Well, rent for a well-furnished-and-fancy-fittings-and-balcony-but-generic 2-bed flat is £750 per MONTH
That's what my mate pays
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:38, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

If I rented out
my pokey 1928 red brick ex-council ground floor 1-bed unfurnished, I could get £1000 pcm for it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:40, Reply)

Really?
Where do you live, in front of Buckingham Palace?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:43, Reply)

It is stupidly expensive in London. In Kilburn (not a brilliant area to live) to buy a 2 bedroom flat would be around £425,000. A 3 bed with garden around £500,000
This sounds worringly like a Daily Heil comment. Sorry for that.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:49, Reply)

It's ok
I'm a MASSIVE RACIST, so I won't judge you. For the difference in price, I'd go for the 3bed+garden...

So, why do all these people have to live in London? And don't say it's because of work, because they don't work; and a lot of other people has to commute.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:54, Reply)

Because the begging opportunities are so good here.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:56, Reply)

I am not sure.
Telling people where to live and forcing them out en mass smells of pogroms to me though. In the 60's Londoners were given financial incentives to move to what were called "overspill towns" such as Basingstoke, Newbury & Reading. It may be more of an option to look at that again.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 8:57, Reply)

Borehamwood and Farnborough too.
Hahaha unlucky!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Borehamwood. Eurgh. I have to go there once a month to see a client. It's a truly depressing place.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:03, Reply)

Well, it's not telling there where to live
It's telling them "we're giving you this money, which is quite reasonable, now, where would you like to live?"
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Agreed.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:12, Reply)

Really?
I am scared now. Maybe I am a MASSIVE RACIST after all.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 2 Nov 2010, 9:19, Reply)