I'm a Tunisian student and I moved temporarily to Montreal to study at McGill University. My first…read morepreoccupation was to find a student accommodation. I had several choices since Montreal is a large city well equipped in student housing but it was clear to me that I wanted to share an apartment with other students or, at first, to live alone for some time and then find a room in an apartment already occupied by students. I was not interested in any residence life or a life with a family
At first, from Tunisia, I scanned many classifieds websites to find somebody looking for a roommate. I found many offers and contacted some potential roommates but there was always something wrong somewhere: the room was not available anymore, the rental was for September only, the neighbourhood was way too far from McGill, etc. So I decided to find a furnished apartment for myself and to look for roommate on the spot.
This is when I visited The Apartment Network in Quebec Website. It has been so easy to book a furnished studio from Tunisia. I just had to pay a reservation deposit. No long questionnaires. No credit check. My father's credit card and it was all! And I had a large choice of furnished studios located in different Montreal neighbourhood. I could see them all on the Apartment Network in Quebec Website. Finally, I had the one who was my first choice at a walking distance from a metro station.
After 1 month at McGill, I had met many co-students and 3 of them were willing to share a furnished apartment with me. So, I contacted The Apartment Network and asked them to change my rental contract for a 4 bedroom furnished rental close to a metro station. Believe it or not, they had this kind of accommodation available.
So, now, I'm well installed with friends I chose. We split the rent by four and since everything is included, we pay monthly a rent close to the one we would pay in a university residence and it is soooo cool...!