Originally posted by Xcert:
ya...I also think renting a room in the open market is a better option.
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But be prepared that lots of restrictions might be imposed on you and you might be given limited privacy? Of course, that would depends on who you rent the place from? Make things CLEAR beforehand... What can be done and what not... Find out a bit more about the landlord as some of them might be quite 'problematic' of their own...
Renting a whole apartment (with 1 room?) would probably be a better option, but of course... It should cost you much more...?