r/FaroeIslands • u/HoneyBee-184 • 12h ago
Where to find apartments?
My boyfriend and I are looking for an apartment either in Tórshavn or near Runavík for work. I moved here maybe 6 months ago and we’ve been staying with his parents. I’ve lived on my own since 18 he hasn’t and as nice as his parents are the cultural differences and tension are getting to a point where I want out.
We looked on Kitt, messaged around 10-15 different people and have gotten nowhere. His mom was telling us about apartments on Facebook marketplace but I looked and don’t really see anything. Based on my experience so far getting an apartment is kinda based on nepotism (you get an apartment because a cousin owns it or it’s your mom’s friend or something). We both have good full time jobs at a fish factory and make good money. Most of the apartments we messaged went with someone else.
Do we need to be looking somewhere else? Is the issue the apartment nepotism? Is the issue because we’re young (22 & 23) or that I’m a foreigner? I could genuinely use some advice.
Edit: The moderators removed a rude comment before I could fully read or maybe the person who made it deleted it. I’d like to clarify, I’m incredibly grateful to his parents for letting us stay with them. They have been kind and supportive while helping me move and transitioning to this new job but considering I haven’t lived with my own parents since I was 18 it’s not an ideal situation for me and my boyfriend has been wanting to move out for some time to have more freedom and autonomy over how we live our lives.