Renting in London? Dream on...!

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Renting a place in or around town is far from easy or affordable. Aside from the multitude of rent scams proliferating on the Web targeting newcomers for whom London post codes are Greek – 300 pounds sounds reasonable to me! Doh! You mean the median rent in this neighborhood is 950 pounds?! – there is simply the high standard of living which, compounded by requirements of a deposit plus two months rent paid in advance, makes getting your own place the thing of fairy tales. This year is even worse thanks to the coming Summer Olympics: renters are jacking up rates (and evicting tenants) to cash in on the Games.