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[blaz44]

I am returning to Poland to teach again this September. I was living in a town of 65000 before and was paying 800 zloty per month for a very nice 2 bedroom flat fully furnished. Now I will be living in a city such as Krakow or Gdansk or Wroclaw. I have heard that rents have gone up since 2005. Any advice on purchasing also may be an option.

[Grrrmachine]

Depending on where you look (gumtree.pl, oferty.net) you're going to be paying almost twice that for a central apartment in those cities every month. Property has gone a bit mental since 2005. 12% increases in property values per annum aren't uncommon.

[dynow]

35-40 sq. meters in Wroclaw, 10-15 minutes walk off the Rynek, 1100-1200. You can find flats the same size for around 900-1000, but it's a tram ride to the Rynek.

[Rusty77]

I pay 1200 for a flat in Poznan (BUT this is the BASE price ONLY: 390 added for the "czynch", so the REAL price is 1600 per MONTH). Nice neighbourhood. 50 sq.metres. Dishwasher/balcony/ no cockroaches (plenty of mosquitoes, though I looked at many other flats before choosing--they were all close to this price. Some more. Plus I had to dish out 1200 to the rental agent, and 1200 for the "deposit". Hope I get it back in the summer when I leave.
It's not really "out of control" rent, compared to Toronto a few years ago. Here, I only pay 40% of my income in rent there it was closer to 50
Sometimes, I wish I would have bought a flat 2 years ago when I first arrived. But I think it's a bit late for that now, since property values have probably peaked.
Oh well. C'est la vie.

[Tumteetum]

[chromium]

I'm in Gdansk, 2 minute walk to Old Town. 40 or so sq meter flat paying 1200 for everything, which is not bad.

It was about the same in Sopot last year, but I had 53 sq meter place.

2 train stops from Gdynia Glowna you can get a place for 900 plus utilities.

[chromium]

I do have one amendment to make: the landlord in Sopot last year kept the price at the 2006 rate for me - I assume because she had/has a relationship with our school for English teachers. But, I heard that this year rates went up about 100 zl/month, to 1027zl plus utilities.

One thing to be concerned about is if you have electric heaters or radiators. Even though I like cold weather and didn't run my electic heaters all the time, there were, I think, 2 months during the winter in Sopot where my electric bill was around 400zl per month. The other months were still an appalling 150 - 200zl. I think, from living in 4 different cities in Poland - north and south, that electricity is simply expensive here - inexplicably so.

Last summer when I did the DELTA at IH in Wroclaw, I shared a place with another Delta person and I think we paid 800 each for a modest
2 BR place, decent kitchen, but a very small bathroom. It was 6 or so tram stops from the Rynek, 20 min ride (a 30 min walk or 20zl taxi)

When we moved out, 5 university students moved in to the same place! So, rent must be pretty high in Wroclaw for the average Polish student.

Rzeszow was about 750 plus utilit

[maniak]