Finding a place to live in London can be a difficult task.

You often have to strike a balance between what is affordable and what is near to the places you work and like to go out. Generally speaking the closer you live to the centre of London the more you would be expected to pay in rent, but less in travel.

Zone 1 would generally be the most expensive part of London to live in and the outer zones of 5, 6,7, etc are progressively cheaper to rent or buy a place in.

In order to bring down the cost of renting people will often share a house with several other people, one of the most popular website for finding a place to rent is the GumTree, a site originally aimed at Australians living in London.