Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Derrek]

I will finish my Hagwon contract in May, and need to find a place to store things for a month.

With the exception of locking stuff in a Goshiwon, I'm out of ideas. My Korean friends don't seem to know of such places either. Where does a foreigner put their stuff for a month in-between jobs? I'd hate to sell all of my stuff off only to buy it all again.

I'm in Seoul. Anyone have a similar experience in the past?

[Magog]

I'd go with the goshiwon, at least that way the owner can keep an eye on your room? And you could sleep there a few days after you vacation.

[captain kirk]

i too would like to know where to store baggage during vacations between contracts. something like a storage facility where one rents a locked cubicle. i was just in taiwan and such a facility had just been established in taipei. pardon me but what is a goshiwon? i know what a yogwan is. and a yoinsuk (smaller/cheaper version of a yogwan). I've left stuff with friends but it's a spatial imposition on them (a stack of boxes and bags).

[Zyzyfer]

That's a toughie. I left stuff with various people, so that I had belongings scattered across Asia. But if you don't have any good acquaintances who have room to stash stuff, I think you're outta luck, aside from a goshiwon.

[Magog]

Goshiown is a small room, traditionally for students to sleep and study. You pay anything from 200-400 a month-no deposit. Share bath & kitch There is usually someone at a front desk keeping an eye and whats going on.

[Anda]

I checked this out in Kwangju with Korean business friends. It's a no go situation here. In Australia they're everywhere but expensive for what they are.

[Dazed and Confused]

I've heard some of the house moving companies will store things for a price. I think this is what Korean do when they are having their house redecorated. Don't know if it's cheap or not.
sorry not to be more help.

[dutchman]

Funny you should ask that. I've been talking with a Korean friend of mine about opening just such a place. A mini-storage business like you see all over in the States.

Anyone want to invest?

By the way, the moving companies do offer storage but they are incredibly expensive. I don't remember exactly how much (it was a few years ago) but I do remember laughing when I heard the price.

[dutchman]

Oh, I do remember seeing something that looked like it might be a storage facility but haven't had a chance to check it out yet. It was near Nambu Bus Terminal, across from the Seoul Arts Center.

[Rand Al Thor]

I can't imagine storage being cheap in this country. Space is at a premium and if you want to use it for storage it's gonna cost you.

[Captain Obvious 2.0]

[dutchman]