The renting in London secret that will save you hundreds

Prime central London neighborhoods such as Kensington, with its elegant rows of white-stucco townhouses, continue to draw wealthy families who want the flexibility of renting or trying before they buy ... I have a special motto for approaching London’s rental market: choose violence. Not in the literal sense – I don’t aggressively chase estate agents down the street or wallop landlords over the head ... Londoners have consistently paid between 40-57 per cent of their monthly household income on rent since 2015, according to the ONS. Outside London, this figure lies much lower, between 20 and 35 per ... London Evening Standard: Postcode lottery: London areas with fastest and slowest-rising room rents It’s no secret that rents have sky-rocketed since Covid, but recent research from SpareRoom shows what’s happening at a local level, drilling down to specific postcodes, to reveal the fastest- and ...