Chile Forum

Hey guys,

I will be arriving to Santiago next week and staying/working there for 8 month. It's going to be my first time in Chile and I am glad to see that there is an active expat community there.

I am looking for an appartment/apart hotel. One bedroom, nice and clean. A home you would enjoy, not a hotel, I am sure you would understand me. I will be working near the Tobalaba metro station.

If you have an know where to find such a place, please let me know. I would appreciate it
What about the price range?

Looking forward to meeting you, guys, at the next event

Anna

Check easypiso.com plenty of rock bottom rentals

I rented a furnished one bed apartment for 1 month through Contact Chile (<BANNED LINK>). I found them to be very good and they have quite a choice under the "housing" section - although they probably are not the cheapest, there is a good range to suit most budgets.
Good luck

Look for:

Casa Bonita Bed & Breakfast

Pasaje República Nº 5
Centro Santiago
Teléfono: (562)6727302 Fax: (562)
Formas de Pago
Recibe Tarjetas Efectivo
Precio Referencia (última actualización: 20/04/2009)
US$ 55 dólares la habitación single
US$ 65 dólares la habitación doble

For a longer stay you can ofcourse negotiate the price. It's called a B&B but is more of an aparthotel with nice furniture and dito owners.

If you are looking to rent a long-term apartment in Chile, and want excellent customer service and a hassle free experience, then don't use <banned company name>! My wife, sister-in-law and I recently (April 2011) rented an apartment in Santiago through <banned company name> and it was disaster. The apartment hadn't been cleaned in months! In fact, we told by the concierge that the prior tenants of the apartment had left only an hour before we had arrived! There was dust on every horizontal service, the towels, bed sheets and shower curtains were disgusting, several light bulbs were missing from the lamps - one lamp appeared to have faulty wiring, as our replacement bulbs kept blowing out. One of the beds was an old broken child's bed, with a urine stained mattress. There was even a bag of rotting salad in on of the kitchen cabinets!

I was only scheduled to stay in Santiago a week, and unfortunately, the first day and a half of my visit was spent hanging around as the apartment had to be cleaned: time I would have preferred to be sightseeing. And to make matters worse, the owner of the apartment refused to provide a receipt for the $400,000 pesos in cash we gave him, and Malte Sieber, the owner of <banned company name> has refused to return any of my calls, and has been very rude to my sister-in-law. We used an agency in the hopes of receiving a clean, professionally managed apartment: were we ever wrong.