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I'm planning on staying in London for a couple months with my wife and look for a job. I've been investigation a bit and there are lots of different possibilites.

What would you recommend for a 1 or 2 month stay? I'll probably extend my stay so I'm trying to make each pound worth.

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I think this is more of an immigration question than a travel question. – DJClayworth Jan 25 at 16:52
I'm only requesting information regarding accommodations rather than asking if I can or can not do something. Maybe I should give less details yo say? – guiman Jan 25 at 16:54
While this is intended as an immigration question, someone who's travelling and wants to stay for 1-2 months could have a similar problem. What I feel makes this on-topic is the short duration of accommodation being sought, which is lower than someone immigrating who'd be looking for longer term accommodation. – Ankur Banerjee♦ Jan 25 at 16:56

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I did something similar in late 2012. I used Airbnb, there are plenty of landlords offering long term stay and it's significantly cheaper than hotels. It also allows you to stay in the neighbourhood you want to find an apartment in. Try to find a location near a tube stop so you can go to job interview better. East London, like Bethnal Green, has very good rates and it's easy to reach other parts of town.

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Great, if you don't mind. Was it very hard to get an apartment for rent? Did they asked for many requirement? – guiman Jan 25 at 16:39
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Finding an apartment is easy, all depends of course where and how much you want to spend. Company landlords (aka rental agencies) ask for a letter from your employer ... tricky if you are still looking for a job. Check out Gumtree and SpareRoom for private landlords who are usually just satisfied with advanced rent. – Kevin Schmidt Jan 25 at 17:07
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Short-term accommodation for travellers is indeed available. If you want to sign a short-term rent contract, then you should start your search on rent listings site in the UK such as SpareRooms. We had this situation once at a company I worked, where they hired a summer intern for two months. He was able to find a short term rent contract within a week. However, short term contracts are usually easier to find in summer months because that's when landlords typically have rooms free for a couple of months which may usually get rented out to students (say). I don't know how easy it will be for you in January / February.

Alternatively, and this is possibly a more expensive option, you can also check Airbnb.

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On my last trip I booked using Roomorama, it worked well, maybe you want to check them out. – JordanBelf Jan 25 at 20:31

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