Websites for further information About our information for new staff from overseas Accommodation webpages: www.imperial.ac.uk/accommodation/ We wish to provide helpful and easily Visitingimperial digestible information to our new Living in (College site): members of staff arriving from over- www.imperial.ac.uk/livinginlondon seas. We hope that in this way we are Information for new able to support you in your prepara- Transport for London: tions to join us and during your first www.tfl.gov.uk staff from overseas few months in London. Visit London: We have a dedicated set of webpages www.visitlondon.com/areas/villages and supporting leaflets which we hope Living in London: will ease your transition into life in the www.livinginlondon.net UK. Upmystreet: Please visit our Overseas Staff web- www.upmystreet.com pages at: Commute from: www.imperial.ac.uk/hr/procedures/ www.commutefrom.com recruitment/overseas Gumtree: Here you will find information on the www.gumtree.com following topics: National Association of Estate Agents: www.naea.co.uk  Permission to Work Information on renting property:  Essential Travel Items www.direct.gov.uk  Bank Accounts  Tax and National Insurance Accommodation for sale/rent: Accommodation  Pensions www.rightmove.co.uk  Accommodation in the  Childcare and schooling www.findaproperty.com  Healthcare  Living in the UK UK Our New Staff webpages will also be a useful source of information to you as Exhibition Road you prepare to take up your appoint- South ment with College and as you settle London Helping you make the into employment with us. Please view transition to life in the UK these webpages at: SW7 2AZ www.imperial.ac.uk/newstaff Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 5111

www.imperial.ac.uk/hr www.imperial.ac.uk/hr/ www.imperial.ac.uk/newstaff procedures/recruitment/overseas Living in London is another useful website information for people who want to rent Accommodation when choosing an area of London to live accommodation, including information on in, which gives advice on the character of the different types of landlord and ten- each area of London. You may also wish ancy agreements, and advice on what to to view the UpMyStreet website for infor- do if you have a problem with your land- It is important to arrange accommodation mation on the local neighbourhood in lord. in advance of arriving in London and vari- which you are considering living. ous options for this are available to Buying a property you. A good place to Commuting from outside central Lon- f you will be staying in the UK for a sub- start your accommoda- don stantial period of time, you may wish to tion search is by consider buying a property, although it is viewing Imperial If you wish to live outside of London and advisable to live in and research an area College's commute in via train, we would recom- for a period of time before you buy. Buy- ing a property in the UK can be a com- Accommodation web- mend visiting the ‘Commute From’ web- plex procedure and there are a number pages, which offer in- site, which allows you to search for areas of one off costs and cost of living ex- formation on both short to live based on length of commute, and penses that you will have to take into and long stay accommodation. then gives the average house account when buying a property, the To help with your accommodation price in each area, as well as Directgov website has useful information search, you may also wish to refer to the details of local schools, crime on planning for these costs. following information: rates, and links to local estate agents. There are many websites, such as Right- move, which list properties for sale and Deciding where to live will also provide you with an indication of Renting a property London has a good public transport net- The College’s Accommodation current property prices in the area you work, and more details of this can be wish to live. A directory of estate agents Office maintains a database found in our Living in London web- with information on estate agents and is also available should you wish to enlist page. A good place to start when available properties. There are also the services of an estate agent in your searching for accommodation is by iden- plenty of online search engines for finding property search. tifying areas which will be easily accessi- private rental accommodation in the ble from your place of work. The Trans- UK. If you are looking for a flat or flat- Relocation port for London website provides a vari- share, Gumtree is one of the most com- Reimbursement of reasonable relocation ety of transport maps and help with plan- monly used websites in London. expenses may be made to new mem- ning journeys. You could try the website of the bers of academic and senior academic

National Association of Estate Agents, related staff whose initial appointment is Living in Central London which allows you to search for property for three years or more. Staff will only London has evolved from many small type and price within a particular area. If be reimbursed for items which are villages joining together as the city you do not want to rent through an authorised by the Head of Department/ spread outwards, and this is evident agency, you could search the local papers Division/School/Institute. when choosing an area to live. The Visit for housing advertisements and rent di- London website has a comprehensive rectly from the owner. You may wish to carry out an internet guide to London’s ‘villages’. Different search of international relocation compa- areas of the city have their own ‘centre’ Our Overseas webpages contain informa- nies and obtain a selection of price and character, which is enhanced by the tion relating to some of the common termi- many different cultures present in the nology used for accommodation types. quotations for removals. city. The DirectGov website has useful