Dear fellow expats
I hope you are all enjoying the gorgeous weather we are having here in Geneva. As a northerner by upbringing it's a little too much for me, though it beats the rain and sludge I had back home before I arrived.
To give you some background about myself, I am a medical student close to finishing his studies. I came to Geneva on study leave due to a public health related job opening that I simply could not pass up. I've been here since May, and I do love my job, but my problem is finding steady accommodation. My job pays well enough but as I will be joined by my fiancé in July, it's not enough to sustain two people in Geneva. It is for this reason that I live on the border in France, and hope to continue to do so until my job contract ends in January.
Since March, I've tried to secure an apartment through leboncoin.fr. However, since I was not even based in Geneva back then, I had no luck. So instead I came to glocals and I'm happy to say that currently I rent a room in Gaillard through one of our fellow users. My hope was that once I am here, it will be easier to find an apartment. Unfortunately I was wrong. In two months time I've managed to get exactly two replies on leboncoin, neither of which appear to be working out. My fiancé is moving here in less than 3 weeks and currently I have no place for us to live. I am sending e-mails to people as soon as an ad gets put up but the return rate is what it is.
Has anyone ever been in this situation? Do you have any advice on how to increase my chances of finding an apartment? I suppose, as a backup, I can continue renting rooms through glocals, but the thought of having my fiancé move from a permanent job and an apartment in Estonia to share a room on the outskirts of Geneva is quite crushing. I would be very grateful for any advice that you might be able to give.
Warm regards
Priit
