as is the whole section out around Kingston / Richmond. At your budget, I think you are probably better looking NE or SE of London.

I'd suggest combine a google maps search with a look at spareroom.co.uk to get an idea of prices. Then if you identify some places and throw them up here, I'm sure there will be people who know them

Grandpa Hassan

seanrose wrote: »

yeah I watched too many football hooligan films to think otherwise, also the fear of running into that eejit of a danny dyer at a west ham match would put me off, ha

I agree with the Fulham suggestion. Craven Cottage is on the river just across from Putney, and must have one of the most picturesque walk ups, through Bishops Park, of any ground in the country. A very family kind of club.....the pubs around Putney and Fulham on match day would not be rowdy at all

Problem is that they are pretty rubbish at football!

seanrose

Just another quick question, how sensible is it too maybe let the area pick me. Im more worried about a suitable place to live than finding a job. I think personally that a half decent place to live maybe at the start is more important maybe than choosing a particular area. i.e. find suitable accomodation, with reasonable rent and good transport links and then long term choose the area.

Is this sensible

x43r0

seanrose wrote: »

what football teams are around north greenwich. I always thought off heading the odd saturday just to watch a game of football either premier league or non league. something small like that just to break a weekend up or anything.

I lived in North Greenwich for a year. It's grand and quiet - not a lot of life to it though. The nearest football team is Charlton - The Valley is 10mins on the bus from NG

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Public transport in London is great so you can get round the city pretty easy. You could go from east to west or visa verse in 1.5hours give or take. For me I spent most of my time in the west ( Acton, Ealing area ) its a bit more expensive than the east but I found it much safer at night

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How much are you willing to spend a month?

seanrose

price range between 700-800 pound per month for a couple. know that we will more than likely be house sharing which shouldn't be a problem.

I take it the going rate if bills arent included in the price would be about 100 per month

Yeah just looking at the area of london. Its a third of the size of donegal, has made me less worried about getting the area absolutely perfect.

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check out the gumtree it will have flat/house share in it...also theres free magazines that you will find outside the tube stations on Monday mornings which will have the same. TNTmagazine is very good. Do you have work lined up yet? Does the other person have a job?

seanrose

Na nothing line up, know somebody from home that works in a recruitment agency in ealing. To be honest I have my cv on a few job sites but think I would rather get over then, get accomodation sorted and then focus on getting a job. my girlfriend is a senior beauty therapist so seems to be a bit of a demand for that, but hopefully I get something sorted quick enough

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Ealings going through a bit of a rejuvenation at the moment so theres loads of beauty places opened up so ur g/f shouldn't find it hard to get a job.

seanrose

Cheers help, every little nugget of information is counting towards a large bank of information

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yeah I just left there in March so I know quite a bit about the area

mossy464

Hi All,

I'm in the process of finding a job in London and looking into areas to live.

I've had a few phone interviews and now I've been called over for a face to face next week. The job is in canary wharf.

Can anyone suggest good areas to live close to here. Would like to live in a lively area with plenty places for socialising.

Would be moving over with my gf and we're not sure yet if we will be living with another couple we know or getting our own place.

If living with another couple we would like to spend no more than 700 pcm. Or if a 1 bed then around 1000 pcm.

Is this realistic?

Would also like to be within 30 mins commute of canary wharf.

Cheers

Marcusm

mossy464 wrote: »

Hi All,

I'm in the process of finding a job in London and looking into areas to live.

I've had a few phone interviews and now I've been called over for a face to face next week. The job is in canary wharf.

Can anyone suggest good areas to live close to here. Would like to live in a lively area with plenty places for socialising.

Would be moving over with my gf and we're not sure yet if we will be living with another couple we know or getting our own place.

If living with another couple we would like to spend no more than 700 pcm. Or if a 1 bed then around 1000 pcm.

Is this realistic?

Would also like to be within 30 mins commute of canary wharf.

Cheers

Is the job in the Canary Wharf estate or is it just that Canary Wharf is the nearest tube station? If it's not in the estate, I'd bargain on an extra 15 minutes walk on arrival.

The wharf is served by the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light rail (DLR). Have a look at the map and you'll see what's within reasonable commuting distance. East and South London are generally cheaper than points west - use Gumtree for sharing or rightmove.com for flat rentals.

As a hint, between the wharf and Greenwich on the DLR is pretty dead socially although it can have some decent accommodation. Your socialising would have to be elsewhere. Heading east on the Jubilee Line, there's plenty of modern accommodation around North Greenwich (millennium dome/the O2) but no real centre to the place.

Stratford is up and coming, excellent transport links and there are a lot of new apartment blocks there but there is a real split between old and new Stratford. A very transient place in some ways. HAckney, Victoria PArk etc ar eeasily reached by DLR or bus - don't forget about the possibilities of the bus.

mossy464

Marcusm wrote: »

Is the job in the Canary Wharf estate or is it just that Canary Wharf is the nearest tube station? If it's not in the estate, I'd bargain on an extra 15 minutes walk on arrival.

