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Nice shared house backing on to Brockwell park, 8 mins walk from Brixton Tube and Herne Hill.

Basement room in a relaxed house share looking out on to the Park. Bigish room, wet room, nice kitchen.

Rent is £460 ppm including light, heat and council tax. Broadband is an extra £10.

We'd prefer a girl to keep the gender balance in this house at 50/50 but I guess who you are is more important than what sex you are.

Drop us a line if you know anyone who might be interested.
Kam
 
looking for a home

Hello people.

I'm squatting in brixton at the moment and very much like the area but i have to leave where i'm living..
I'm thinking about taking the leap into rented accomodation, i've just started to study with open uni and basically need a calm base to operate my life from, but i'm also open to other ideas' a co-opperative would be nice although i'm finding it very hard to actually get on any waiting lists let alone be offered a home.
I've been looking on gumtree but quite frankly a lot of the adverts really scare me as do the pictures of peoples homes.
I just want to live somewhere down to earth, easy going and with nice people/person!
I don't need a luxury appartment next to a river for henious amounts of money which i don't have.
Speaking of which innitially i will be claiming housing ben as i re-adjust to my new living environment/way of doing things.
This doesn't mean i'm lazy and do nothing.
I'm trying to get into volunteering/training at the mo to get me out of the mindless jobs i do for money.

Or maybe there's some people out there looking to squat in brixton and we can find something together.
So.
If anyone reads this and has an idea' room to rent' room in a squat' co-op in the brixton and surrounding area.
I'd be more than happy to hear from you.
Oh yeah, i'm 36 a female and my name's leigh
 
One person wanted to share the perfect flat. £550 pcm including bills.

I need a new non-smoking flatmate - just finished burying the last one under the patio. I live in a huge 2 bed Victorian conversion, all mod cons, in Dalberg Road - lovely quiet street halfway between the tube and Brockwell Park. I'm male, 46, journalist...fairly normal, quite tidy, eat lots of fruit, watch the Daily Show...

All bills included except wi-fi, phone and Sky+. Room available now!
 
Im in between moving house, got 2 week gap, so Im gonna be needing a room from the end of this week, approx from friday 20th Nov or thereabouts for about 2 weeks.

If anyone knows of any short term lets, please email me
 
Woman and daughter in need of dble room

If anyone knows of largish dble room for a woman and her daughter, please PM me. Mum is part time student/care worker, girl attends school.

Cheers
 
my house will have a room going at the end of this month. double room, fifteen minute walk from central brixton (just off brixton hill). lovely quiet leafy street. sainsbury's just across the main road. sharing with 4 others - three girls & one guy. pretty chilled & quiet during the week but we all party a fair bit at the weekend. really nice place, mostly clean - two bathrooms & separate toilet.

price is 540 but that includes absolutely all bills including internet & weekly cleaner.

i just want someone nice, fun n chilled to move in. guy would be good, but girls are always welcome of course. we're quite good friends and have a laugh and that. take drugs a little. it's all jolly good fun.

furnished, double bed etc, park on our road. oh and kanda is our neighbour :)
 
Double room in Brixton. Available NOW!

It's a big Victorian house, very clean and together and with lots of character. We have a big garden/patio for BBQs & parties etc. Central heating, washing machine, tv/dvd, broadband etc etc.

There's three blokes, a girl (me) and whoever wants to move in. We're arty/creative types I suppose, quite sociable, like going to the boozer, partying, music, havin mates round etc, just looking for someone who is also fairly chilled out.

We're about 10/15 mins walk from the tube, very well served by buses on Brixton Road (3, 59, 159, 133 etc), a few mins from Jamm, a few mins from the beautiful Myatt's Fields park, also walking distance to Camberwell/Loughborough Junction. Shops, off licence, chippy, chemist, doctor's, cashpoint etc all within a few mins walk. The SW9 postcode makes you look hard.

Rent is £395 a month, plus £40 for bills (which covers everything) - works out at a bargain £90 a week plus bills. PM me if you're interested.

Available from February 1st!
 
Room available in central brixton in 2 bed flat.

£425/mth rent. well, the whole flat is £850/month. i have a small room, the available room is MASSIVE, with window boxes :). so rent may be negotiable, depending on what happens...
the deposit is similarly negotiable, but a minimum of £425.
water paid up to April 1st, apparently about £30/mth between two after.
ele - about £20-£30/mth each?
gas - about £20/mth between us.
c/tax - just shy of £100/mth between two.

it is an awesome flat.

there is a balcony and then another balcony/fire escape
there are a few rooms which could be shuffled between bedrooms/living roomn (three rooms in total what aren't a kitchen or bathroom. w/shower. kitchen w/ washing maching. gch etc etc).

it is to share with me, and you (if you want a room).

i am CHUFFED that i am living here, and need to find a housemate within a month.

the deposit is the equivalent to a month's rent.

i am a little drunk right now , as i am in a flat that i *love* and spending me first night in proper (was meant to get keys yesterday and got 'em this afternoon instead)

aye :)

pm me for details. if box full, keep trying ;)

i want to live with rational, normal(ishforurban75) folk.
if you are a loonspud, please do not apply. (says me :rolleyes:)
x
 
tufty79 said:
Room available in central brixton in 2 bed flat.

