Hello, invaluable comm:

Can someone point me to a source describing what a London resident would do to secure housing or a housing subsidy if they were suddenly and catastrophically disabled? This is the information I have found that seems to apply: http://www.scope.org.uk/support/disabled-people/housing/depositThe character in question is an ( Read more... )

It would be great if anyone of you could help me with this. I'm currently writing a fic where Sherlock ends up bound to a chair and left to die in a London sewer. Can anyone tell me whether these sewers still are connected directly with the Thames? So when the tide rises the sewer would fill and Sherlock would drown? Or does anyone of you know of a ( Read more... )

Is there a specific term for a house like Irene's Belgravia residence? I've seen the term townhouse used in London real estate listings, but it seems to be mostly a North American phrase. I'm looking for a more specific word than just "house" for a privately-owned city home, but perhaps there isn't one ( Read more... )

Whereabouts in London do you think the house John and Mary live in in S3 is? What are the neighbourhoods that people with their income and lifestyle would choose?

Additionally, where around London would it be nice to have a cottage and beehives? (Not Sussex - I need it to be closer to London.)

Thank you for any help!

I'm looking to set part of a story in a seedy motel/hotel in a rough area of town. Any details about this would be helpful, but what I'd really like is a street name, or a neighborhood name that everyone would recognize as a bad area. Particularly one where you'd g looking for questionable sex. I'm not sure that I want to use an actual name of a ( Read more... )

Ok, it's just easier to put both questions in one post. And fyi, both are about the same fic. Part of it (the part relevant to these questions, anyway) is set in the early 90's, when Sherlock is in his late teens. Also, his family is "old money", so that might be a factor ( Read more... )

If you were Jennifer Wilson, but you lived in London instead of Cardiff, what hotel would you take one of your string of lovers to? Somewhere discreet, since not only do you not want to be noticed or recognised because you're cheating on your husband, but because your lover is a robot, and there's a good deal of stigma about having sex with robots ( Read more... )

Hey, all!

Ok, so, I have a character in a fic who's middle class, maybe even slightly lower middle, and I'd like to give them an address. But I have no clue where the middle class neighbourhoods in London would be, so... help?

Thanks!

For Sherlock-related purposes, I come bearing not-so-random questions about the London Zoo (although the answers might be the same for most zoos). The zoo's website is very helpful, but it doesn't address the following ( Read more... )

I'm looking for an area that comes under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police but where it would still be possible to get stranded because of snow.

A tough ask, I know, seeing as London is, well...London, but if there's anywhere at all, hit me up with it, please and thank you.