hi there I arrived in malta a few days ago and after some help from this thread i´ll do a short report that might help others now.
-to begin with don´t bother with real estates adds cause once you get there it will be about same same but different.
best advice is talking to one or 2 agents and giving them a short list of flats you like so they have an idea what makes you visit.
-bought 5 nights in a hotel for about 50€ through a booking portal (compare hotel rates and booking com for final booker).
wasn´t sure I would ever see the room for that price but no scam there,pretty cheap rates during winter here.
-on top of the rent it seems standard to have a flat fee for electricity and water that is adjusted every few months or whatever and difference is paid back or for.
_internet got installed 2h after I entered in the flat and the guy pulled the fibre cable from outsite and even dug a hole in the whole and it was like standard stuff.took like 30 min and got 25mbs for 40€ month i think.
-agencies fees are about half a month and one month deposit is asked.
-been asked for one year minimum long let contract and refused and picked a flat with 6 months mini.
Funny things around here welcome to malta:
-pay 8€ at airport for transfer give 20€ get 4€ back then a sorry.
-driver looked like this :
had a broken hand and couldnt read the paper infos (pray in the car)
-everyone wanna help you,knows someone or has a plan...now to see effective results I´m not sure of that.
-you can´t drink tap water,prepare to lift some gallons.
-cigarettes are super cheap.
-it´s windy,a lot.
finally I chose not to live in st julian like majority of people in this thread swear by and Ive settled in st pauls bay.
there´s a lot of shops here too (I thought it was completely dead),it´s way cheaper and quieter (also it´s not that far from st julian if u really want to go out once in a while,it´s by no means worse than crossing berlin or paris).
Ive been to the portomaso casino,it was pretty cool,1/2 and 2/5 NLH and small mtts every nights but obv not very crowded during winter.
might go back someday but for now I´ll have to grind.
cheers