🛏 Individual flat

✔️ Benefits:

– feel at home

– choose a flat at your taste

– you don’t pay agency fees if you book it with the owner directly

✖️ Inconveniences:

– if you don’t book through a specialized website for international students, they may ask you for a French guarantor 

– if you don’t book through a secured website, you risk being scammed (get some tips here)

– the process is complicated if you don’t go through an agency (no answer received) 

🚪 Student Residence

✔️ Benefits: 

– you are surrounded by students of your age

– no scam risk

– a manager at the reception can help you

– some residences can have a modern living style with co-working, kitchen, and sport class…

– easy process 

-most of them accept you to not have a French guarantor (check here the others options of guarantee)

✖️ Inconveniences: 

– each flat is quite the same (maximum one bedroom flat)

– no personalized decoration

– some residences can be old and poorly maintained

– if you want to move in September/October, you will need to start paying your rent around July/August if you want proof for your visa (you can’t book it in advance in this period because it’s high season)

The easier solution to book a flat: Feel Français platform

Let us help and prevent you from feeling lost and getting stressed out. On our platform, you will find different accommodation offers such as student residences, flatshare,s and a roommate matching system! Choose the one that you want and make a request, which is free. We take care of the booking and administrative tasks for you! There is no need to search for the necessary documents or when to send everything. To access our platform you can purchase one of our packages so that we can provide you individual help. Some packs include help to find a flat, even outside our platform.

Watch this video to discover more about our platform Feel Français: