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What's the best way to get casual/flexible part time work in London?
Already signed up for agency hospitality work and zero intention of trying to do Deliveroo or similar. Anyone… Title says most of it. Feeling the Christmas squeeze and need to pick up some extra cash.
Already signed up for agency hospitality work and zero intention of trying to do Deliveroo or similar. Anyone got any tips where might be good to look? I'm pretty open to anything.
agency work is good but also check out the temp section on sites like reed or indeed, loads of one-off stuff like event stewarding or warehouse packing that pays same day. crystal palace has a few christmas markets running through december and they're always looking for stall assistants or entry staff, just turn up and ask the organisers. also worth hitting up local pubs not chains, the landlord at the crown on high street let me work a few friday nights just from walking in and saying i was flexible
if you're near central london, check out the national gallery or british museum for evening event staffing. they hire temp helpers for private viewings and late openings this time of year, pays around 14-15 an hour and you just walk around making sure no one touches the art. also the royal parks are hiring for christmas light switch-on events and winter market stalls, apply direct on their website not through agencies. loads of people overlook council-run christmas stuff in southwark or camden but they pay weekly and are super flexible with hours
Honestly just walk into shops/restaurants/cafes in your area with your CV, a lot of places are so short staffed they'll take u on the spot for a few shifts a week. I know a few people who got bar work that way without any experience, just turned up when it was quiet and asked for the manager.
What are some innovative ways to anonymously compare rental prices in a city?
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.
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.
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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