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[carlos-england]

[vivaBarca]

[veggieboy]

I feel like I have WAY too much experience looking for apartments -- a lot of us on here probably feel that way. I spent my first TWO months solid looking for a place.

I talked to Argentines, heard what they were paying and saw ads in Clar�n with prices. But, of course, as has been pointed out -- these are almost always w/ a garant�a. They're usually beyond the reach of foreigners.

Of course, you can sometimes offer to put up, say, six months rent in advance instead of a garant�a. But giving six months rent to a stranger is a little difficult for me -- I've been burned too often by landlords (in the States). And, for example, how responsive to problems do you think your landlord is going to be if he already has your rent for the next six months? Right.

As it happens, in the apartment I finally found, I have a great landlord (the best I've ever had, actually -- anywhere). It's a furnished one-bedroom for 900 pesos/month, with a two-month security deposit. Is this expensive compared to what Argentines might pay? Yes. But it is w/out a garant�a and, honestly, the more I see where prices are and are headed, the better I feel I did.

Anyway. To get the point, my tips are basic: You have to be persistent. You have to look at the ads EVERY morning. You have to make a lot of phone calls, waste a lot of time seeing places that you can tell in one second are NOT going to work for you.

I was the first person to see the apartment I have now, and at that point I had seen enough to know this was the place. In other words, my apartment rented in less than a day, in a matter of hours really. Good places go fast.

The other tip, as people have said, is to look outside Palermo, Recoleta, etc. I live in Almagro. I can walk to Palermo in 20 minutes, but this place is not nearly the scene that Palermo is. And not nearly the price.

I'm talking about apartments, yes. And I understand that this price is more than some people can pay or are willing to pay, but the principles of the search are probably the same for finding a shared room, etc.

suerte.

[carlos-england]

I think it is better that if you are coming from somewhere
like the states or the UK, just save the money so when
you get there you can live like a king and you can have
a decent standard of life. If you are an ESL teacher. Get
to South Korea for a year and save your cash there. If you are
serious abut living in Argentina it is easily possible. To come
here with your backside out of your trousers when you come from
a country where you can find well paid work is flying in the face
of common sense.

The guarantor is a hard obstacle to overcome if you are
new to the country. Thankfully I do not have that problem
but if you see this website.

www.argenprop.com.ar

Now check the average price of a flat in Cabalitto and the average
price for a flat in Palermo, you are paying more or less double. And
for what?

You can find some decent bargains, as I said and as veggieboy
has said. Look outside Palermo Belgrano and Recoleta and you
can find some decent places to live and you won't sacrifice on
quality, well not in my experience you won't.

[Veritas_Aequitas]

[sheena maclean]

So his girlfriend wouldn`t get jealous of me then, I`m 5 foot 10 inches, long blonde hair blue eyes and *beep* that would make Dolly Parton look flat chested!!! Do you think she would mind that???
Only joking!! I wish!!!
Sheena

[ghost]

The two tennis players in the photo are Andy Roddick (U.S.A.) and I believe Paradorn Srichapan (Thailand) - both of them world ranked tennis players - and they are not gay.

[JonnytheMann]

[sarahe]

[REDLEY]

i think sqwerl was refering to US$ (dollars). saludos.