There are 2 types of apartment rental in Paris: furnished and non-furnished one. And now you need to think over what sort of it you really need. You have to think thoroughly about those things. If you have come to Paris for several months it will be better to get a furnished accommodation, it will relieve your headache about purchasing different things and you can freely settle in a new city. However, if the endurance is long, even a couple of years, unfurnished accommodation can be much more economical, as you may furnish your flat relying on your funds, easily from a second hand market, and may trade them off while leaving Paris to somebody else.

So, you have only 2 ways to look for an apartments in Paris, they are: the “do-it-yourself” way and the “agency” way. But remember that selecting the second way you should pay an extra month rent for the company services. You should select 1 of these ways to receive apartments rent Paris.

The easiest method is to call for an agency. You will have to find an agency with English speaking office workers who will know the language well enough for you to tell them about the apartments you require. First of all you are to find in yellow pages the section “immobiliers” (French notion for real property) and then call in the companies that you will see. After you've phoned to a company you have to tell them 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley') which means “Good day, do you speak English”. And if the reply is affirmative, you can say what you need. Remember that there can be two terms to pay for Paris short term apartments: half of a month's and full month term.

The “do-it-yourself” way may be also so easy one as the method with the help of a company. Only here you will be preserving quite a great amount of funds. Only in this situation you will have to speak with landlords that bring you a difficulty. Here, you require a help of somebody who is local here, it can be either one of your acquaintances or a person that you have met on the internet, for instance. In the situation when you do not have such opportunity, the quantity of the accommodations for you to call on will surely diminish. But don't despair you will have a great amount of possibilities to find an English speaking landlord. And you are having this advantage with you that quite a large number of lessors (they accept it or not) prefer giving rooms to the 'native' English speakers.

The best place to start your search is American church of Paris where you may meet people who speak English and a lot of other English information. There is a “FUSAC” magazine that you may buy not far from the main gate of the church. (Till nowadays the greatest printed resource for English speaking people who require information in Paris). And short term apartment Paris can be also receive with the aid of online sites.