Searching for rented accommodation

We receive such a large number of posts searching for accommodation recently that we have decided to list the most useful websites, apps and Facebook groups for our FAQ list.

Some tips:

• Please be wary of scammers. Report any you find in this group to the admin team with screenshots.

• Ask for a photo of the outside of the property from the road that has not been taken from Google Streetview. Compare this photo with what you can find on Google Streetview. A genuine landlord can easily do this. A scammer can't.

• If you are renting an apartment in a large building you must be given a street number for the building AND a number for the apartment. Obviously you can't sign a rental contract for the entire building!!! Make sure you ask for the apartment number. A scammer may be reluctant to give you this. The address can be written in one of two ways:

  • Hauptstrasse 60/3 (Hauptrstrasse 60, apartment 3)

  • Hauptstrasse 60 Top 3

• NEVER give money or your personal details/ID card photo before you have seen the apartment.

• Be suspicious when WhatsApp or Messenger is used as the method of communication. Ask for a real Austrian (+43) telephone number.

• Be sceptical when the renter is out of town and unable to meet you at the apartment: wouldn’t they find someone to stand in for them?

• If you are not sure, please contact a member of the admin team: we can’t visit a property for/with you but we can give you a (non-expert) second opinion on the information you have been given.

The "Bestellerprinzip"

Since July 2023 it has been illegal for the landlord to pass the cost of their agents ("Provision"/commission) on to the tenant, either directly or indirectly. This is known as the "Bestellerprinzip" or purchaser principle. If a charge for "Provision" is requested, consider it a red flag.

Of course, if you have engaged an agent to help you find accommodation, then you will need to pay their commission.

See our separate article on this for further information.

Our list of resources

We have organised this list by province. Do check the sources under "Nationwide" which are relevant to the whole of Austria as well as those for the province you are searching in.

Nationwide

Long term accommodation

• https://www.willhaben.at/iad/immobilien +app

• http://www.bazar.at

• https://www.finden.at

• https://immobilien.derstandard.at

• https://www.immobilien.net

• https://www.immobilienscout24.at +app

• https://www.immowelt.at/suche/salzburg/immobilien +app

• http://www.immodirekt.at

• http://www.immosuchmaschine.at

• https://www.wg-gesucht.de (Shared apartments)

• http://www.wohnnet.at

• https://www.privatimmobilien.at

• https://www.findmyhome.at

Short term accommodation

• https://www.airbnb.com

• https://www.kurzzeitmiete.at/en

• http://www.kurzzeitwohnen.com/

• https://www.nestpick.com

Student accommodation (WGs/dorm rooms)

• https://www.studium.at/studentenheime

• https://www.oeh.ac.at/ueber-uns/oeh-vor-ort/oeh-boersen

• https://oead.at/en/to-austria/accommodation

Vienna (Wien)

Long-term accommodation

• https://immo.kurier.at/suche/mieten-wohnung-in-wien

• https://www.wohnungsboerse.net/AT/Wien/mieten/wohnungen

Short-term accommodation

• Vienna tourism: https://www.wien.info/en/travel-info/list-of-accommodations?

• Derag Living Hotels offer apartments rented by the month: https://www.living-hotels.com/hotel-an-der-oper-wien/en/

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich)

General information

• https://workinloweraustria.com/en/housing/

Salzburg

Long term accommodation

• https://immo.sn.at

Short term accommodation

• http://www.immmo.at/kurzzeitwohnen-salzburg

• The official Salzburg Tourism website lists apartments available for short term rentals:

  • https://www.salzburg.info/en/hotels-offers/accomodation/apartments

  • https://www.salzburg.info/en/hotels-offers/accomodation/bed-and-breakfast

Hostels

• https://www.aohostels.com/en/salzburg/

• https://www.jufahotels.com/hotel/salzburg/

• https://www.yoho.at/

Facebook groups

• Rooms and Flats for Rent in Salzburg, Austria: https://www.facebook.com/groups/752062989170047

• WG-Zimmer/Wohnung in Salzburg: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wohnungsalzburg/

• Wohnung und WG Salzburg Suche / biete: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1082834221811467/

• Biete Wohnung / Haus in Salzburg Stadt und Umgebung: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1555219604746115/

• Salzburg Wohnungen (Mietwohnungen): https://www.facebook.com/groups/salzburgwohnungen/

• Wohnungen in Salzburg Stadt & Land: https://www.facebook.com/groups/753234561365030/

• WG & Wohnung Salzburg gesucht: https://www.facebook.com/groups/457426891102290/

• SALZBURG: WG, Wohnung, Zimmer, Haus , Apartment, Nachmieter, mieten, rent: https://www.facebook.com/groups/450868222102613/

• Wohnung und WG Salzburg: https://www.facebook.com/groups/salzburg.wohnung/Haus oder Wohnung in und um Salzburg: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hausmieten/

Student accommodation (WGs/dorm rooms)

• https://www.oeh-salzburg.at/beratung/studierendenheime/

• https://boersen.oeh-salzburg.at/boersen/wohnungsboerse/

Styria

General information

• Finding an apartment to rent in Graz - blog post

• The Technische Universität Graz provides an excellent list of hotels and guesthouses, apartments, student residences and flats and houses. Much of the list is also relevant to non-students: https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/tugrazInternal/Studium/International_studieren_und_lehren/Welcome_Center/Accommodation_in_Graz.pdf

Student accommodation

• TU Graz (University of Technology): https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/tugrazInternal/Studium/International_studieren_und_lehren/Welcome_Center/Accommodation_in_Graz.pdf

• University of Graz: https://www.uni-graz.at/de/studium/rund-ums-studium/wohnen/

• The City of Graz has listings of rooms and apartment for students who are EU citizens or 3rd country nationals with permanent EU residence status, earning under €40,800: https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10327627/9499128/Studentenwohnungen_Ansuchen_Voraussetzungen.html

Hat-tip: Rachel Fox

Tirol

Student accommodation

• Home4students Innsbruck: https://www.home4students.at/wohnheime-ubersicht/wohnheime-innsbruck/

• OEAD accommodation: https://oead.at/de/nach-oesterreich/regionalbueros/innsbruck/unterkunft

• ISH: https://studentenhaus.info/index.php/de/unser-servicebereich/leistungen-und-preise

• s'Fischerhäusl (Fischerhäuslweg 52, 6020 Innsbruck) is apparently a recently opened students' home but we have failed to find a website. Accommodation occasionally comes up on Willhaben.

Can you add any helpful resources to this list? Have you find one which is out of date? Please comment below.