Monkey’s Hand

First things first, the question you need to ask yourself at the very beginning, is which type of rent apartment Paris you are searching for, a furnished or a non-furnished one. Look at the problem from several sides. If you would like to remain there for a few months it is better for you to rent a furnished apartment, because it will relieve your headache about buying various objects in your new home and you will be free to settle yourself in a new place of dwelling. But from the other hand it will be much more economical to get an unfurnished accommodation if you would live here for a couple of years. It is simple to come to a secondhand market and look for some furniture on your taste that will be appropriate for you and your pocket.

Two means of home renting subsist in France. They are the “do-it-yourself” way and the “agency” method, but choosing the second one you will be to pay some additional funds for rent to the agency facilities. You must choose 1 of these ways to find Paris apartment.

The agency method is easier, you just have to look for some English speaking companies, and you got plenty of service suppliers who talk that minimum English to communicate with you, at least enough to find you a room. Search for yellow pages and there find “immobiliers” that means from the French language real estate and call in those companies. You may start with the sentence 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley') query that stands for 'Good day, do you speak English' and if the reply is affirmative, start talking business. You are to remember that the commission for Paris short term accommodation may be from 1 month period to a full month.

The next “do-it-yourself” way may be the similar easy as the previous one. But the diversity is that due to this way you will save much more money than in preceding situation. Only in this case you will have to talk to lessors that bring you a problem. Here, you need a help of somebody who is local here, it may be either one of your friends or a man that you have met on the internet, for example. If you do not have such a man you will have to find an English speaking lessor that will surely limit the number of the accommodation that you will call on, but do not be afraid you will find such people. And you are having this advantage with you that quite a lot of lessors (they take it or not) prefer giving rooms to the 'native' English speakers.

Your search may start from the American church of Paris, a wonderful place to meet other English speaking persons and for other English resources. There is a “FUSAC” journal that you can purchase near the main gate of the church. (Till now the greatest printed source for English speaking people who need information in France). One more mode for people who require to receive vacation apartment rental Paris is a internet search.

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