I'll be staying in London for roughly a month for work. Any area I should particularly avoid to look for accomodation?
I'm on a short-term notice so I can't be too demanding, I just want to avoid a negative experience.
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As a rule of thumb, if you're relatively wealthy it's good to stay north of the Thames
Where are you working and what's the budget? Zone 1-2 are fine usually.
City of London, answering for the other guy as well. I'm a few years in so I don't want to overblow it considering it's all expenses until the end of the month.
Go for Nottinghill. Quite social place but you can find housing that isn’t too expensive. You’ll just be a central line tube ride away from work which is ideal.
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Will depend where you work/ your seniority.
If you work in the city, generally north of hyde park alongside the central is good think between Nottinghill and Mable arch. If you are in Mayfair either pimlico/marylebone. If you are in Canary I usually suggest staying along the jubilee so around Baker street/marylebone/St johns woods is good too.
These are usually for junior positions. If you are more senior ie VP you can go to South Kensington/chelsea which is a great area too
Too broad a question, given the amount of options available. Would need some more details (where will you be working/studying, budget, etc) to actually help you. Otherwise, it's easy to suggest that you go live in South Kensington, but it's unlikely feasible.
One month work because the bad boys are going crazy over Brexit/Corbyn. I'm not that far into my career to afford SK.
I live in East London but in a nice gated community and have been there for the past four years where I get a bang for my buck. I would say that it's quite a blanket statement to make when people say avoid east london. Though there are some area which aren't as nice. Pretty much all the way from Liverpool Street to Mile End is kinda crap. Bow is generally nicer because it has a few gated communities and apartment by the canal next to Victoria Park. Don't go past Stratford.
Canary Wharf/Canada Water/Bermondsey are ok and have improved a lot in the past few years to become quite lively neighborhoods. Areas by the river between Limehouse and Shadwell are nice too.
And the comment about South of the river is arbitrary again because the areas along the river in the south bank have great views and apartments as well.
Vauxhall/Battersea area, West London in general or north london closer to Hampstead are also nice areas.
I always make it a point to get a place with a concierge and a gym close by. Points to consider.
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Yeah obviously it can't be all bad. Unfortunately I don't really have the time to figure out which areas are good and which are not. I got called up last Thursday and was given 24 hours to decide with a rather short time to move as well. Saturday was busy too.
I haven't been to London for 6 years, and I obviously don't remember much, thus short time+low info require some priorities. Proximity, quality and cost. I'm not even sure how much I'll be home because this might as well turn out to be 18 hours workdays.
Under that aspect, picking South Kensington would be a waste of money too because I simply wouldn't be there enough to enjoy it.
The point is that we don't know where you will be working (unless I missed it, and apologies if that's the case), so we can't really provide much advice (or good advice, to be more accurate). If you tell us that, perhaps we can be more specific and helpful.
City of London. I mentioned it to one of the guys but I should have probably added it in the OP. I found a place in North London zone 2, 20 minutes underground to my workplace.
For the moment I'm fine with that one. If I end up staying longer maybe I'll look for something else.
The whole "avoid south of the river" is much overdone: massive property development in Southwark and London Bridge means a lot of the areas just south of the river are now very sanitised (although I wouldn't venture too far south, mind). If you're working somewhere in the City, there are a number of catered accommodation options available there for short to medium duration stays. Otherwise, if you want convenience, go for: Moorgate, Southwark, Blackfriars, London Bridge, Spitalfields, Holborn, Farringdon. If you want a more "gentlemanly" experience, go: St James, Belgravia, Mayfair, Kensington, Chelsea. Westminster would also not be disastrous. I highly doubt you'll end up in any strict "no-go" areas: Elephant & Castle (not quite as stabby as it used to be), Whitechapel, Aldgate, Lambeth (so-so).
Thanks. Kind of astonishing the extreme divergence between areas of the same city, but ok.
Realistically, most (if not all) of London is very safe - giving colour inevitably leads to splitting hairs.
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