The three best ways to find an apartment in Vancouver:
1. Know someone - Either someone leaving a suite, who lives next door, who owns a place or manages one. Personal connections will get you the best price, location and dealings without being just another application in a pile of 30.
2. Walk the neighbourhood - A large portion of landlords would rather just put up a sign than deal with the hundreds of replies they get to ads. The sign will go up before any ad, and the early call will show that you're serious about living there.
3. Vacancy Ads - I've scoured the net and the signs in front of buildings to put this list together. It's Vancouver-centric, in that I haven't included rental management that primarily deals with other parts of the Lower Mainland.
By compilation service:
Craigslist
AMS Rentsline
Apartment Rentals.net
Housing Maps (derived by CL)
Kijiji
My Home Vancouver
Vancouver Apartments for Rent
Househunting.ca (Classifieds from the Vancouver Sun and Province)
The Georgia Straight Classifieds
The Westender Classifieds
Homerent.ca
By Management group:
Dorset Realty Group
ACD Realty
Downtown Suites
Rancho Property Mgmt
Realstar
Porte Realty
Renters Guide - by Hollyburn
Advent Real Estate
Bayside Property
Gateway Property Mgmt
Crosby Properties
Coronet Realty
Sunstar / My BC Rental
Got any others??
2/24/2009
Finding an apartment in Vancouver: The most comprehensive list I could come up with
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2 comments:
Great post idea, but I have to suggest steering clear of Hollyburn properties. I've lived in one for almost five years now and all I can say is: Never. Again.
Hollyburn doesn't care about their tenants and living in a Hollyburn building is like living in a college dorm. I'm leaving at the end of this month and, believe me, it's not soon enough.
I like your idea. It's my favorite place,I really wishes to live there.I think I should implement these ideas to live there. Thanks a lot for sharing I found it a great post.
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