Area Guide For W1J 8BN

When it comes to housing in the W1J 8BN area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 62, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 68. There are around 144 Shared ownership properties, 31 Local Authority rented, 84 Housing Association rented and around 255 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 255 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 158 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 78 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 25 are employed in Routine occupation and 35 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 80.

In W1J 8BN area, Couple with children amount to 61 while Couple without children amount to 129. The neighbourhood also has around 88 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 130 votes. Around 45 people are DIY enthusiasts, 92 people are interested in eating out, 97 like exercise, 115 are into football and 50 are fond of gardening. 97 people also like music while 79 are into traveling.

The Guardian is the most subscribed (255) newspaper in the area, followed by The Independent (255), The Times (255), Daily Telegraph (127), Daily Mail (70), Daily Express (44), The Sun (44) and Daily Mirror (41).

Some of the nearest services available in W1J 8BN are Hannie Alboni Ltd (Interior Designers), Dixon Crawford (Building Surveyor), Bespoke (Interior Designers), D & G (Builder), Magic Carpet Cleaning Ltd (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Anna Casa (Interior Designers), Secretcape (Interior Designers), Micro Compact Home Ltd (Architect), K K Carpet Clean (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Front (Carpet Fitter), Solland Ltd (Interior Designers), Robin Moore Ede & Associates (Interior Designers), London Party Walls (Building Surveyor), Mansour Carpets (Carpet Fitter), Peter Taylor Associates Ltd (Architect), Kingmanns Group (Property Maintenance Services), Mountcurzon Interior Decorators Ltd (Interior Designers), Colefax & Fowler Ltd (Interior Designers), I & M Building Engineering & Development Co Ltd (Builder), Mayfair Locksmiths (Locksmiths), 24 Hour Locksmiths (Locksmiths), Man With Van Removals (Removals & Storage Services), Buds Office Plants (Garden Centres), Magic Carpet Cleaning (Carpet & Rugs Shop), Rug Connection (Carpet Fitter), Asset Plus One Ltd (Building Surveyor), Patton Luxury Ltd (Furniture Stores), Robert Page & Associates (Architect), Nain Carpet Ltd (Carpet Fitter), Colefax & Fowler Group Plc (Interior Designers), Essie Carpets (Carpet Fitter), Building Surveying Soultions (Building Surveyor), Boarding Up London (Locksmiths), Wiltshire Interior Designers (Interior Designers), Mayfair Removals (Removals & Storage Services), Tim Flynn Architects (Architect), Linley (Furniture Stores), Mayfair Design Studio Ltd (Furniture Stores) and Meta (Furniture Designers).

W1J 8BN has access to various means of transportation including tube, bus and ferry ports. Nearest tube stations include Bond Street, Hyde Park Corner, Green Park. There is also easy access to airports like London City Airport, London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport then there are ferry ports that can be used to get by e.g. Savoy Pier, Embankment Pier, Westminster Millennium Pier.

Close access to schools is most important factor in decision making for parents when buying any property. W1J 8BN has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like Soho Parish CofE Primary School, L'ecole Internationale Franco-Anglaise Ltd, St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School. Some of the secondary schools include Abbey College, London, DLD College, Westminster City School. Then there are others like Francis Holland School, Sloane Square, Enjoy Education, International Community School.