Got a friend in Brixton who could probably put you up for a couple of nights a week for a couple of weeks -- she tends to have a more-or-less open house.
Also -- my sister, who I'll be seeing tomorrow & could talk to (well -- I plan to talk to her anyway, but I could talk to her about this, specifically, if you like) is planning on moving to a bigger house with her boyfriend, which means she will either be selling or renting out her place -- which is a quite nice 1-bedroom flat in Dalston.
Cheers Ian - that all sounds great. Please do mention it. I'm away for a couple of weeks so will be out of circulation but stuff should be crystallizing over the next month.
In principle, money allowing, I'd consider buying or renting.
I will talk with her. She got it via one of those part-buy, part-rent housing associations, whereby she owned more & more of it over the years -- so it might be possible for you to take it on on the same kind of basis. I'll ask.
The one thing it doesn't have is a parking space, though -- but I imagine you'd be doing the sensible thing in London, and only hiring a car when you had an LRP event to get to.
I managed to find another education quango I've not worked for before - doing public policy intelligence gathering. At least until they are closed down by the Tories.
Or alternatively I have a vague-ish offer from a private sector new media house who need a programme manager.
I don't really have anything terribly useful to say about finding a house, I'm afraid, but since I'm now living in London it'd be nice to meet up occasionally if you're down here.
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