We'll be close to each other. I'll be living in La Latina, right across the street from Wendy.

Shawn

rents seems to have jumped in the last year or so. When we took our place rents (outside of the city) were arouind 900 to 950 a month but in talking to friends who've moved recently you now looking at 1200 for a 2-3 bedroom place. ouch that's steep.

Tim,

Not that bad if you rent out the other rooms. I will be paying 400 for a room in La Latina and that's a steal because everything is included, even Internet.

Shawn

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Originally posted by Pactzin:
We heard from Donald Timson-Herranz with Opening Doors. They mostly help college students find shared apartments but he stated he could help us find an apartment for both of us...
Gary & Keith

You make it sound like Donald would do it for free or something. No. He provides a phone calling and appointment setting service and will charge you anything up to one month's rent. There are plenty of people who will help you find a place if you pay them especially one full month's rent. This could be an okay option if you do not have the language skills or friends to help you do it yourself.

hey Donald, loooooong time no hear man.

sorry it took this to get you active on the board.

out of curiosity, if you find a full apt. for a couple or family and say the rent is 1,500 euros a month, how much would your finders fee be?

i seem to recall years ago it was half a months rent for that and you used to charge 50 euros to help people find rooms in shared flats.

also, you will recall i used to send you people who were looking for rooms in shared flats and our agreement was that you were to pay me 10 euos per person of the 50 you charged them. for the record, 3 (?) years later i am still owed 80 euros by your organization

as for the full months rental fee to find a place, that is pretty standard for real estate agencies that find rentals for people so i do not see anything wrong with it if people are willing to pay it.

saludos,
jer...

Dear Accommodation Hunters,

Regarding our fees, we have a two tier system:

Standard Service Cost = 33% of one months rent.

Service: We will arrange for you to view as many apartments as necesary until you find one of your liking. (Maximum search time 90 days). We commit to arrange a minimum of two viewings in a maximum of 24 hours once you have signed up with us. After viewing those properties we commit to arrange a minimum of 1 viewing in a maximum of 24 hours everytime you require until you are housed. Please note we work 7 days a week!

Guarantee: If, for any REASONABLE cause, you are not happy with your flat within a period of 30 days after having signed the rental contract we will house you again for free.

If, for any reason whatsoever, you are not happy with your flat within a period of 90 days after having signed the rental contract we will house you again for half our normal fee.

Premium Service Cost = 50% of one months rent.

Service: All of the above but we commit to arrange 3 viewings at the time of contracting the service. We will also provide translating facilities during the viewings.

We will help and advise in the negotiation process and will verbally translate the contract, we will also give you our personal opinion on the clauses of the contract and help with any issues that might arise after you have taken possesion of the flat eg. internet connection, utility issues, problems with neighbours etc. etc

With either service you choose we charge 25% of your budget when we give you the first two or three viewings and the rest when you sign the rental contract with the landlord.

Please note:
A) We provide general advice and appointment making ONLY
B) We DO NOT own any properties; therefore, we have no direct interest in anything we advertise
C) Quality, suitability and fitness is up to you to decide, however, we will offer you our opinion regarding value for money

Regarding SINGLE and DOUBLE Rooms is SHARED APARTMENTS:

We advertise around 22000 bed-spaces in central Madrid every year! We currently hold 7366 properties in our OFF-LINE data-base. Most (96%) are in the City Centre districts: Centro (3021), Chamberi (1911), Moncloa (948), Tetuan (570), Arganzuela (356), Salamanca (254)...

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