Real Estate / Polish Nieruchomości (real estate) commission madness! [25]


Yes Pip I agree ,often agents make the tenant AND the landlord pay however it is such a pain and time consuming to open the door of the flat you want to rent to 5 people a week or have to commute or travel to your flat when you don't live there that it is why people use them.

For my flat in Krakow ,I have a lawyer in Krakow to take care of my tenancy agreements but she does not do "the showing around " of the flat and i can't bother or disturb my Krakow friends every 6 months or every 2 years to organise viewings of my flat.

Food / Problem to find "cream" in Poland [23]

Go to Alma Supermarket they have everything from everywhere or go a a French restaurant in Krakow and ask them (the cook) what they use for crème liquide , the Polish equivalent.

Sorry i don't know about any Belgian restaurant yet in Krakow .

Real Estate / Chimney Sweeps in Krakow - experiences of flat owners in central Krakow? [4]


I really doubt it .It is not even mandatory for tenants or owners to have property insurance or premises insurance in Poland.

When there were some devastating floods some years ago ( 2 years ago ?) Hundreds of people lost their homes and had no insurance.

Real Estate / Polish Nieruchomości (real estate) commission madness! [25]

Sure Gumtree is ok but delek needs to call the owners in Polish , organise viewing, discuss and understand what is included in the rent etc.Most young people in Poland speak English and other languages but not older people.

Real Estate / Long term apartment average rent in Krakow? [11]

In anycase i find it hard to know the fees landlords and tenants have to pay to agents in Poland as it is not always clearly written on their websites despite beeing logically an essential info for both parties ,tenants and landlords.

The agency Easyrenting.pl is the only one i found which specifies that the Tenants pay a commission of 60% of 1 monthly rent and the Landlord does not pay any fee.( written in Polish) to the agency for finding a tenant.

Competition is quite fierce everywhere so it would be appreciated by everyone if Real Estate agencies could inform clients upfront about their fees ,it would save time .