Two weeks ago, we received word that our apartment owner was raising our rent 20% ($3200 pesos to $4000 pesos).  Not uncommon because inflation is a constant part of life here in Argentina.  The government numbers put it at around 10% a year, but most 3rd party economists think it's somewhere around 30%.

Unwilling to afford the extra $400 pesos, our roommates have decided to search for a cheaper living situation.  Since we aren't wanting to take over the entire apartment ourselves, our move out date is April 30th as well.  We've enjoyed living here, but we're also now on a search for a new place to call home.

There are many websites available to find an apartment or to find a roommate in Argentina.  Here are some of the ones that we have been using.

CompartoDepto --  Advertisements directly from people looking to fill a spare bedroom.

Craigslist - Most ads are real estate brokers/agents, especially for furnished apartments, but there are a few that are directly from owners. Also Craigslist isn't commonly used by Argentinians, so you will most likely see higher prices geared toward traveler with dollars/euros instead of an Argentinian student.  Searching isn't easy because of the tendency to list prices in pesos sometimes and other times in dollars. Generally you can distinguish the difference (ie $2000 pesos = $500 dollars) but it makes it harder to filter the list down especially because about a quarter of the ads show a weekly price instead of monthly.


Spare Rooms BA - They act as a middleman to pair up people with a room and the people looking for one for a small $55 commission. Easy to search the barrios you want and narrow down the listings which offer the amenities you consider a must haves (WiFi, A/C, double bed, etc).  Also the profiles are usually very complete. We had a problem filtering down the results that fit our desired rental period.  While we specified the next 3 months, it still showed apartments not available. 


Room Argentina  - Allows you to not only look for shared apartments but also individual furnished apartments. They have a wide variety of apartments sizes and price ranges.

4 Rent Argentina  - Allows you to look for shared apartments, individual furnished apartments, guesthouses and hotels.

Buenos Aires Habitat  Allows you to search from studios up to 3 bedroom apartments. Very nice apartments more than we want to pay

Baires Apartments  Allows you to search from budget to luxury apartments

Over the past 2 weeks, we've sent out a lot of correspondence but have only received a response from a handful.  So far, we've visited 2 apartment but neither we close enough to perfect that would make us jump on the opportunity.  Also, they weren't really in an area I am dying to live in.

Keep your fingers crossed because we have 6 days until our bags are on the curb.