Chambre pas Bonne

So while house hunting has been interesting it has also been difficult. Paris is an old city and along with that comes old buildings and chambres de bonnes- maids quarters. The kind of studio that most students find are these maids rooms. The rooms usually come equipped with a shower with no room to move, a really tiny kitchen some sort of futon and the toilets are in the hallway. Basically, they are small and often on the 6th floor with NO ELEVATOR- buns of steel eat your heart out!

So about two days before we had to be out of the hostel, I was freaking out because I had not found anything yet. Well that day I was going to look at a room in the 16th arrondissement. When I saw the room, I thought it was cute, clean and close to school- so why not? It wan not until after I had already paid the firsts month rent, the deposit and moved in that I began to realize I made a big mistake. The room I picked was 8.3 meters sq (small), on the 6th floor with no lift, no window, and no interphone. After seeing my neighbors room that has everything mine was missing and was 100 euros less...I decided it was time for me to continue the house hunt.

So I am back to square one, but with a better idea of what I want and I'm keeping positivity on my side. Here is hoping for the best - and a building with an elevator =)