Apartment Search

Still no word on the status of my work permit. Trying not to have a total and complete panic attack. Now taking bets on when an ulcer will show up to further complicate matters.  To distract (while at the same time making matters worse), I hunt for apartments.

Looking at apartments without having a move-in date set is rather depressing. On one hand, after spending hours sifting through flat rental sites I have a pretty solid idea of what to expect in terms of furnishings, location, and above all, cost. On the other hand, none of it really matters if I don’t know when I’ll be arriving in Paris. Regardless, my search has yielded some pretty interesting apartments…

A rental for the seaman
Does the thought of climbing six floors of stairs (no lift) to get to your teensy apartment in a two-century old building make you shudder? Live outside the box in this quaint canal boat!

A rental for the fan of public restrooms
For the person who depends on Depends--because THERE IS NO TOILET.  Added bonus—the shower is in the kitchen! Think of the convenience of being able to pop in and out of the shower whilst your dinner cooks!

A rental for the modern Disney princess
I would definitely live here in a heartbeat, no questions asked, if I had 10,000 Euro to spend on rent every month. Who wouldn’t? It has a spiral staircase up to the office with bookshelves on the floor above completely open to said office. I imagine this is the apartment Belle and Adam would choose if they wanted a place in the city…you know, aside from their castle in the countryside.

I can't be the only one who has ever found funky, luxuriant, or downright absurd rental properties while hunting for a place to live, so what have you come across?