I wasn’t as mad as I was awed. Who knew renting an apartment in Buenos Aires could be such an ordeal? For the second day in a row our real estate agent in Buenos Aires (think a Boratesque Israeli who had an Argentine parent and spent most of his life in both countries) had not lived up to his word. The four beautiful apartments that he had been referring to the other day manifested themselves as one rubbish apartment and two others that “probably weren’t worth seeing” – according to him – so we didn’t. Now, I’m pretty passive and relaxed so at this point I wasn’t too fed up; I was excited to be looking at apartments in Buenos Aires to call home for a few months. But not everyone is like me, thankfully, so some advice is in order.
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The quest for an apartment in Buenos Aires began Monday morning. Having target areas will save you a lot of time and energy. We also quickly figured out that email was not our best tool. If you want immediate results, you need to call the rental offices. Many of the offices have a decent English speaker, but you will definitely get some Spanish practice during your apartment search.
