There are two types of apartment for rent Paris: furnished and unfurnished one. And now you are to think over what type of it you need for sure. Look at the question from several points. If you want to stay here for several months it is better for you to rent a furnished accommodation, because it will ease your headache about purchasing various objects in your new home and you will be vacant to settle yourself in a new place of living. But from the other side it will be much cheaper to rent a non-furnished apartment if you will stay here for a couple of years. It is simple to go to a market of secondhand things and look for some furniture on your taste that will be appropriate for you and your wallet.

There are two ways to get an apartment in Paris, the 'do-it-yourself' way, and the 'agency' way for those persons who are wealthy enough to pay a month of rent additionally to the agency for their service. There is no other mode to find apartments rent Paris.

Of course, the agency method is much easier. The only point you have to do is to find the English speaking agency that will have employees with that minimum English to get what type of accommodation you need. First of all you are to find in yellow pages the part “immobiliers” (French translation for real estate) and then call in the companies that you will see. After you've phoned to an agency you are to say 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley') that implies “Good day, do you speak English”. And if the reply is affirmative, you may say what you require for. You are to bear in mind that the commission for Paris short term accommodation may be from one month period to a full month.

For the 'do-it-yourself' method, trust me, it can also be as easy as the other one. But the diversity is that due to this method you will save much more money than in preceding situation. The main problem here is in the case that you will have to converse with landlords. Here, you require a help of someone who is local here, it can be either one of your friends or a person that you have met on the web, for example. If you do not have such a man you will have to look for an English speaking landlord that will surely decrease the amount of the apartments that you will visit, but do not be afraid you will find such persons. And bear in mind that a great number of Paris landlords prefer to give their accommodations to people who are native English speakers.

You may start your search from the place that is called the “American church of Paris”. This is the area where you will meet a great number of English speaking people and other English resources. Start by picking up the journal 'FUSAC', you may find it just near the main gate. (Till now the greatest printed source for English speaking people who need info in Paris). And short term rentals Paris can be also receive with the assistance of web sites.