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Hi,

Is this the place you mean?



I have have recently been looking for a flat, and I decided not to live in Madrid, but just outside, but on the south side.

I good place to look it Segunda Mano. The Ads go and come very quickly

segundamano.es

Another one is fotocasa
fotocasa.es

I think the best is enalquiler, used by estate agents, so you will have to pay their fee, usually the first months rent!

enalquiler.com

You could, flat share, rent a room. I think the school should help you with this, as I would not go blindly go renting a room without knowing the people I was going to share with.

When I go to Madrid, I use the train, its quick, cheap and easy.

Also, if you haven't started learning Spanish why haven't you? It makes life a lot easier.

Good luck, let us know how you get on!

Here are two other good links in finding housing rentals,

Idealista idealista.com/pagina/portada
Loquo madrid.loquo.com/en_us

Hi Sheila,

I have seen your ad and I would like to give you a few advices.
La moraleja is 1 of the most expensive place, area in Madrid
And 1 of the nicest too
You are right to want to live close to your work and not too far from city center
If you live near la Moraleja subway station, you will need nearly 1 hour by metro, to go to city center (Sol, Gran Via)
So, you should look for a flat near plaza de castilla, or chamartin
The area is not as nice as la moraleja but it will be cheaper and closer to the city center, and
around 20 minutes from your work.
The other possibility is to live in a new, safe, and affordable area (barrio) called maria tudor and las tablas
For the ad on flat renting, check; [Moderated]

You will like Madrid, and you will see in the summer, the weather is amazing
Try renting a flat with swimming pool, as I do, you will enjoy it a lot

Let me know if you need more details
Talk to you soon

Firstly, Google Translate is your best friend when it comes to stuff like finding a flat

I would say don't rule out living pretty centrally. You can do it fairly cheaply and it puts you right in the heart of things. Madrid is big and small at the same time. I'm not exactly in the centre, but I can see the palace from my front door!

You could look in La Latina, or slightly less nice Lavapies/Embajadores for somewhere fairly cheap in 'old Madrid' but it depends what you want really.

When I moved here, I stayed in a cheap hostel for 2 weeks and found an apartment once I'd had a look around.

And lastly - shameless plug - I write a blog called, um, Moving to Madrid about exactly this so that might be helpful to you!

Good luck!

Hello Madridchica!

How are you?are you adepted good in Madrid?

If you want, i can help you ok?Bye!