There are 2 sorts of rent apartment Paris: furnished and unfurnished one. And now you are to think over which kind of it you really need. Look at the question from several sides. If you want to remain there for a few months it is better for you to rent a furnished apartment, because it will relieve your headache about buying various things in your new home and you will be vacant to settle yourself in a new place of dwelling. But from the other side it will be much cheaper to get an unfurnished accommodation if you will stay here for several years. It is simple to come to a secondhand market and look for some furniture on your taste that will be suitable for you and your wallet.

There exist two ways to rent an apartment in Paris, the 'do-it-yourself' way, and the 'agency' way for those who are rich enough to pay a month of rent extra to the agency for their service. There is no other method to get apartments Paris short term.

The company method is easier, you just have to look for some English speaking agencies, and you got lots of service suppliers who talk that minimum English to converse with you, at least enough to rent you a room. Do some search in the net, take the yellow pages, and look for the part 'immobiliers' (French translation for real estate) and start calling them. The first words of yours should be 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley'), it implies “Good day, do you speak English”. If there will be an answer “Sure”, you are welcome to speak on the point. You are to remember that the commission for Paris short term accommodation may be from 1 month period to a full month.

The “do-it-yourself” method may be also so simple one as the way with the help of an agency. But if to parallel with the previous way you will preserve much more money with the help of this method. The problem what you might have here is to converse with the lessor. For this, you may take assistance of a local resident somebody whom you knew before or someone you have got acquainted in an internet, for example. If you do not have such a person you will have to look for an English speaking lessor that will certainly limit the number of the accommodation that you will visit, but don't be afraid you will find such people. And you are having this benefit with you that quite a lot of landlords (they accept it or not) prefer giving accommodations to the 'native' English speakers.

Your search may start from the American church of Paris, a wonderful area to find other English speaking persons and for other English resources. Start by picking up the journal 'FUSAC', you may see it just near the main gate. (Till nowadays the greatest printed source for Englishmen who require info in Paris). And short term rentals Paris may be also get with the aid of online sources.