useful DaRuDe.... really...

Have looked through here and there are some useful comments, but am looking for some further details (look at my original question) and some real-time advice as the situation seems to be changing on a nearly daily basis.

Are there any other british (etc) muslims (or not) with good or bad experiences?

If I went purely by the existing threads I would assume that we would not get a place anywhere, and give up. However, thats not in my nature, hence the question.