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Homes & Neighbourhoods

Where to live, how to rent, what to buy and what each district is really like.

136 guides4 min average read43 districts A–Z

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  1. 4 min readRent in Prague district by district: what shapes the pricePrague rents follow the tram stop as much as the postcode. A map of cheap, middling and dear areas, and how to check a rent figure before you trust it.
  2. 5 min readRent increases in Prague: what landlords may and may not doA letter arrives raising your rent. Before you pay or panic, check whether your lease has an indexation clause and which route the landlord is using.
  3. 5 min readRent vs buy in Prague: how to compare for a young professionalRenting looks cheaper every month and buying looks cheaper over twenty years. Both can be true. How to put your own numbers into the sum.
  4. 4 min readRental scams in Prague: how to spot them and pay safelyThe flat is gorgeous, the price is a bargain, and the owner is conveniently abroad. How Prague rental scams work, and the payment habits that defeat them.
  5. 4 min readRenter's insurance in Prague: what it covers, and the part worth takingYour landlord insures the walls, not your laptop or the neighbour's ceiling. How Czech household cover splits, and the one part worth taking.
  6. 4 min readRenting a Prague flat from abroad before you arriveSeeing the flat on video, signing digitally, paying across a border: how to secure a Prague home from another country without handing money to a stranger.
  7. 5 min readRenting in Prague as a digital nomad: furnished one-to-three-month staysLandlords like twelve-month leases, nomads want ninety days. How furnished short lets in Prague work, and where the paperwork bites.
  8. 4 min readRenting in Prague with a family: schools, space and areasA third bedroom is nice, but the lease you can leave, the school catchment and the lift for the pram decide whether a family rental works. What to prioritise.
  9. 4 min readRenting in Prague with a pet: consent, deposits and the leasePlenty of Prague flats say 'no pets' and then say yes in writing. How to ask a landlord, what to get on paper and which districts suit a dog.
  10. 4 min readRenting in Prague with no Czech: finding English-friendly landlordsA Prague flat is easy to rent without Czech and unwise to sign unread. Where English-friendly landlords are, and how a bilingual lease works.
  11. 4 min readRenting in Prague with no guarantor or Czech incomeNo Czech payslip and nobody to vouch for you? Landlords still say yes to a well-prepared tenant. Here is the file to build and the deal to offer.
  12. 4 min readRenting out your Prague flat: first steps for new landlordsPrice it, advertise it, choose a tenant, sign it right. What a first-time Prague landlord needs, and the tax line that decides whether it pays.
  13. 5 min readRoommates in Prague: finding a flatmate and splitting billsSharing is the cheapest way into central Prague and the easiest way to fall out over a gas bill. How to set it up so you stay friends.
  14. 5 min readSafest neighbourhoods in Prague: how to judge a street yourselfOnline lists rank safe districts and cite nothing. Here is a better way to judge a street, and the parts of town residents describe as calm.
  15. 4 min readSelling your flat in Prague: a quick start for ownersValuation, agent, reservation, escrow, cadastre. The sale of a Prague flat runs in a fixed order, and the tax test is decided long before you list.
  16. 4 min readServiced apartments in Prague for one to three monthsA serviced flat is a bridge, not a lease: easy to enter, costly to stay in. What the booking really is, and what to check before you pay.
  17. 4 min readShort-term apartment rentals in Prague: what is legal for tenantsOne to six months is not a tourist stay and not a standard lease. How short lets work in Czechia, what you can sign, and what a landlord cannot ask for.
  18. 5 min readShould I buy a flat in Prague? Ten questions to ask firstA flat is a home, a bill and a commitment in one. Ten blunt questions to answer before you fall in love with a viewing.
  19. 4 min readShow flats in Prague: how to visit a developer's sales officeThe show flat is staged, the sales office is friendly and the brochure is glossy. Which questions to ask, which documents to request and what the staging hides.
  20. 4 min readSmíchov or Dejvice? The west-side districts comparedOne is a river-and-rail hub with shops on every corner, the other a planned district of boulevards and villas. Which suits your daily life?
  21. 4 min readSmíchov: the district where everything connects at AndělTrams, a metro hub, a brewery, Petřín's slopes and the river within minutes. Why Smíchov suits commuters and what to check before you rent near the noise.
  22. 4 min readStodůlky and the western estates: newer blocks, big shops, metro BStodůlky has a metro station, a shopping district and some of Prague's younger estates. Zličín, the end of line B, is the very next stop.
  23. 4 min readStrašnice and Malešice: the practical, unfashionable side of Prague 10Garden-city streets, post-war estates, a functionalist landmark and metro A. Few visitors get this far east, which is rather the point.
  24. 5 min readStudent dormitories in Prague: how to apply and what to expectDorm rooms in Prague are cheap by city standards and gone by September. Every university runs its own queue, so start from its accommodation page.