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New to East Village

Twelve years old. Still figuring itself out. This is your first month in East Village, from moving day to finding your people. The urgent stuff, the weird stuff, and how to stop feeling like a tourist.

E20 at a glance

2012
built for the Games
7 min
to St Pancras via Stratford Int’l
5 min
walk to the Olympic Park
104+
local businesses listed
22
community groups running
1
district heating network

The fob, the boxes, the cooker you haven't worked out yet.

Moving day · Day 1

Day one is logistics. Three things to bookmark before anything else.

The admin week.

First week · Days 2 to 7

You've eaten and slept. Here's what the first week is for: the admin that gets harder to catch up with if you skip it.

And while you're settling in, this is what the village is dealing with

District heating

Phone snatches

Sippi parking

Learning the neighbourhood.

Getting settled · Weeks 2 to 3

The admin's done. Time to figure out where people actually go.

Finding your people.

Making it home · Month 1+

You know the shortcuts. Start knowing the neighbours.

You're in

EVH is resident-run. If something's missing, wrong or worth telling a new neighbour, tell me.

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