London fishes, how do you find a place (not sharing) within a budget and live in somewhere safe and central? All the apartments are going by so fast 🥺

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Need to keep checking right move and Zoopla very frequently
Also try Openrent responses from owners takes time ( quoted amount comparatively less)
All th best

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Desperation is inversely proportional to the amount of days left in current accommodation ( assuming living at the current place for a limited time)

For online viewing it's almost impossible. Wait till you're here, stay in an Airbnb until you get a place. Which should be very quick. Most places go with the first couple of viewings so very hard to agree in advance without putting an offer in.

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Honestly it’s so hard, when you see sometime reasonably priced, some people would put an offer even higher so even if you see the listing price and put an offfer you may not even get it.

You just have to sacrifice a bit if you want to rent your own apartment. I just went through it so I know the feeling.

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They usually go very quickly! Probably need to put down an offer as soon as you see something that you like

If you are looking for new builds like Canary Wharf, look at Victoria/battersea/Wandsworth/Paddington/Tower Bridge, Hill/Old Street/Farringdon . Good one beds for around £1800 a month

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You don't....

Rightmove, Zoopla

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