Korean Job Discussion Forums

[antgonz]

I want to see what I can expect to see when I get their. I assume the apartments there are small since they say it is very expensive to have space there.

Do you have a stove and oven?

Do you need flip-flops for the bathroom since they say in Korea you shower on the floor?

[Lynns]

Some teachers have posted videos of their apartments on YouTube. Just do a search on Korea apartments.

[MrsSeoul]

Picture a closet with a bed and that's a Korean apartment. If you get anything larger, shout "Praise The Lord."

[Scaggs]

Most apartments will have some kind of stove top, but ovens in korea are quite rare.

[ciccone_youth]

i am here in Seoul with my boyfriend, our apartment is quite big!! 3 bedrooms, a large kitchen/living room area, and a big bathroom.

but it's old and UGLY. they worked on it a lot after we complained, so it doesn't look half as bad now.

[cruisemonkey]

Your apartment size/condition/age will be direct reflection of the rental market where you live.

A school will spend W450,000-500,000/month on your rent. In the 'boonies' that amount will get huge, modern, two (maybe three)-bedroom. In an expensive area of a big city, that amount will get you an old, mouldy, 'broom closet'.

[ciccone_youth]

i'm in dongdaemun, in a nice part near a university.

[mnhnhyouh]

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[wylies99]

My first "apartment" in Korea was so small, you could touch each wall at the same time.

[Davew125]

mine is 5 metres x 5 metres with a tiny bathroom i cant stand up in!! (im 6ft 2)

[billybrobby]

[fortysixyou]

Here are some photos of my apartment in Ilsan when I first moved in, for which I am very grateful.

[Passions]

wow pretty small...how much did that cost in key money?

[Oreovictim]

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