Ref: FL/2007/0001/E7

Large one bedroom flat (second bedroom used as an office so unavailable for accommodation) with large living room and kitchen on second floor of small block around 2 miles from central Stratford.

No lift so limited disabled access. Off-street parking on quiet street close to Upton Park underground station and bus services to Olympic site.

Available for duration of Olympics.

Labels: Advert-Renting, E7, Flat

It's really simple:

• Send us a brief description of what sort of accommodation you are looking for, how long you need it for and when you'll be wanting to formalise a rental agreement.

• E-mail this to us at adverts@escape2012.org.uk with a contact e-mail where we can get hold of you.

• We'll give your advert a reference number and post it on the site.
  
  
• By sending us an advert, you are accepting our Terms & Conditions - please make sure you read them.
  

• If anyone responds, we'll forward their message on. The rest is up to you.

Labels: Seeking

It's really simple:

• Send us a brief description of your home, its size, how many bedrooms, its distance from Stratford and proximity to public transport. You can write what you like but try to keep it to around 150 words. For safety reasons, don't send any photos or give the exact address.

• E-mail this to us at adverts@escape2012.org.uk with a contact e-mail where we can get hold of you.

• We'll give your advert a reference number and post it on the site.
  
  
• By sending us an advert, you are accepting our Terms & Conditions - please make sure you read them.
  

• If anyone responds, we'll forward their message on. The rest is up to you.

Labels: Renting

Honestly, there are no catches. Escape 2012 will NEVER ask you for any money and NEVER pass on your e-mail address to private companies so they can try and sell you life insurance or cut-price DVDs.

The people involved in the site are just local residents who have been involved in community campaigns or voluntary groups in east London and were, it has to be said, pretty much opposed to the hosting of the Olympics in the midst of our communities. But now it's happening and we just have to live with it.

By getting as far away as we possibly can.

But if you're still not sure, then we admire your scepticism. There's not nearly enough of it about and a lot of untrustworthy bastards on the internet just waiting to fleece the credulous - take a load at this load of old nonsense for starters.

So instead, just feel free to browse the site and move on to something else. We'd recommend a visit to Games Monitor for a refreshingly different view on the Olympics

Now it might seem a long way off, but here at Escape 2012, we thought we'd get the ball rolling early, especially as some crook in a sharp suit is likely to see putting people together as an interesting and lucrative 'dotcom' opportunity. Instead, we intend to run an entirely free brokering service, offer some advice on the kind of paperwork you might want to consider and then leave it up to you.

Oh, and some time in 2011, we thought we might check out the hotel prices in Paris or Barcelona...

Maybe it'll be the thought of the disruption, the crowds, the almost cult-like insistence that everyone has to join in. Maybe it'll be the increased - and increasingly draconian - security measures and denial of civil liberties that seem likely to be put in place. Perhaps you don't see what all the fuss is about beach volley ball. There are plenty of very good, completely rational reasons to get away from east London for a couple of weeks in the summer of 2012.

And a powerful incentive might well also be finding someone to rent your home to, help pay your mortgage for a month and maybe even cover the cost of a Eurostar ticket to the continent. London is an expensive city at the best of times but in 2012, the capital's hotels will squeeze visitors until their eyeballs pop for every penny their industry can make - and any appeal to their 'better' natures based on some sense of Olympic spirit is hardly likely to have much credibility when the Games has itself become a massive corporate entity.

But whilst exorbitant prices are all very well for journalists with massive expense accounts, there are a lot of others who want to be here in 2012. That might include the families of competitors from developing countries, or independent journalists, or even someone with an obsession with world-class table tennis. They'll be increasingly desperate by the start of the Olympic year.

If you live in east London, that's where you come in. You get a holiday, they get a roof over their head and everyone's happy.

And it's a lot more tangible than vague promises about an 'Olympic legacy'.

See also Starting rather early, aren't we? and Is this really kosher?

Labels: Renting

The rules are fairly straightforward. By asking Escape 2012 to place an advert on our website, you accept our terms and conditions:

If offering a property to rent out

• That you will only use this site to offer your home for rental during the Olympics in 2012 – not to sell anything else or to make new friends.
• You promise that you own the property yourself, you are not a property management company, estate agency or commercial landlord and are not placing the advert on behalf of someone else.
• You will give an accurate and honest description of the property you are offering for rental, so that you don’t get your arse sued at a later date by a disgruntled tenant.
• You accept once Escape 2012 has put you in contact with a prospective tenant for your property during the London Olympics in 2012, we have no further involvement in any arrangement you make with those you rent your property to.
• You accept that any rental arrangement will include an agreement in writing between both parties.
• You accept that Escape 2012 has no financial liability for any agreement you make and waive any right to bring legal action against us.

If you are seeking a property to rent

• That you will only use this site to arrange somewhere to stay during the Olympics in 2012 – not to sell anything or make new friends.
• You accept the old adage ‘caveat emptor’ – let the buyer beware – most definitely applies to you.
• You promise to give an accurate and honest description of the property you are looking for and the duration of any rental agreement
• You accept once Escape 2012 has put you in contact with a home owner interested in renting their property during the London Olympics in 2012, we have no further involvement in any arrangement you make with those you rent a property from.
• You accept that any rental arrangement will include an agreement in writing between both parties.
• You accept that Escape 2012 has no financial liability for any agreement you make and waive any right to bring legal action against us.

Labels: Renting, Seeking