A flat in Zone 3 may be cheaper than one in Zone 2, but you'll spend more in travelling costs. If you want your own place, expect to be grilled by the landlord and have references from previous landlords and the bank handy to smooth the process through. So now you know what type of place you want, the search is on. Both papers advertise hundreds of flats or rooms to rent each week. These are a group of houses, often the length of a street, joined together.
Backyards are the same width as the houses.
A house with space on both sides from the neighbours. Vary from open-plan living with the bedroom, living room and kitchen in one room to those with separate rooms for each. Some have their own bathrooms while others are communal. Usually dossers are people who have just arrived in the country, have returned to a city after time spent travelling or are trying to save money before they go travelling. For the pleasure of sleeping on the floor or, if you are lucky, the sofa, you can expect to pay about 35 a week.