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Tip: Whatever option you choose, record a video and take pictures of everything before moving in (when it’s empty) to show the apartment’s condition. This way, you’ll avoid problems getting your deposit (caution) back when you leave.
Apartment / Flatshare
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Requirements:
- Guarantor:
- French phone number
Websites (apartments)
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Note:
There’s a difference between “chambres” (bedrooms) and “pièces” (rooms in general).
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WARNING: There are many scams, especially when they ask you to pay before even visiting the place.
- Jinka (App that aggregates rental listings from multiple websites into one platform)
CROUS
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What it is:
State-run student residence system.
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Applications for CROUS are open until the end of May of the year you arrive.
Pros:
- Cheaper rent
Cons:
- Studio apartments randomly assigned between 9 and 18 m² (usually you can’t choose)
- None right next to the école
- Several are far from the city center (e.g., St. Jerome), but there is one closer (e.g., St. Charles)
Looking for accommodation – Crous Aix-Marseille Avignon
Residences near the école
Pros:
- Close or next to the école
Cons:
- Expensive
- No supermarket very close (~15 minutes walking to the nearest one)
- Usually, you don’t get your full deposit (caution) back because they always find something missing or damaged
- Far from nightlife areas (1st arrondissement, 13001)
Estudines Marseille Oxford · 6 Rue Louis Néel, 13013 Marseille, France