£425/mth rent. well, the whole flat is £850/month. i have a small room, the available room is MASSIVE, with window boxes :). so rent may be negotiable, depending on what happens...
the deposit is similarly negotiable, but a minimum of £425.
water paid up to April 1st, apparently about £30/mth between two after.
ele - about £20-£30/mth each?
gas - about £20/mth between us.
c/tax - just shy of £100/mth between two.

it is an awesome flat.

there is a balcony and then another balcony/fire escape
there are a few rooms which could be shuffled between bedrooms/living roomn (three rooms in total what aren't a kitchen or bathroom. w/shower. kitchen w/ washing maching. gch etc etc).

it is to share with me, and you (if you want a room).

i am CHUFFED that i am living here, and need to find a housemate within a month.

the deposit is the equivalent to a month's rent.

i am a little drunk right now , as i am in a flat that i *love* and spending me first night in proper (was meant to get keys yesterday and got 'em this afternoon instead)

aye :)

pm me for details. if box full, keep trying ;)

i want to live with rational, normal(ishforurban75) folk.
if you are a loonspud, please do not apply. (says me :rolleyes:)
x
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Would this be doable on Housing Benefit ?
 
it would. it is what i am doing.
the landlord's only concern is getting the rent paid, by HB if necessary..
as long as the gap between application and HB payment is covered upfront, then no problems...
 
I have to move out within the next month and need to be somewhere within central Brixton.

Last time I tried to claim HB (which I admit was a long time ago) they wouldn't pay anything near £425/month.

If it is do-able then I would be interested, as I could almost certainly borrow the money to cover me until the HB kicks in.
 
:hmm:
i need to get me arse down the benefits shop and apply :)
and then work it out...

tbh i'm prepared to go out poledancing (poor punters :()to keep this flat on. anything.
callfuckingcentres.
whatever.

i've never had a home this homey :)
 
I'm gonna go down to Olive Morris house and make some inquiries about how much HB I am entitled to.
 
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AdviceBenefits/Benefits/HousingBenefit.htm just came up on google an' all...

in fact...

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AdviceBenefits/Benefits/WhatLHARate.htm

apparently the maximum local housing allowance (replacemnt for housing benefit?) :confused: for a 2 bed place is £346.15 per week....

definitely down the benefits shop - i don't think i really understand this at all :(

actually, their online calculator (assuming that a housemate would be on incapacity) is saying i'd be eligible for 357.02 weekly (council tax and rent benefit combined)

i shall do the same thing with a jsa based theoretical housemate... :hmm: - it comes up with £359.32 weekly...


:hmm:
 
I was under 25 last time applied, and from what I remember it was less but not by much.

Didn't get the chance to go to Olive Morris House today but will in the morning.

I need to find somewhere asap that's dss friendly, and need to know how much housing benefit I am entitled to.
 
be aware by the way, all potential flatlivers with me, that the flat is.. interesting.
quirky.
a million miles away from ikea..
needs some work doing on it but not crumbling or owt - i have access to a toolkit :D
and the layout is 'different' but very very sortoutable.

erm, yes.

raverdrew, if you're around brixton tomorrow (well, technically today) do you want to pop over for a shufty?
 
Drew, the hostel I was in charged something like £120 a week rent and that was covered (including for under 25 me).
 
tufty79 said:
be aware by the way, all potential flatlivers with me, that the flat is.. interesting.
quirky.
a million miles away from ikea..
needs some work doing on it but not crumbling or owt - i have access to a toolkit :D
and the layout is 'different' but very very sortoutable.

erm, yes.

raverdrew, if you're around brixton tomorrow (well, technically today) do you want to pop over for a shufty?
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I am, and that would be great. pm coming your way :)

Pip said:
Drew, the hostel I was in charged something like £120 a week rent and that was covered (including for under 25 me).
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Great news :cool: ta Pip.
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tufty79 said:
be aware by the way, all potential flatlivers with me, that the flat is.. interesting.
quirky.
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Having bumped into tufty and been shown round the flat the other day, I can confirm that it is absolutely lovely. And quirky in the best sense of the word. It looks like very happy times will be had there. :)
If I didn't have a very happy quirky home already I'd be tempted!
 
looks like it has, mrsdarlingskiss... sorry, me box is now cleared but a little late (lost me interwebs access for a week-ish, innit? :rolleyes:
 
zora said:
Having bumped into tufty and been shown round the flat the other day, I can confirm that it is absolutely lovely. And quirky in the best sense of the word. It looks like very happy times will be had there. :)
If I didn't have a very happy quirky home already I'd be tempted!
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I can also confirm its quirkiness and charm.

It's like the inside of Tufty's head, turned into a flat :D
 
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