Sherlock Holmes kept his own counsel. He always had. It was a lesson taught to him well in childhood and one he continued to see the merit of nearly every day.
The only person a man could rely on was himself.
He would find a way to rent the Baker Street rooms himself or he would stay on Montague Street. It was that simple. He would rely on himself to find a way.
That was why, when Stamford asked what he was up to these days, he answered breezily and said nothing about his lodgings.
Sherlock Holmes relied on himself.