If you were moving there to start a job that's based kinda near East Putney, where would you be looking to live? Let's assume you know a few people down there but in different places and none of them in particularly permanent accommodation so it doesn't really matter too much about looking to be near them.
It's nice to think you'd be going out quite a bit, but really work is the place you're going to be travelling to five days a week so it makes sense to look around there, right? Or not?