[Gllug] VACANCY: Site Reliability Engineering

[David L Neil Mailing list a/c]

James Laver wrote:
> London is a great place for building a career. If you want to own your own
> flat inside of it, however, then you need to be picky about salary.
...
> 1-bed flats I've seen from 150/week upwards. For that you will get a dump
> in the arse end of nowhere. To get something nice somewhere nice you need
> to be looking at least 190/week, more in 'posh' areas such as fulham,
> where 220/week will get you a dump.
> 
> Next week I'll be moving to Shepherd's Bush for public transport reasons. 
> (not to mention to get away from a rather expensive dump in fulham). A two
> bed flat comes to 350/week. As I'm sharing, 175/week. I can handle living
> with one other person for saving 45/week, gaining much better public
> transport and living in a nice flat rather than a dump, even if the area
> isn't quite so nice.
...

Welcome to Shepherd's Bush!
(from one who also moved from Fulham - could I possibly be described as
a trend-setter?)

It's hard to say that the area has a single 'character' - there are some
parts which are quite 'gentry' and others which are the absolute pits!

I'm also 'looking around' and am thinking of that work-permitting I'd
like to stay in the ShepBush-Acton-Ealing 'corridor'.

The transport links here are much improved, particularly now that
they've finished mucking about with the White Elephant and Castle,
sorry, West Field Shopping Center; and the re-opening of the ShepBush
mainline station has given us easy access to Gatwick, Brighton, etc in
the south and Birmingham in the north.
(did I really use the words "access" and "Brum" in the same sentence?)

Sorry to advise, but regarding your helpful budgeting you should allow
for Council Tax, which even with the London Borough of Hammersmith and
Fulham's copious boasting and self-publicity on the matter will still
halve your projected savings - probably noticeably lower than the same
in Fulham though! Perhaps a likely over-estimation of power utilities
costs will slightly offset?

Regards,
=dn
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