The best sites to find your student accommodation

Here we have a lot and good to choose from, some of which we have already talked about at some point: Hotels.com is a huge network of websites that offer us the possibility to book rooms in hotels from almost anywhere in the world. Interesting offers that have discounts of 40% on the usual price. Interesting the opinions of the guests that have already stayed in these hotels as well as the description of the services they offer us. Cottage Mega is also a similar service, which will facilitate the rental of holiday homes and apartments. It is a modern version to rent apartments and houses for holidays that perhaps in coastal areas is not as attractive as in the interior. Top Rural is one of the references in Spain if what we are looking for is a rural accommodation, perhaps with more demand at other times of the year than in summer. If what we want is to take the opportunity to rest in a town house this may be our best option. . Can you think of any more accommodation serv...

Classifieds: leboncoin.fr, pap.fr and Entreparticuliers.com Leboncoin.fr, reference site for classified ads, is recommended by Fanny, 21 years: "I search only on this site so as not to pay the fees of real estate agencies. Agency fees are too expensive for students. " An opinion shared by Nicolas, 20, who still called for vigilance . "Be careful to visit the home in question to avoid unpleasant surprises: photos from several years, poor neighborhood, etc. All these little things that can make your flight far more complicated than expected. » The site also offers advertisements of professionals but you can canton your search to those of individuals. The sites pap.fr and Entreparticuliers.com, propose to be alerted by e-mail novelties. Valentin judges the second site "  practical if you want to avoid agency fees. On the other hand, very often the individuals are overwhelmed and rent their apartments quickly. So there is a lot of research for little results. ...

Do you know the new trend of "apart-dating"? Like a dating site, locatme.fr connects tenants and owners according to their profile and criteria (age, financial situation, smoker or not ...). An algorithm "calculates their level of compatibility" before putting them in relation, which avoids unnecessary visits and hopes. Working on the same principle, somhome.com , proposes to fill his profile as on a social network , with his criteria, his situation and his tastes, and to build his file online with all the required documents. A calendar system facilitates the organization of visits. Exchange or room rental on studyenjoy.com and Roomlala.com This collaborative platform aims to enable students to find free housing. The principle is that of a service exchange. Your parents leave your room available to a foreign student and, in return, you move into a room left vacant by another student. To facilitate the exchanges, it is not necessary that this room is that of...

Although it is possible to find roommates on sites between individuals, some services are specifically dedicated to this increasingly popular practice. Profiles and "roommates" on appartager.com This site, which offers a large number of ads, will ask you to create a profile beforehand. Tip: make a short bio and funny (remember that those who will look at your profile may be your future roommates). If filing an ad is free access to information of Members require to take a subscription, unless it is itself already a subscriber. The cost of a subscription varies from 15 to 50 euros depending on the desired publication time. This site sometimes organizes "  roommate aperitifs", to check around a drink, in vivo , the existence of the alchemy necessary for living in colocation. For Valentin N., who was able to try it , it was an opportunity to" Meet nice people" . A service he considers "  perfect for newcomers to a city".

Another way to approach colocation, an interactive map on which we can search , by district or neighborhood, the accommodation of his dreams. A website that Hugo, 30, appreciates for "its free, modern interface, very ergonomic, fairly user-friendly" , with which "  it is easy to locate an offer in the desired sector" . But he warns: "attention to bad plans ... For example a young man who offers to share his 15 m 2 with a girl" . Language sharing on room4talk.com If you are a foreign student enrolled in a university in France or a French student enrolled abroad, why not use this time to become bilingual? This is the challenge of Room4Talk, which offers young people who want to learn a foreign language from each other. Thus, Victor, 24 years old, cohabits for three months with a British student. "Every day all our discussions are in English for me and in French for him so that we progress. And after three months, our progress is quite impressive,...

Not always easy to find the ideal student room. Bac or other diploma in your pocket, now is the time to prepare for a new student year. First pitfalls: finding suitable housing that combines health, good location and low rent. The company would be well-off if, between June and September, there were 1.4 million students in the same situation as you. If you do not want to spend your summer to make the tail in stairwells to visit apartments that do not suit you, there are other solutions. On the Internet, dozens of original sites now allow you to find accommodation by avoiding the pitfalls of thereal estate . Whether you are looking for a residence, a roommate or an exchange of rooms, here is a list of the best sites, for many tested by our readers. To access other offers, there is always the opportunity to go through real estate professionals, either in agency or via these sites. The generics The real estate giant, has the advantage of offering a wide selection of real estate...

Adele.org is dedicated to finding rooms or apartments in student residences. It allows you to file your file online and, if accepted, to sign the lease directly . Hugo has been a regular user. "It refers and compares student residences by clearly highlighting the price of rent, including charges and photos of the residence. " With nearly 280,000 homes referenced, location-etudiant.fr offers offers tailored to the needs of students (often rooms, residences and small units inexpensive). This is the case of Jeanne, 24, who used this site "every year" during her four years of study "because there are always many ads" . Created by Ile-de-France Crous, lokaviz.fr is a platform that connects students and owners of studios and rooms for rent. It hosts ads for more than 152,000 homes and 694 homes in 246 French cities . The search engine proposed is complete and includes multiple criteria (maximum rent, location, type of housing, date of availability etc.)....

A number of schools (mostly engineering and business schools) use the Studapart platform, which integrates with their intranets to allow a search for nearby housing, supervised by it. Students benefit from exclusive housing offers.   Social networks Last option, do not forget during your research to take a look at social networks. They are the perfect place to advertise to your Facebook contacts or to participate in housing discussion groups and tips. In any case, what Eléa, 22, advises: "Before using the Internet, I rely on word of mouth. I ask my friends if they know anyone leaving their apartment. I also ask them to share my search criteria on Facebook to get more visibility. " On Facebook, one of the best known groups to post your classifieds, including housing, is WANTED # good plans. A network of more than 87,000 members, including a large majority of Parisians.