When to start trying to find Student Accommodation? Now or when you arrive?

If the question that keeps you awake is should I start searching for student accommodation before going to Australia or perhaps is it better to search for share accommodation once I arrive? Well, try to sleep instead and don’t get too anxious since the answer is really simple, so long as you have done your research and undergo a reputable student accommodation provider or website, then either choice is okay.

It is true that tens of thousands of international students arrive just before the beginning of semester searching for accommodation, and this often means it is very competitive. Already it is very hard to find quality accommodation as there is a general shortage of, so some times it is better to book online, but only though a reputable provider.

Otherwise it is great if you arrive and may then beginning your search. This is because only if you are here, you can check when the accommodation suits you, when the place is really “ten minutes distance” from the city as they put in the ad and, above all, if it looks like the pictures they posted.

Should you search for the accommodation before leaving, you take a higher risk to find a totally different place, or different conditions, at your arrival.

The easy way to find a room is to check up on internet. Most Universities and schools have a dedicated Student services that will help you find accommodation and there are other public websites and forums where you can find thousands of ads every day, every week.

You can read ads also in the newspapers, like, among the others, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Daily Telegraph or even the Australian. Or simply check any traffic light post within the city, where other international students stick ads with few information about the room and the information. regarding this latter way to find a house, you should be careful. Do you really want to take this riskier approach and discover a room from someone who cannot afford a website, can not afford an ad or doesn't have a reputation to become listed on a Universities website?

The website is the most common, functional and easiest way to find a place to live.

It’s a first step to look how's the market, what are the average prices and just how in general the rooms seem like. The tenants can be other students, owners themselves or other private individuals who are renting the whole unit or house.

The typical ad usually describes the area, the facilities, the costs included, the extra, the location and it shows some pictures from the place. It also offers the contact details of the tenant while offering the chance to visit the room.

Go to the place before deciding to rent is a rule: you want to begin to see the apartment or house, if you want it or not, if it’s really what it looks like in the pictures in internet, but most importantly you want to know the people with whom you will share the home. And they want to know you for the similar reason. You are going to live together, which means you should like one another.

The inspection usually last 10 or 15 minutes, so I guess what you are thinking now. “How can I know if I like these people after just ten minutes?”. Well, the first impression always counts, doesn’t it? So apply this principle also for that search of your accommodation and you’ll be just fine.

Student Accommodation Sydney

Share Accommodation in Sydney is extremely competitive and you should be also aware that as there are many other students looking for a room too, the landlord and your future house mates will also be deciding if they want you. So don’t take too much time to let them realize that you want the room, as it might go very fast

Above all, use the time as an adventure where you find out more about the area, the people of the area and the Australian culture. Always make sure to have fun, even if it seems challenging at times to reside in student accommodation in Sydney