Housing abroad
A vetted place to live, a lease you understand, no remote scams.
Targeted search based on your budget and neighbourhood, listing and landlord checks, introductions, lease review and a move-in checklist. You land with a booked home, not a list of links.
Guarantee — If no viewing (in person or video) is secured within the stated turnaround, the plan is refunded in full.
Plans and deliverables
Essential
190 €· flat fee
What is delivered
- 30-min scoping call
- Short-list of 5 vetted places with detailed fact sheet
- Tenant application message template (local language)
- Review of one lease
What is not included
- Viewing scheduling
- Negotiation
- Video accompaniment
Guided
★390 €· flat fee
What is delivered
- Everything in Essential
- Short-list raised to 8 places, refreshed for 3 weeks
- Viewing scheduling
- Video accompaniment during viewings
- Deposit and terms negotiation
- Personalised move-in inspection checklist
What is not included
- Signing on your behalf (power of attorney)
- Advancing the deposit
Turnkey
690 €· flat fee
What is delivered
- Everything in Guided
- In-person viewing by a local contact (1 place)
- Full tenant file assembly (translations included)
- Remote signing coordination and key handover
- Day-15 settling-in check (water, electricity, internet, insurance)
What is not included
- Any local agency fees
- Furniture
Guarantee — If no viewing (in person or video) is secured within the stated turnaround, the plan is refunded in full.
Prices include tax. The listed deliverables are contractual: if they are not provided within the stated turnaround, the plan is refunded.
Priority handling
Priority handling
Move to the front of the queue during peak demand.
At certain times of year — especially in the run-up to the school and university term — housing requests pile up and the available supply can’t keep pace. We then have to make choices. Out of nearly 200 search requests received for Paris at term time, only around twenty can be honoured within the stated turnaround — roughly 10%. The priority prepayment puts your file at the front of that queue and triggers the scoping call within 2 working days.
The process, step by step
- 1
Scoping call
30-min call: budget ceiling, acceptable neighbourhoods, move-in date, flatshare or not, pets, guarantor constraints.
- 2
Sourcing and filtering
We comb local platforms and our partner-agency network, then drop inconsistent listings (price, reused photos, unreachable landlord).
- 3
Vetted short-list
5 to 8 places with a fact sheet: rent incl. charges, deposit, lease length, transport distance, flagged risks.
- 4
Viewings and negotiation
Scheduling, video accompaniment if you are remote, negotiation of deposit and terms.
- 5
Lease and move-in
Contract review (termination clauses, indexation, repairs), move-in inspection checklist, reminder of mandatory insurance.
This service, country by country
Pick your destination: the country × service page details the local procedures.
Frequently asked questions
Verified review
« Arriving in Paris for the new term with no French guarantor, I thought it was hopeless. Rootovia built my file, secured the Visale guarantee and lined up three viewings in a week in the 13th. Lease signed five days before classes started. »
« I was scared to sign a lease in Barcelona from Lyon. Rootovia had the nota simple checked, joined me on video for three viewings and negotiated the deposit down to one month. I moved in without ever setting foot in the flat before the day itself. »
« Munich is brutal. We first secured a Zwischenmiete to file the Anmeldung, then the real flat a month later. The German-style file they prepared clearly set me apart from the other applicants at group viewings. »
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