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Archive for May, 2010

Flats to Rent Kilburn

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Flats to Rent Kilburn are substantially cheaper than those in West Hampstead, yet you are only 1 mile away and still fairly well connected to the city via public transport.

Transport-wise, Brondesbury and Brondesbury Park are both nearby and connect you to the East-West overland railway line, nearby Kilburn Park is on the Bakerloo line and Kilburn High Road is another distinct railway line connection. There is also Kilburn tube station on the Bakerloo. So lots of choice for getting around!

There is an exceptionally busy and noisy highstreet (Kilburn High Road), full of bustle and some of the main chain stores you may need such as Argos and Sainsburys as well as good local alternatives. The High Road is the place to catch the myriad buses and also the Jubilee and Overland lines at the north end.

Compared to West Hampstead – a little less posh, a little more real and nitty gritty, but grab a place a couple of streets away from the high street and you won’t notice it can be fairly quiet. Good value for money!


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Nearby Kilburn Grange Park. Nested between Kilburn High Rd and West Hampstead, this cute park is a hidden wonder. It’s got a football court, tennis courts, basketball and one of those fluorescent outdoor gyms, but most significantly, it is a large open space, ideal for a spot of lunch and lovely for laying back. It’d be tough to tell you how many premier league football pitches or tube trains it’s equivalent in size to, but if pushed, I’d estimate two soccer pitches. And if all the country life (!) gets too much for you, this space is a short stagger from the Black Lion public house.

Flats to Rent (Kilburn) - Kilburn Grange Park Image

 

See Flats to Rent Kilburn for original article.

by Chris Jamieson

Properties in West Hampstead

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

There are many types of Properties in West Hampstead that you can rent, from a modest single room in a shared house to an entire 4 story town house all to yourself. The main factor determining what you will get is your budget of course. At the very cheap end of the scale, for about £200 a month, you could share a room (i.e. 2 separate beds in one room that pays £400 a month) in a nearby cheaper area such as Kilburn or Cricklewood. The cost of bills in these kind of scenarios can be very cheap too … with your share of council tax, gas and electric being minimal. The obvious disadvantage is that you will not have any private personal space very often and the other tenant may be messy.

Next on the payment scale is to rent a room for yourself which could be a single at about £500 a month to a good sized double in a nice location for £700 a month. These prices show how expensive it can be to rent a room in West Hampstead! It’s only a room … but you have to remember that it is a very pretty and affluent area, is six minutes from Kings Cross and has good tube and rail connections in almost every direction! It’s also got a lovely (albeit busy high street) with attractive shops and a buzzing social scene.

If you want an entire apartment to yourself then look to pay from £1000 a month for 1-bed and remember your bills will be a lot more than in the room share scenario (budget in £250-£300 a month all-in I would say). You could pay £1400 to have a 2 bed apartment to yourself as well.

 

See Properties in West Hampstead for original article.

by Chris Jamieson

Flats to Rent in West Hampstead

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Here are some examples of Flats to Rent in West Hampstead that I found on Paramount’s blog. They give you an idea of what is available, although do not call paramount about these particular properties if it is say June 2010 or later because they’ll probably be gone by that time, but do contact them to find out about any new properties.

A recently decorated two double bedroom first floor split level flat set in a three storey period building in West Hampstead. The property is located within a short walk from both the Kilburn Jubilee and Brondesbury Over ground stations and also within easy reach of West Hampstead for the Thames Link, Jubilee and Over ground stations. The accommodation comprises of two double bedrooms with wood floors, fitted kitchen with integral fridge freezer and gas hob and a white three piece bathroom suite. Further benefits include an open plan reception with wood floors, share of freehold, double glazing, gas central heating and no upper chain.

 

North London Flat to Let A completely refurbished first floor studio apartment situated on this tree lined road close to transport and amenities, including studio room with space saver kitchenette and fully tiled shower room, available NOW, part furnished.

As you can see the Flats to Rent in West Hampstead are generally fairly decent and respectable too look at.

Paramount Properties was established as an independent London estate and lettings agency on 5th June 1989 by Mark Greig. Mark is permanently committed to taking Paramount Properties forward with a professional and modern approach to Estate Agency.

 

See http://www.rentwesthampstead.info/flats-to-rent-in-west-hampstead/ for original article.

Value Consultants Up Against The Wall…

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
The late, lamented Douglas Adams wrote mockingly about the seemingly needless profession of telephone-hygienist. There are other jobs that make me wonder if the world would spin without them: colour consultants (FYI – I am a ‘Spring’) and obviously – letting agents. But here’s a new one: value consultants.

Value consultants are employed by developers to assess the spec of newbuild homes, shaving off any ‘extras,’ the theory being that previously, architects and builders decked buy-to-let flats with platinum flooring, marble walls (or crazier: long lasting carpets, bathrooms that saved energy and water, kitchen cabinets and appliances that didn’t break, etc etc, oh I promised I’d be good but I am compelled to mention this again.)

I still debate how dovecots came to be so horrible, since nobody in their right mind would scan a list of things you really in a home and with a sharp red pencil cross off ‘cupboards’ and ‘that surplus five feet of lounge which uses up all those costly bricks you know.’ This isn’t about minimising waste. This is about mean-spirited and cruel downward trends in size, space, and fittings, which have eroded quality of life in new developments until life is becoming unbearable. Blame the value consultants. It’s all their fault.

I thought standards had been shaved to bone, but what’s next? All walls – even the bathroom wall? In some new flats, they even miss out doors. Then there are the flats supposedly one bedroom with a separate kitchen and open plan lounge-diner, where there is no corridor. I’m just waiting to hear of newbuild with the toilet in the middle of the kitchen (crapper/diner?)

And many balconies are actually caged windows. I’ve mentioned previously the developers who omit double-glazing, as the fine is cheaper than the thicker windows. People will do anything to slice a pound from the cost, as they don’t own the building – they just design and finance it. Somebody else builds it, another firm manages it, another lets it. This unwieldy, fractured chain ends with the tenant at the bottom, victim to vicious cost-cutting, with no input and no voice.

Another dovecot, slightly further along the way (grey fittings, no extras) exemplifies these mean-spirited ‘economies.’ The balconies (a decent size) stand on a metal frame, stuck on the outside like meccano, with floors made of thick mesh, which drains easily during a downpour. On the top of this bolted on extra, someone had the presence of mind to put on a roof. When I first saw it, I thought it might be solar panels, or protection from the deluges that frequently descend upon this city. But no. They erected the frame, but left out the glass, and so anyone standing on the balcony will be subject to some horribly inclement weather. How spiteful is that?

Inhabitants of Douglas Adam’s planet that had exiled all the useless telephone hygienists, died of an illness spread by germ-raddled phones. However, if we were to storm the value consultants brandishing torches and pitchforks and run them out of town, life for tenants (and let’s not forget – property investors) would improve. To the value consultants then! And after that – onwards – to the letting agents!

From http://rentergirl.blogspot.com/


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