APARTMENT HUNTING IN MONTREAL | Episode 1

[@andrewdalgliesh647]

I've read that simply walking around the area that interests you and looking for "for rent" signs may be a good idea. In looking up online apartment listings, something I am noticing is that there is somewhat of a "hollowing out of the middle" with those who advertise their apartments online; meaning that the online listings seem to consist of a few very nice and very expensive rentals that have very positive reviews and MANY listings that have very bad reviews (and I am not even looking up places with below average rental prices). It makes me think that for an average priced decent place that a landlord may not even need to advertise and good word of mouth gets around and if one walks through the area and sees the building that they can see the apartment right away and do their own "smell test". What do you think?

[@AliciaWaid]

That’s a great idea! It’s often times about who you know... some great places probably never even go on the market because people know someone who will take it already.

[@BroughPerkinsMedium]

My home town! You get the european sensibility with home design, that beautifully maintained old world charm- and for a good price, but Quebec isn't super easy for English to live.

[@ItsAmandaWan]

so excited for this series! cannot wait to see the others!

[@AliciaWaid]

Thanks girl! 🥰 I’m really excited about it too!

[@Kim-zf5dp]

Damn... that first one was incredible. A shame the landlord was unreliable.

[@AliciaWaid]

Right?! The longer we had to sit with the idea, the more something felt off... 😢 No regrets though!

[@arungeorgephilip9790]

Hi Alicia, can you recommend the real estate agent that you used in your apartment search? I am looking for apartments in Montreal and i have a similar budget that you guys started with.

[@AliciaWaid]

Hi! We found all of these listings online at the time (I have a video dedicated to the best websites for renting in Montreal). The one real estate agent we were in contact with at the time was not very helpful, and I don't recommend them at all, so I won't share their name online.

[@manrajgill6416]

So nice 😍😍😍😍

[@grandepichota8580]

The rental housing market in Montreal is so so expensive and horrible,any places renting now for under $1250 .00 have to many problems,from bad noise levels to smokers and pot next door,cockroachs,mold,landlords all charging high prices for dirty apartments,in the last 3 years had to move 3 times do to these problems,just horrible high rents in Montreal,so hard to find a good place to live in Montreal anymore.

[@lisaannwaid3629]

Good luck with your search 🍀

[@AliciaWaid]

Hehehe

[@nazeedahnabeebaccus4553]

Can you do a tour of existing apartment n the cost pls..

[@AliciaWaid]

Yes! I was planning to do one before we move xx

[@nazeedahnabeebaccus4553]

@@AliciaWaid thank you so much. The apartment hunting you have to do it via an agent /or via a site pls

[@AliciaWaid]

@@nazeedahnabeebaccus4553 you can do either! We’ve been doing it ourselves online

[@jasmynagirgis]

what camera and lens do you use? the quality is so good

[@AliciaWaid]

This video was filmed with my Fujifilm X100V and it comes with a fixed 23mm f2.0 lens!

[@jasmynagirgis]

@@AliciaWaid where did you buy it ? I want to get one ☺️

[@AliciaWaid]

@@jasmynagirgis Amazon!

[@shahzmalik]

Still having tough time find a place...

[@AliciaWaid]

I have an entire video dedicated to the best websites to search for apartments in MTL that might be of help!