Renting by the room or sharing a whole home do not commit you the same way. Lease, deposit, prices, and the five homes to share today.
At INSEAD, many students live together. Your intake is there in the evening, and each person's share is often lower than the rent for a place of your own. There are two ways to share a home in Fontainebleau, and they do not commit you the same way.
On HelloFonty, a studio or a one-bedroom flat rents for €850 to €1,500 a month, bills excluded. In a two- or three-bedroom home, each person's share runs from €600 to €1,000, also before bills.
• Renting by the room (also called coliving): everyone books their own room, in their own name, at its own price.
• Renting a whole home as a group: one home, booked in one go.
When the landlord rents by the room, each room has its own listing and price, and the listing says what is shared: kitchen, living room, bathroom. On HelloFonty, everyone sends their own request, signs their own lease and pays their own deposit. If a housemate leaves early, your lease does not change.
Some landlords only rent the rooms all together: they want a full house. Your request is then saved, and the page tells you how many people are still missing. You can share the link with someone from your intake to fill the group. You have a deadline, you pay nothing if the group does not fill, and the landlord may also accept before then.
A two- or three-bedroom flat is booked in one go, and you then split the rent between you. Agree on each share beforehand: the bedrooms are not always the same size.
A booking is made today in the name of a single person. If you want everyone on the lease, ask the landlord through the messaging before you book.
On 12 November 2026, five of the 23 homes online have two or three bedrooms. The rents below exclude bills. Bills and free dates are on each listing.
• 59 m² flat, rue de France: two bedrooms, €1,200 a month, or €600 each for two. Campus 10 minutes on foot.
• L'Atelier du Rocher, 60 m², rue Magitot: two bedrooms, €2,000, or €1,000 each for two. Campus 5 minutes on foot.
• Oasis en centre ville, 90 m² house, ruelle Frège: two bedrooms, €2,000, or €1,000 each for two. Campus 14 minutes on foot.
• 67 m² flat, boulevard du Maréchal Joffre: three bedrooms, €2,000, or about €670 each for three. Campus 22 minutes on foot.
• Les écuries du Roi, 114 m² house, rue d'Avon: three rooms rented together, €700 each plus €200 in bills, or the whole house at €2,000 before bills. Campus 24 minutes on foot.
The offer is still small, and it is fair to say so. All the homes are on the search page, and our guide to INSEAD housing in Fontainebleau sorts them by distance from campus.
• Agree on dates: not everyone arrives and leaves on the same day.
• Read on the listing what is shared, and what is not.
• Check everyone's trip to campus, on foot or by bike. Our article Fontainebleau or Avon compares the two towns.
• Everyone must be insured: either a policy each, or one policy that names every housemate. Our home insurance guide says what to check.
• Do the check-in inventory room by room, shared areas included.
Also worth reading: Fontainebleau or Avon: where to live when you study at INSEAD, Best Bars in Fontainebleau for Students.
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