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Keepongoing



Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:01 pm    Post subject: kEY Money Reply with quote

I did a dearch but a billion things came up tht did not look related tp my question. I also looked in FAQ. Was expecting to find a sticky on this.

O.K. My university placed me in an Officetel. I love it and I pay 350.00, utilities inclusive. It is off campus but only a few second walk to campus. I love the place. Much better than the faclities on campus.

I have just been informed that the school is withdrawing the key money it had paid for the place.

I understand how to pay Key Money, what worries me is getting it back in a timely fashion. Knowing the value of contracts in Korea, I fear dishing out millions to someone and then when I leave the place having difficulties securing the money.

Anyone have experience/advice on this?
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you leave at the end of your lease, they have an obligation to return your key money on the day you leave. The thing to do is to inform them a month before your lease is up, so that they can prepare the money for you. Then remind them a week before you are due to leave - Korean have this innate ability to forget things when it comes to money leaving their pocket (sorry if I am generalising, but that's been my experience).... This being an officetel, they probably don't ask for a lot of key money, I'd say 5m or 10m tops, so you should be able to get it back without problem.
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