looking for a Syrian Kurdish friend that I used to have from London?

honestly this is a long shot but if he studied psych around 2014-2018 maybe try checking with the british psychological society's member directory, some folks register there early. also worth posting on some of the london syrian community facebook groups, there's a few active ones that get a decent amount of traffic. the small world thing happens more than you'd think tho, saw a guy find his old flatmate from camden on a reddit thread last year so who knows

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if he was studying psych around london he might have done placements at places like maudsley hospital or camden's tavistock centre, could be worth a search on linkedin with those keywords. also the syrian community in london is pretty tight on whatsapp groups, if you know anyone with a connection to the sufi mosque near paddington they could ask around. small world stuff happens, i once ran into my old neighbour from putney in a random cafe in dalston after years so dont totally give up

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tbh if he's a born and raised londoner with syrian roots, he might still be around the green lanes area in hackney or manor house, that's where a lot of the syrian community is. the oak lounge on green lanes used to be a big hangout spot for the younger crowd, might be worth asking around there if you're ever in the area. also instagram is prob your best bet over facebook these days for finding people in their late 20s

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SpareRoom's "rooms wanted" ads are underrated for this. people post what they're currently paying alongside what they want next, so you can scrape a rough sense of going rates by postcode without anyone knowing you looked. it skews young and flatshare heavy tho, so not much use if you're after 2-beds in zone 2.

Another one is just the depozit or tenancy deposit scheme data. not public-facing, but your council's housing officer can tell you median rents from deposit registrations if you email them under FOI. takes weeks, but its proper anon and nobody clocks u.

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Rightmove and Zoopla only show asking rents, which are often 10 to 15 percent above what a place actually goes for, so they're a poor benchmark. The trick I've used is the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, which breaks things down to borough level and is genuinely anonymous since it's aggregate data, no listing or account needed. For something more granular, the London Renters Union runs a rent reporting tool where you submit what you're paying with your postcode and it maps it against others nearby, though the coverage is patchy outside the inner boroughs.

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the openrent "rent check" thing is decent for zones 3-4 where the unions tool barely reaches. also worth checking the london.gov.uk planning portal for new build applications, they list "affordable" and market rent figures per unit in the viability assessments, which is basically the developer telling the council what they expect to charge. bit of a faff to dig through but its public, anonymous & nobody knows ur looking

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