Rennes School Of Business, Valence, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes - Reviews

• College put me in touch with a local apartment known as Appart'city Beauregard, where I rented a fully equipped studio apartment. As I had missed out on cheaper CROUS room listings offered by the college due to a delay in applying, I ended up renting a pricey, luxurious studio at Appart'City, which was definitely top-tier.

• The accommodation is generally of two types. One is shared accommodation, where you can pair up with up to 5 of your friends and move into an apartment or find a studio where you can live alone, like a hostel. Generally the studio for 1 is more costly but is more preferred as you can live by yourself and don't have to share a kitchen or washroom.

• College will help you apply at CROUS, which is the government hostel.
• The rooms are pretty small (9m2) but nevertheless, it’s decent given the low cost, especially with the help of CAF (caisse d’aide familiale).
• There are other sites online like Studapart and Agence d’immobilier but please be careful because local landlords are leeches who only see you as a source of income and will do anything to deny your deposit at the end.

You can apply for a cheap stay in France by submitting your stay application on any online platform that provides hostels. Recommended is long-term Airbnb. You may face challenges in commutation if you choose any stay which is far from town.

There is a requirement of France which is called as a gurantor. So basically that person can be a French citizen or French relatives who becomes your guarantor that they are letting you rent or live in your apartment. Normally agencies charge fees for it. Studapart was one of the platform I used to rent my apartment. And the best thing about renting an apartment in France when you are a student is that the government will give you concession of amount in CAF and it depends on the amount of rent you are paying. For eg. my rent was 470€ as I was living in a studio apartment I got 170€ back from the government.