Aug
First things first, the query you need to ask yourself at the very beginning, is which kind of rent apartment Paris you are searching for, a furnished or an unfurnished one. You have to think carefully about those things. If you came to Paris for several months it will be better to have a furnished apartments, it will ease your headache about purchasing different things and you can freely settle in a new place. Nevertheless, if the endurance is rather long, even a couple of years, unfurnished apartment can be much more economic, as you can furnish your flat depending on your budget, easily from a second hand market, and may sell them off while dwelling Paris to someone else.
Two ways of home renting subsist in France. They are the “do-it-yourself” way and the “agency” way, but selecting the second one you will be to pay some additional funds for rent to the company services. You must pick out one of these methods to find apartments Paris.
The simplest method is to call for a company. You will have to find an agency with English speaking employees who will know the tongue well enough for you to tell them about the accommodation you need. First of all you are to find in yellow pages the part “immobiliers” (French notion for real estate) and then call in the agencies 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 remember that the payment for Paris short term apartments may be from 1 month term to a full month.
For the 'do-it-yourself' method, trust me, it may also be as easy as another one. But if to parallel with the previous way you will preserve much more funds with the assistance of this way. Only in this case you will have to talk to lessors that bring you a difficulty. For this, you may take help of a local person someone whom you knew before or someone you have met in an internet, for example. If you can't, then of course you are limiting the amount of apartments that you may call on