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jak__ -

Wow, some of those rents are high! I guess i'm spoiled living in my giant apt in the styx.

City/Area: Huilongguan, Beijing.
Description: A whopping 138 sq. m. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, ridiculous living room and huge
kitchen. Came with basic furniture. Theres a third bedroom that stays locked with all of the
landlord's junk in it.
Rent: 2000RMB/mo payed twice a year. Utilities are all extra. Wuye fei paid by landlord. 1-year
lease. Paid a one-time 1,000 RMB fee to a real estate co. for finding it.
No cockroaches, thanfully.
Nice view of the mountains too.

BEAT THAT!!

Oh yea, its in Huilongguan, 1 hour away from anything fun. But a quick bus ride north will take
you to 沙河, the dirtiest little suburb you can find. And if you keep on going you can go all
the way to Changping where they have a water reservoir!!!!



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imron -



Quote:

BEAT THAT!!

I walk to class in under 10 minutes (door-to-door). If you factor in your time as money, how much
time do you spend commuting to/from Heilongguan daily, and how much does that add to the total of
your rent?










jak__ -

hey, i never said i lived here by choice. other factors were involved.

plus i was being sarcastic ;)

But to be fair, it is only a 15 min. subway ride to Wudaokou, and for anyone studying/working in
that area its an alternative.










ajax -

Type of accomodation: Rented apartment.

City/Area: Kunming, Yunnan.

Description: ~90m2, 2001 building, 3br, 1bath, furnished apartment. On 7th floor.

Rent: 900Y a month, originally paid 6 months, plus 1000Y deposit. Lease began
in Oct 2004. I now pay every 3-4 months. Landlord pays all bills and provides
receipts, which I then reimburse.

Location: Off Jianshe Lu. 5 min walk to Yunnan Normal, 10 min to Yunnan Univ,
15 min to Wenlin Jie.

Found via: real estate office

Came with: queen bed, wardrobe, huge sofas, 30" tv, electric water heater and
washing machine. Furniture is decent quality.

Landlord / Building management: extremely friendly, helpful landlord who hasn't
raised rent in over 2 years.

Notes: gate remains open 24h (no need to wake guard after midnight).

This was a good deal when I moved in. Now, similar sized furnished units in this
area are likely to be 1200 or more.










yonitabonita -

Description: 75m2, 2 year old building, fully furnished, dark brown polished wooden
floorboards,open kitchen, modern bathroom, double storey studio.

Rent: 2650Y a month, paid quarterly. Lease started 13 March. Rent includes heating, gas, water,
internet connection, management fee. There was an option for 3000Y per month to include big flat
screen computer. Or 2500 per month without any internet connection.

Location: In a hutong in Hepingmen. There are long narrow alleyways about a minute away. 6 minutes
walk to Hepingmen subway station, 7 minutes walk to Xuanwumen subway station, 10 minutes walk to
Xidan subway, 10 minutes walk to Tiananmen Square.

Found via: Classified ad, direct from landlord.

Lease: One year.

Came with: Brilliant storage space, huge red sofa bed in loungeroom, a very comfortable king size
bed, flat screen tv, DVD player, cable TV, a 5 metre long Jacksonesque oil painting, a few Ming
Dynasty replica pieces. Landlord decorated it to look like a Bondi beach studio with a touch of
China. Some of my walls are lemon yellow. Others are light green. Kitchen was fully equipped with
toaster, kettle, rice cooker. The place came with a years worth of kitchen, bathroom cleaning
products, and toiletries ( soap, shampoo etc). There's even a very slick vacuum cleaner.

Landlord / Building management: Landlord is here in Beijing. She's been really helpful. I drafted
the lease myself. We went through all the clauses carefully and I don't get the feeling there'll
be any big issues. But then it's early days yet.

Notes: Very happy with this situation. I'm waiting for a catch. There's a very intense locking
system on the front door which has me wondering who or what is she hiding from?










venture160 -

yonitabona: That sounds like a steal for Beijing! Is it way off the main street inside a hutong?
is it a old hutong converted into a modern building?










yonitabonita -

Venture 160

I just got lucky. I saw the ad at about midnight, called at 9:00 in the morning, by 1:00am, I'd
handed over 3 months rent, 1 month deposit, and had negotiated, drafted, and signed the lease.
There are good deals out there but clearly they go quickly.

It's in a 6 storey apartment block in an area surrounded by alleyways. I don't think the majority
of hutongs will stay for long. I'm seeing some 拆 signs around. Not loads but that can of course
change overnight. I live in hope.

Main streets like Chang An Jie are very close, though I don't at all feel that I'm in a busy city
area since my immediate surroundings are hutongs.

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venture160 -

~bump~

Lets get more members to share your housing situation. This could be a great resource for everyone










heifeng -

1 average sized bedrm in a 3 bedroom unit, on 10+ floor, good storage space, secure new building,
friendly staff. I room with 2 local girls and am about a 5 minute walk to the jishuitan ditie, and
everything else I need in the area. 2 bus stops away from bnu. 800yuan/ month. ( rented for 6
months, pay every 3 months, plus deposit of 800 yuan + agency fee about 600 yuan) oh yeah,
utilities about 50-80 yuan per month










roddy -

Bump again, as I've added photos to my original post - taken just as I was moving out, hence
absence of . . . anything.












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