First things first, the question you are to request yourself at the very beginning, is which sort of rent apartment Paris you are looking for, a furnished or a non-furnished one. If you are staying here for a few months in Paris, you can decide going for a furnished flat, as in this way you don't have to buy anything, no headache, and you just need to install yourself here. Nevertheless, if the endurance is long, even several years, unfurnished accommodation may be much more economical, as you can furnish your apartment depending on your funds, easily from a second hand market, and may sell them off while leaving Paris to somebody else.

So, you have only 2 ways to look for an apartments in Paris, they are: the “do-it-yourself” method and the “agency” method. But remember that choosing the second method you should pay an additional month rent for the agency services. There is no other method to receive apartments Paris short term.

The agency way is simpler, you just need to find some English speaking companies, and you have plenty of service providers who talk that minimum English to communicate with you, at least enough to rent you a room. Find yellow pages and there find “immobiliers” that is translated from French real estate and contact with those companies. You can start with the phrase 'Bonjour, parlez vous anglais?' ('Bojho, parley voo angley') query that means 'Good day, do you speak English' and if the reply is affirmative, start talking business. Remember that there can be two terms to pay for Paris short term accommodation: half of a month's and full month term.

The “do-it-yourself” way may be also so easy one as the way with the help of an agency. Only here you will be saving quite a great amount of money. Only in this situation you will have to speak with landlords that bring you a problem. For this, you can receive help of a local person somebody whom you knew before or somebody you have met in an internet, for example. In the situation when you do not have such opportunity, the number of the accommodations for you to call on will definitely diminish. But don't despair you will have a lot of opportunities to find an English speaking landlord. And you are having got this benefit with you that quite a lot of lessors (they take it or not) prefer giving accommodations to the 'native' English speakers.

The best place to begin your search is American church of Paris where you will see persons who speak English and a lot of other English information. There is a “FUSAC” journal that you can buy near the main gate of the church. (It is the best English speaking resource for Englishmen and Americans in France). And cheap apartments Paris may be also receive with the assistance of web sources.