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fustiancorduroy
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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My first apartment in Korea was a one room (원룸) apartment in Incheon. The apartment was in a fairly new building, so everything was clean and modern. I also liked that my window went from the floor to the ceiling, which gave the apartment kind of an open feeling. While the room was small, less than 200 square feet, I didn't mind since I was young and living alone. If you work in a bigger city, this is probably the kind of place you will get. If you work in smaller town, you might still get a place like this. Or you may get an actual house with a yard. It's really the luck of the draw.
These days, I live in my own apartment on Namsan with a great view of Seoul. The apartment is about 1,400 square feet and has three bedrooms, a large bathroom with a bathtub, a generously large kitchen with a dishwasher and full-sized oven, and a large living room with a tray ceiling and recessed lighting. If you stay here longer-term, you can work your way up to such an apartment. |
...when you say you live in your own apartment...do you mean you own it...renting it...living on your own...etc?
Sounds like a nice place. |
It's an apartment that I rent. I put down the key money and pay the rent out of my paycheck. It is a very nice place, and I think I'm getting a great deal considering how much the deposit and rent are. But I practically had to visit every 부동산 in Seoul before I found it. |
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No_hite_pls
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Don't hate me because I'm right
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| A little over 1050 sq feet or 29 pyeong. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, dining room and small storage room. |
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cincynate
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Jeju-do, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| There are no houses in Korea. Koreans don't know how to build houses. They only know how to build 20-story apartment buildings. |
I live in a 3 bedroom house. Rent is 300,000 won a month. Koreans don't like to live in houses. How can they survive without 1,000 other koreans nearby. My boss couldn't believe I would want to live in a place with no 'neighbors' |
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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| My first place was a studio that went about 200 sqf. Now that I have a wife and kid I've gotten into a nice 3 bedroom that is close to 1000 sqf. My school put up the key money and donates 350k towards the 600k total rent. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Housing is very variable here.
I live in a 3-bedroom place now, and only pay W50,000/month for maintainence, but that is not typical. Basically, newbies end up in shoe boxes. That is the general fate. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Mine's pretty cool. It's small but it's clean and not so small as to be impractical. My kitchen, bedroom and bathroom are seperate rooms. The building I live in is pretty nice |
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Mr. BlackCat
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I would say size doesn't matter (that much). It's more important if it's modern or not. You could get a large place, but it could be dirty, un-insulated and bug infested. I'd rather have a small officetel on the 10th floor than an old villa on the ground floor that's twice the size. If you're single it really doesn't matter. To a point of course. I've seen real jail cells here where you cook sitting on your single bed. |
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