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  • son_lux_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Athens in Greece. 550€/months for a 35m2. It’s a nice renovated studio with everything I need (and good internet). This city is super nice to escape on week-ends due to the proximity of nature, from islands to mountains.

    • codersfocus@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What area? How did you find that and how far in advance did you book?

      All I found were 10m2 dens in Victoria for that price.

      • son_lux_@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I’ve found on Airbnb, maybe 3/4 months in advance. The airbnb was around 650€ per months but when I arrive the owner made a deal with me. I’m paying cash for a lower rent as I’m staying for about 6 months or so.

        I’m at Kypseli, it’s a less touristic area, far more better than the city center. I would also recommend Pangrati

  • ze-mother@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Tenerife, Spain. 1500€ for a town house very close to the Atlantic & community pool + 60€ in utilities. Not super cheap but we’re a family of three… paid a whole lot more where we came from and had “nice” views of dreary, rainy suburbia.

      • diverareyouok@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Yep, it’s a local neighborhood in a very small tourist town. My biggest problem is the next-door neighbors who raise fighting roosters that make a lot of noise right before dawn every morning.

      • diverareyouok@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I found this the same way I find most of my other ones. I rent a hotel for a week, and then just spend that week doing normal stuff, but telling virtually evert single person I meet that I’m looking for a decent apartment. I’ll tell the people checking me out at the registers, the secretary at the dive shop, the managers at bars, masseuses, etc. without fail, somebody eventually knows somebody. Sometimes if I’m having trouble I’ll offer a finder’s fee (usually around 20 bucks in SE Asia). At that point the problem is visiting each location to see if it’s worth renting, not whether or not I’m going to find a rental, lol.

        This one is in a local neighborhood, the owners live downstairs, and the upstairs floor that mine is on has 3 apartments they rent out (two single bedroom units and one two bedroom unit.

        The Internet is surprisingly good. Before the pandemic it was pretty hit or miss, but they did some infrastructure changes and it got much better when I returned for the first time late in 2021. I generally just use the hotspot with mobile data, but my next-door neighbor has a fiancé who works from home managing a Swedish call center and has postpaid cable internet… and several back up batteries for her system. The only real downside is that power outages/brownours happen fairly frequently. Usually if it’s storming, so it probably once a week on average? Sometimes for an hour, sometimes for a day. I guess they didn’t get around upgrading the electricity grid, just smell signal, lol.

  • emaubo@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Usually stay at coliving communities depending on where I’m travelling. They’re awesome because they come equipped with coworking spaces, and also integrate a community element to the stay through events and activities. I have met a ton of super awesome remote workers/digital nomads during my stays and they can be fairly affordable too (currently paying rent in Vancouver, BC so DEFINITELY more affordable than that lol).

    Use: https://colivevalues.com/ to find a spot