The Information for Those Persons who Need Apartments in France
First things first, the query you need to ask yourself at the very beginning, is which type of rent apartment Paris you are looking for, a furnished or an unfurnished one. You are to think carefully about these things. If you have come to Paris for a few months it will be better to have a furnished apartments, it will relieve your headache about buying different things and you may freely settle in a new city. Nevertheless, if the duration is rather long, even a couple of years, unfurnished accommodation can be much more economical, as you can furnish your flat relying on your funds, easily from a second hand market, and may sell them off while dwelling Paris to somebody else.
Two ways of home renting subsist in Paris. 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. There is no other method to rent apartments rent Paris.
The company way is easier, you just need to look for some English speaking companies, and you got lots of service providers who talk that minimum English to communicate with you, at least enough to rent you a flat. First of all you have to find in yellow pages the part “immobiliers” (French notion for real property) and then call in the companies that you will observe there. You may begin with the phrase 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley') question which means 'Good day, do you speak English' and if the reply is affirmative, start talking business. You have to bear in mind that the commission for Paris short term accommodation may be from 1 month term to a full month.
For the 'do-it-yourself' method, believe me, it can also be as simple as the other one. But the difference is that owing to this way you will save much more money than in preceding case. The only problem here is in the case that you will have to converse with landlords. For this, you can take help of a local person someone whom you knew before or somebody you have met in an internet, for example. If you can't, then of course you are limiting the number of apartments that you may call on ? but don't loose hope, you will still be having some variants to find some English speaking landlords. And the basic benefit that you will have is that Paris landlords are willing to give the apartments for native English speakers.
The best place to begin your search is American church of Paris where you will meet people who speak English and a great amount of other English information. There is a “FUSAC” journal that you may buy not far from the main gate of the church. (It is the greatest English speaking resource for Englishmen and Americans in France). And the best way to get cheap apartments Paris is to go on the internet.
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