To rent a flat

[jarih]

I have started planning to move to Croatia. I'm not in hurry, but I am pleased to receive any information I may need in order to rent a flat or move to the country. I don't even have any specific town/area in my mind yet, so hints on the area/town will be appreciate as well.

I am thinking of example a little village/town which is quite near from bigger city, i.e Split or Dubrovnik. The most important issue for me is weather, I am looking for sun and warmness.

So, couple of questions. What is the most convienent way to rent a fully furnished apartment? Any ideas of rent level for studio of one bedroom? I am not a tourist, I'll rent a flat for longer time.

I would appreciate any hints or advice somebody might have.

Jari/Finland, hopefull soon Croatia

[Ribaric]

Hi Jari,

Warmness huh? That's not so hard to improve from what you get in Finland, many of us wandering Brits also left due to years of depressing grey skies.
So, renting a flat. That's a great idea and it worked for me for my first year here. Firstly, look at region.
(1) The coast is beautiful, warm for most of the year, lively in the summer, dead for the rest of the year - and expensive relative to the continental regions.
(2) Continental Croatia is warm for half the year and bloody cold for a couple of months, the towns are lively year round - and it's cheap.

Others on here tell you about coastal rentals but, here in Varazdin (pop 40,000), you can get a modern-ish 50m2 apartment within a 15 minute walk from the centre for about E150 per month. The town is a lively place year round but we do have winters.

There. that's a start.

[jarih]

Hi there,

and thanks for the information. Just for your information; we are enjoying for the sunny warm summerday here in Finland at the moment. For the first time this summer. I am just wondering how the polarbears are managing....

I was thinking the area which is little bit southern, but not necessary on the coast. Since we have long dark and cold winter here as well, the weather would be the most important thing for me. I cannot spend the whole year there because the ridiculous Finnish laws and regulation. So my year in Croatia would be from Sep 'til May. If the weather in north is freezing cold in the winter, I think I prefer the southern areas. We have f**ing cold winters here as well and that's just the thing I am escaping.

I still have couple of questions; how can I find the appartments which are for rent? Is there any sites or companies for that? How do you write appartments for rent in Croatian?

But now back to the football and Argentina vs. Belgium. I am sorry that England didn't make it, again. Fortunately we have EC in two years, a new opportunity to be dissapoint for England. Heh, since Finns are never been in the tournament, I am just the person to joke about English perfomance.

[MartinM]

Hello from Rijeka

here is a typical estate agents website in English:
www.dogma-nekretnine.com/realestate.html

In Rijeka a small one bedroom apartment costs 250-350 euros a month (mine is 65m2 and costs 265 euros). If you go through an agent you generally need to pay them a month's rent as a fee because they will do the paperwork for you. To avoid this you will need to search through the private classified adverts of online etc. like these:

www.njuskalo.hr/nekretnine

burza.com.hr/nekretnine/

The word "nekretnine" in Croatian literally means "immobile" - i.e. "kiinteistöt" / "property" / "real estate".

Renting from a private landlord is a cheaper option but be sure that you get a signed and notarised rental agreement.

Most estate agents websites will be in English.

Good luck

[Ribaric]

Understood Jarih, then the coast IS what you need. There is a mountain range running north to south near the coast. Everything east of it gets a continental climate, everything west of it gets a coastal climate, warmer winters! If you want to escape the snow and ice, then make sure to be on the west side of the mountains. In effect, that means "on the coast".

[jarih]

Thanks guys,

you've been a great help. I found thousands, well, very many flats to rent after visiting the pages of local real estate agencies, thank's to Martin. And Ribaric, you can be sure that I will keep myself 'on the coast', just because of the weather. You've never spent November in Finland, right?

I think I'll go with the real estate agencies, just be on the safe side. If it's bit more expensive, so be it, but it might be little bit difficult to arrange all the paper work from here, especially with the lack of common language.

If there's any additional hints you might have eg living in Croatia, please keep them coming. They would be highly appreciated. And when I'm finally there though it may take a little bit time , I think I owe you guys couple of beers....

[Ribaric]

Jul 6, 2014 21:34:21 GMT 1 jarih said:

Thanks guys,

you've been a great help. I found thousands, well, very many flats to rent after visiting the pages of local real estate agencies, thank's to Martin. And Ribaric, you can be sure that I will keep myself 'on the coast', just because of the weather. You've never spent November in Finland, right?

I think I'll go with the real estate agencies, just be on the safe side. If it's bit more expensive, so be it, but it might be little bit difficult to arrange all the paper work from here, especially with the lack of common language.

If there's any additional hints you might have eg living in Croatia, please keep them coming. They would be highly appreciated. And when I'm finally there though it may take a little bit time , I think I owe you guys couple of beers....

I spent three months in Helsinki one February. Oh I know about that place! It isn't for me.





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