the first 3 days of going around
OK, its actually the third day today of my stay in London ...
its hard ... very expensive ... and a little cold ...
as I have arrived (6.am), I put my luggage in a locker at the Victoria station
and started to go around, looking for a place ...
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Accommodation office of Imperial has told me that they don't have anything ...
"come to check in a few days, maybe there will be something"
From the Private Housing service I have received an address at zone 3 for a room.
went there ... Acton Town Station .... nice room on the third floor in a house .. but the landlord ( the lady) is talking too much, living in a house and she has many rules for the guests.
like - don't stay in a kitchen, eat at your room ... and the rent is 100pounds per week ...
she wanted a long contract ... around one year ...
so it will be additional 20 pounds per week for a transportation ....
later I saw that in this area, the single room can be found for a 70 pounds per week ...
so I refused her offer ...
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the interesting thing is that the Piccadilly line is going really fast because it connects the Heatrow airport with the city ... so I counted ... 30 minutes door to door from Acton Town
to Imperial College (South Kensington)
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by the way, I have counted my budget ... 10,000 pound per a year ... /52 weeks ... its 190 pound per week .... so I think that my accommodation should be around 80pounds per week ....
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later I went to a BBC hotel which was arranged to me by a lovely family. Their phone number I have received from my father. I had a nice small room for a 35pound per night ... and after one night I have decided to leave it ...
and to move to the hostel ... 15poinds per night ... with 4 people in a room ...
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aaa one more thing ... I went to some dormitories, to see around and ask ...
so the price for a graduate student (me) cheapest ... 120 pw/140pw/180pw ...
and its around 30-40 minutes from college ...
dont ask ... no places available ....
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still looking for an accommodation ... as I was said by Albanian guy, it takes around a week to find something . ..... we will see ... :-)
preffered places are www.gumtree.com and a local LOOT news paper ...
its hard ... very expensive ... and a little cold ...
as I have arrived (6.am), I put my luggage in a locker at the Victoria station
and started to go around, looking for a place ...
-------------------------
Accommodation office of Imperial has told me that they don't have anything ...
"come to check in a few days, maybe there will be something"
From the Private Housing service I have received an address at zone 3 for a room.
went there ... Acton Town Station .... nice room on the third floor in a house .. but the landlord ( the lady) is talking too much, living in a house and she has many rules for the guests.
like - don't stay in a kitchen, eat at your room ... and the rent is 100pounds per week ...
she wanted a long contract ... around one year ...
so it will be additional 20 pounds per week for a transportation ....
later I saw that in this area, the single room can be found for a 70 pounds per week ...
so I refused her offer ...
----------------
the interesting thing is that the Piccadilly line is going really fast because it connects the Heatrow airport with the city ... so I counted ... 30 minutes door to door from Acton Town
to Imperial College (South Kensington)
-------------------
by the way, I have counted my budget ... 10,000 pound per a year ... /52 weeks ... its 190 pound per week .... so I think that my accommodation should be around 80pounds per week ....
-----------------
later I went to a BBC hotel which was arranged to me by a lovely family. Their phone number I have received from my father. I had a nice small room for a 35pound per night ... and after one night I have decided to leave it ...
and to move to the hostel ... 15poinds per night ... with 4 people in a room ...
-------------------------------------
aaa one more thing ... I went to some dormitories, to see around and ask ...
so the price for a graduate student (me) cheapest ... 120 pw/140pw/180pw ...
and its around 30-40 minutes from college ...
dont ask ... no places available ....
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still looking for an accommodation ... as I was said by Albanian guy, it takes around a week to find something . ..... we will see ... :-)
preffered places are www.gumtree.com and a local LOOT news paper ...
posted by KGena at 4:05 AM
1 Comments:
It’s a real-real start. I remember, how many rooms and houses I change in my life. Moor then 30. I have some remembering about my landlords. Ones old lady told me: “Sometimes I need to slip in your room: I wont to check nobody slip with you”.
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