1- When you found yourself standing in line with 25 other people in front of a building
2- When you spent your whole summer hunting for an apartment instead of soaking up the sweet life with your friends in Greece
3- When you can't help but say “but it’s well arranged” about just about everything
4- When discovering a toilet in the hallway no longer surprises you
5- When you've crashed on all your friends' couches
6- When you've shared all the shiny new listings on Le Bon Coin (posted overnight) by 8 AM!
7- When your friends living in the countryside say, “wow, for the price of your 50 m², you could get a 150 m² house with a garden just 25 minutes from Montpellier”
8- When you finally decide to broaden your search to include Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
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9- When you only have one guarantor and they're not a trader, banker, or a business owner
10- When you pay a year's rent upfront
11- When you think, “12 m2 to live in is plenty ”
12- When two electric burners, one of which is broken, will be enough for the pasta you'll be eating every day with such rent
13- When you ask your friend who knows a bit of Photoshop to make fake pay slips for you
14- When you realize you also need your tax notice, and that all of this is worthless now
15- When your roommate tells you a week before that he can't pay next month's rent and that you need to move out
16- When you find yourself in a relationship much faster than in another city just to have a livable two-room apartment
17- When you're sharing a studio and sleeping in the "living corner"
18- When you've figured out the tricky Carrez law
19- When you thought about living with a guy who's only interested in "young girls" from a listing on Le Bon Coin.
20- When you considered taking care of an elderly person in exchange for a room at their place.
21- When the listing mentions “owner's children after school care” and during the visit, he says you'd need to come 2-3 times a week in exchange for goods.
22- When you seriously thought about turning to prostitution to pay your rent.
23- When you found an apartment but realized after 2 nights...
that it's infested with bedbugs.
24- When you've chopped down 600 trees to make your files (which will probably just end up in the trash).
25- When you've considered sharing a flat with complete strangers – including a gamer who spends all his time in front of his screen and a 47-year-old alcoholic who shares her wild life stories.
26- When you've crashed at a friend's place for 6 months “just to wait.”
27- When you can shower, cook, and sleep.
all at the same time
28- When you’ve gone from a 60 m² place in 2008 to a cozy 20 m² in 2024 for the same rent, in the same neighborhood
29- When you’ve thought about calling Stéphane Plaza to join in on Recherche Appartement ou Maison
30- When you call just two seconds after getting the alert and hit the full voicemail right away
31- When a 25 m² shabby apartment (with "everything to redo") for €200,000 no longer surprises you
32- When you’re pretty sure you’ll never have enough to actually buy an apartment (even a 9 m²)
33- When you’ve joined every Facebook group for apartment hunting