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Do you have all the right documents to rent your apartment or house?

If you want to rent your living space in France, you will need to put together an application for the landlord or estate agency handling the property. Each landlord is different and some may ask for more documents than others. Here’s what you should know:

French Reality TV

Like everywhere, French television has really gone for reality shows over the past decade. As Secret Story is just getting started on TF1, I figured I’d give you a quick rundown of the major reliaty series on French TV.

Meeting People in Paris

This is the fifth and final part in my series this week on Paris.
 
Moving to a new place where you may not know many people is never easy, even less so when you don’t speak the language and the city is a big as Paris. And the truth is, the city can sometimes feel like [...]

Finding work in Paris

This is the fourth part of my series on moving to Paris.
As a major European capital, Paris has a diverse and active employment market. Many companies have their French, European, or even global headquarters here, which makes for great opportunities in the managerial and secretarial sectors. As Paris is a major leisure and business tourist [...]

Finding a place to rent in Paris

I’ll give you a rundown on housing in Paris’s neighbourhood, and try to give you an idea of where you might be able to get the most for your money.

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