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Urban dweller always seem to be neglected by the real estate market. all over the world, almost all the developers promote car-friendly, single-family houses situated out of town, while city center houses or transit-oriented developments represent just a minority of the business.
But little by little, the trend is changing, and the birth of immobilio proves it. Immobilio is one of the first real estate search engines to be transit-oriented. Announces are selected according to the travel distance from the main points of interest, and travel time are considered by public transports.
At the moment, this service is just available in France, and the public transport engine doesn’t cover all cities. Let’s hope this kind of service will soon cover other countries!
(source: carfree)
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Dear Marco,
I and a friend are going to start a post-grad course in January 2009. Could you advice me on some student halls / rooms which is walking distance to EPFL at a reasonable price?
Tay
Hi Tay,
a list of student houses is on:
http://sae.epfl.ch/page21837-en.html
-one student residence (Stud’Home) is in Ecublens, five minutes on foot from the university,
- another one (module H) is in Denges, a little bit lost in the countryside and not very well connected (if possible, try to avoid this one),
- all the others are in central Lausanne: from there, the university can be reached by subway (M1)
another possibility is to look for a house or room to rent. you can find announces on:
http://www.ma-colocation.com
http://www.etudiants.ch
http://ch.easyroommate.com
http://www.glocals.com
http://www.anibis.ch
http://www.petitsannonces.ch
ciao
marco