Really struggling to find a room to rent in London. I'm on 28k and i understand i cant afford a flat but even a room in a house? Just feels completely unachievable to live here and have a good quality of life :(

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Look a little further out if central london (acton, kentish town.. ect) and be close to a station that is on the line you can take straight to work.

You should be able to share for 7-800

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Thank you, will have a look!

What have you been doing? Helps to know your search process (which sites, agents), what you are looking for and your budget

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I would say i would ideally max at 850 inc bills. Have looked on spare room, but they seem to go straight away, or i lose the room to someone else putting down 6 months rent at a time! i do have some savings but I dont want to depleat them and have no emergency fund.

As someone who has just recently left her gap year (well gap 6 months lol) , I am only 21 so don't have too much savings as i havent been working full time that long!

Initially looked at SW but thinking now east may be a bit cheaper?

Spareroom website/app are specifically focused on finding rooms. You can also search flatmates instead of rooms and then look for flats together. Like another comment mentioned, try to look at areas a bit outside of central London.

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Thank you! Any areas you know that I could specify in my search to look in?
My main thing is i just want a relatively safe area for women

I know quite a few people in SW and SE London who have had luck on less budget in a share home. You may have to compromise a few things but entirely doable - don’t give up hope!

If you look further out on the tube network you'll find something. It will just be a longer commute to the office.

You can make it on £28k, just have to live in zone 6 in a small room. As long as you have shelter and food, friends and family and your job isn’t too stressful, you have everything you need. I make £415k and my life probably isn’t much different than yours.

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