The wharf is served by the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light rail (DLR). Have a look at the map and you'll see what's within reasonable commuting distance. East and South London are generally cheaper than points west - use Gumtree for sharing or rightmove.com for flat rentals.

As a hint, between the wharf and Greenwich on the DLR is pretty dead socially although it can have some decent accommodation. Your socialising would have to be elsewhere. Heading east on the Jubilee Line, there's plenty of modern accommodation around North Greenwich (millennium dome/the O2) but no real centre to the place.

Stratford is up and coming, excellent transport links and there are a lot of new apartment blocks there but there is a real split between old and new Stratford. A very transient place in some ways. HAckney, Victoria PArk etc ar eeasily reached by DLR or bus - don't forget about the possibilities of the bus.

It's in the middle of canary wharf. Close to the heron quays DLR.

Cheers, i'll take a look in these areas.

Terrontress

mossy464 wrote: »

It's in the middle of canary wharf. Close to the heron quays DLR.

Cheers, i'll take a look in these areas.

Canada Water to Canary Wharf is easy and Canada Water is on the ginger line. You could live in Clapham and be in Canary Wharf in 30 mins. Some up and coming spots in Peckham and you can get to the Wharf via the same route.

How so Joe

Terrontress wrote: »

Canada Water to Canary Wharf is easy and Canada Water is on the ginger line. You could live in Clapham and be in Canary Wharf in 30 mins. Some up and coming spots in Peckham and you can get to the Wharf via the same route.

Ginger line?? Is this some slang that I haven't heard before??

Also, I don't know where the cool smiley at the top came from. Please ignore him, I cannot get rid of him.

Marcusm

Terrontress wrote: »

Canada Water to Canary Wharf is easy and Canada Water is on the ginger line. You could live in Clapham and be in Canary Wharf in 30 mins. Some up and coming spots in Peckham and you can get to the Wharf via the same route.

Unless it's changed in the last couple of years (doubtful), it's practically impossible to join the Jubilee Line at Canada Water heading east at any time between 8am and 9:15am.

By the ginger line I assume you mean London Overground?

x43r0

Marcusm wrote: »

Unless it's changed in the last couple of years (doubtful), it's practically impossible to join the Jubilee Line at Canada Water heading east at any time between 8am and 9:15am.

By the ginger line I assume you mean London Overground?

Getting on the Jubilee at Canada water in the morning is a nightmare - Avoid at all costs

Blured

x43r0 wrote: »

Getting on the Jubilee at Canada water in the morning is a nightmare - Avoid at all costs

It really isnt that bad. I do it every day.

I presume the "ginger line" refered to above is the London Overground. I am living near Peckham, get the Overground and then the Jubilee line in Canada Water to Canary Wharf. Commute only takes 25 minutes

x43r0

Blured wrote: »

It really isnt that bad. I do it every day.

I presume the "ginger line" refered to above is the London Overground. I am living near Peckham, get the Overground and then the Jubilee line in Canada Water to Canary Wharf. Commute only takes 25 minutes

That's fair enough - I've only done it a few times and it was rough. Must have had bad days

Marcusm

Blured wrote: »

It really isnt that bad. I do it every day.

I presume the "ginger line" refered to above is the London Overground. I am living near Peckham, get the Overground and then the Jubilee line in Canada Water to Canary Wharf. Commute only takes 25 minutes

Has there been a big uptick in the number of people getting off at Canada Water or are you just a bit more successful at pushing your way on? Not suggesting you are pushy but a lot of people are intimidated by pushing onto a busy train. By busy I mean packed to the gills.

Blured

Marcusm wrote: »

Has there been a big uptick in the number of people getting off at Canada Water or are you just a bit more successful at pushing your way on? Not suggesting you are pushy but a lot of people are intimidated by pushing onto a busy train. By busy I mean packed to the gills.

I generally get to Canada Water around 8.30 - if you head to the end of the platform should have no problem getting on the train. The carriages at the end tend to be busy but not jam packed.

Of course there can be days where you will be waiting to get on a train for 20-30 minutes, but those days are thankfully few and fair between

Terrontress

Yeah, I call London Overground Ginger line with mates. People get confused between LOROL and National Rail when you say Overground or Overland.

I've done Canada Water Eastward at peak time once and was impressed. There was a fair queuing system and I had to wait for the second train.

sebbplatter

Car related query...

Have any of you brought your Irish car over and registered it in the Uk when you moved to London?

Just wondering is there much hassle involved?

I've bought my last couple of cars from the Uk so I know there is great value to be had buying over there but my current car is an 03 and wouldn't be worth a great deal if I sell it here plus all our money will be going towards rent and initial set up costs in London.

Before I'm asked I won't be commuting to the city for work and will need a car for a round trip to work which isn't serviced by a direct bus or train which I've already researched plus I want to be able to drive as I have family and friends in other parts of the country I'd like to be able to visit etc amongst various other reasons.

Just wondering does it take long to register in order to be able to tax and insure? Thanks