Finding Accommdation
Finding Accommodation and Wanted ads
To post an advert you must first join Christian Flatshare (CFS).
If you are looking for accommodation it is recommended that you place a wanted accommodation advert, as if you do it will be automatically included in your replies, and others can reply to your wanted ad.
The key to posting a good advert is to take care to put helpfully detailed descriptions and to add photos, both which help encourage advert responses.
Once you have logged in, on the right hand side you will the member's menu on the right where you can choose to post an Wanted Accommodation advert.
The advert posting process is in two steps:
- Advert details - complete the form to complete the main body of your advert. You can edit your advert and add more text any time later once your ad is posted.
- Add photos - here you can add photos, you can do this later also by editing your advert.
Anytime afterwards you can go to "Your ads" (top right corner) where your advert(s) are listed and where you can:
- Upload photos
- Edit your ad to change its details
- Suspend your ad temporarily
- Delete your ad
- Facebook your ad, to share with Facebook friends
- Change your advert's display picture
Replying to Offerd Accommodation ads
You can search offered accommodation advert using Quick Search, Quick Link or Detailed Search. When you reply to any adverts it is helpful if you write a friendly note which introduces you and your accommodation requirement.
If you have placed a wanted accommodation advert a link to it will automatically be included in your reply, so the person you reply can see your advert.
Advert posting tips
Some advert posting tips which are well worth following...
- A warm, helpful and informative description of the accommodation and those living there is always helpful. Adverts that have a brief description attract less response. It is worth taking the time to thoughtfully describe your ad. When posting the ad, can initially put a brief description and later edit it to expand it. It may be helpful to look at other adverts on CFS for inspiration before posting your own.
- Adding *photos* to your ad can help give a good impression of what the accommodation is like and to get the best ad response - and photos can be fun too!
- If you have a website or a social-networking page, then including a link to it will help others to find out more about you.
- Regularly logging in to CFS will help others see you are actively using CFS as your advert(s) will show how many days since you last logged in.
- Your advert will automatically expire 14 days after its "Available From date" (Offered ads) or "Wanted from date" (Wanted ads). You can extend the time it appears on CFS simply by moving the Available or Wanted from date forwards (see "Your ads" for more details on this). To remove your advert click on "Yours ads" (top right), and click on "Delete this ad".
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