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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Moscow Apartments Author Post izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/27/2005 6:21:25 PM   Can anybody recomend a nice apartment without the rip off price in the southern part of Moscow? Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/27/2005 7:41:23 PM   Iz I have seen some places listed on the internet and in the Moscow newspapers, and like you I have given them some thought but... two weeks ago while arriving in Moscow I read an article in the Moscow News written by an American (or was it a Brit?) about the difficulties he was having trying to get his visa registered at the OVIR because he was staying in a rental apartment. I read it with just a little intrest, but later in the week I had a nightmere at the OVIR office myself. Very surprising as we had a good contact in OVIR and she had helped me many times, and we "rewarded" her well each time. This time she told us we now needed so many special documents and only got registered the day before I left that city. Check to see if where you rent will help you register your visa, or if you even need it. As I recall you have a business visa so it may not be a problem for you, but something for others to think about. VNVnation Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/27/2005 9:44:36 PM   I've had good rentals going through...oops, I can't say any names here... (email me if you want). I have a business visa also and it is a major pain to register outside of a hotel. Because the business visa doesn't have that invitation letter, some travel agencies won't/can't register it. I was quoted $100 once! I ended up getting a referral to an agency from the company (no names!) here in the U.S. that got the visa for me. izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/27/2005 9:58:50 PM   Thanks for the input. I had no idea there was a distinction between a business invitaion letter and a regular one. You live you learn :)) Yes I guess if it is a business letter it will be a business visa right? My problem is finding a reasonably priced apartment in the southern part of the city. So far I have one and they will do the OVIR thing for $50. Nice apartment but for $85 a night?? Oh my aching ass. For 16 nights that is almost an arm. Or a leg even :)) I am waiting to see what the lady says, she is in Samara right now and can't do anything until she returns July 2. This bloody apartment even has a piano. What the flaming hell do I need a piano for? I can barely manage the mouth organ !! What a pain in the butt. izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/27/2005 9:59:50 PM   VNV Mention the names for God's sake. Nobody gives a monkeys here. Cough it up.:))) Maxirat Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/28/2005 2:44:47 AM   Iz $85 is good price unless you are out a bit and away from centre. I just booked mine, cost $149 but in Arabt Street. It is only metres away from the NZ Embassy so I can annoy the hell out of them for 6 days. Registering Visa was not a problem last year in Moscow. I stayed in apartment then also. I registered it at an office just off Main street. I will see if I can find its exact address in my laptop archives. It cost me $30US and I had to leave my passport there for 2 days (I think it was 2 days maybe 3) Anyway I will get back to you on this as it can be a PAIN in the arse registering and no need for extra stress is there. What dates you going to be there ?? izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/28/2005 7:58:27 AM   Hi Maxi, Thanks for the help. Looks like I will be going for either 1 or 2 weeks late in July or early August. It is dependant on how long it takes the emabssy to process my visa and return it to me. I have just had a place offered to me which is located in the south of the city near Bitebsk Park or something like that. $55 a night for a kind of 23 star place. Eridan Hotel it is called. As for the OVIR there are various services for doing this. Last time Marina did this for me herself. It was all in Russian and there was no provision for foreigners. I will have to pay someone for this service. Should work out I think. Any info you can give me about anything would be welcome. Maxirat Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/28/2005 11:08:32 AM   Izi The street is “Tverskoi (Tverskoy) Boulevard” the number is ??? but I remember what the door looks like !!!! It is just off “Tverskaya Street” by the green belt gardens / park. I haven’t got the exact address but it was 40 something ??? I will be there before you anyway so I can give you more accurate detail after the 18th July. izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/28/2005 3:50:49 PM   Maxi, Is this the Eridan Hotel we are talking about or the OVIR office? This hotel is on Balaklavsky Prospekt. Or are you refering to another Hotel for $40 a night? Izi felicedate Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/28/2005 5:06:04 PM   Izi. That place sounds pretty suspicious to me. The mater is that Bitebsk park(I don't know if it exists at all) is in Russian actually Vitebsk park then (V is written like "B" in Russian). if someone does not know yet, Vitebsk is my native city in Belarus. So Eridan is the best hotel here and its name is an ancient Greek name of the Western Dvina river. Sounds somewhat ridiculous.... izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/28/2005 5:24:19 PM   Dear Steve, Thank you for choosing "Reisebuero WELT" Company. We can offer you "Eridan" Hotel at the rate of 52$ without breakfast. It's near the Metro Station Chertanovskaya in the south of Moscow. Please let me Know if you want to reserve the room. Best regards, Kseniya Kanina Office-manager "Reisebuero WELT" tel. +7 095 933-78-76 fax. +7 095 933-78-75 Perfectly legitimate business found the hotel on many websites. Good reviews also. On one website it said it was near a particular park and I have probably spelled it wrong. There was always the reference to the metro station wherever I looked. Maxirat Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 3:25:03 AM   Izi Sorry - that was the OVIR (invitation stamping place) office I used. You will need assistance with dialogue so take your lady with you. But as I said above, I do not have the Street Number on me. I know exactly were it is and will find it myself OK. I will be there on 18th July so will get back to you then. Your apartment people probably can do this for you. It will cost you whatever way you choose. The system here in the FSU works very simply -- you just pay $$$$$$ and you get what you want !!!!!!!!! My Fiancée just gone to the Doctor to get extension of a sickness work absence letter. She for some reason took with her 1 Box of expensive chocolates - 1 Bottle of plonk 1 jar of good quality coffee. She will get and extra 2 weeks tacked onto her holiday with pay now !!!!!! Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 4:32:02 AM   Maxi You are so right about how to get what you want. My girl has taught me the same. Expensive chocolates are always a good bet. A nice bottle of champagne works well too, and for those that smoke fancy cigarettes are good. It's pretty much standard procedure there. Maxirat Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 5:06:04 AM   Izi this is good to look at for locations Re: Metro http://www.wtr.ru/moscow/eng/metro/metro.html QuietCharm Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 6:13:14 AM   Izi. I have sent you some useful penny-pinching links by pm. Hope it helps. QC QuietCharm Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 6:24:05 AM   In St.P, even if you stay in an apartment you can register at the Hotel Europe. It took 5 minutes and cost $10 or $20. Moscow may well be the same. izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 11:20:45 AM   Thanks to everybody. I especially like the metro map. That is really helpful in understanding the city. I will more than likely stay in the Eridan Hotel. I am waiting to hear from both Elena and the people who are hawking the hotel to advise me about OVIR registration. I am very concerned now about ths whole 'business visa' thing. this was Marina's idea and I am now not sure if this thing is worth bothering with. That is all I need after a long trip - a fight in the OVIR office about some bullshit visa. Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/29/2005 1:12:58 PM   Izi If you are staying in a hotel more than likely they will register your visa...I'll bet it will be no problem even if you have the business visa. All you will need is their stamp on your immigration paper. I don't think you will have to deal with OVIR.....a very good thing. idiotdetector Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/30/2005 5:14:01 AM   izi. I was ofered an apartment for $800usd for, the month. but I did niot take it because it seemed like it was not a safe theing. I had to waite till the last minute to confirm. 2 weeks before was the earliest i cold confirm so I took an $80 apartment. But apartments are beeter for me and you only liove once. its right in the centre and I have seen photos of the inside. Hope you trip goes well. I leave in 20 hours izifaddag Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/6/2005 6:59:35 PM   Moscow went down the proverbial tubes. Now it is Chelaybinsk. Wish me luck. Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Moscow Apartments
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