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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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 Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:53 am Post subject: Looking For An Apartment, Ilsan/Wondang surrounding areas |
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With a W450,000/mth housing allowance from the hagwon, I'm looking around for an apartment for me, my wife and one daughter. Looking for anything at W5M key money or below. What can I or should I expect to find? As Westerners, we want a bathtub and stove, open to everything else.
1. I don't know anything about pyong, so I need help knowing what size is what.
2. Do realtors ask for a commission if I go through one? Do I need to (I know the jurisdiction of each one is very limited)?
3. My last place was a villa, wife wasn't with me. It was supposedly a two-room, but not nearly big enough, and was in a run-down area (called Korea, hahaha). Should I avoid villas?
4. What better can I hope to find for the key money I have? |
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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Just wondering: will a W5,000,000 (or less) deposit get me something under W500,000 per month in a decent area? |
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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: Looking For An Apartment, Ilsan/Wondang surrounding area |
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I'll try.
| Been There, Taught That wrote: |
| With a W450,000/mth housing allowance from the hagwon, I'm looking around for an apartment for me, my wife and one daughter. Looking for anything at W5M key money or below. What can I or should I expect to find? As Westerners, we want a bathtub and stove, open to everything else. |
I'm no expert, but my guess is probably no. maybe a larger key money could do it.
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| 1. I don't know anything about pyong, so I need help knowing what size is what. |
pyong isn't used anymore. the government now requires all measurements to be quoted in square-metres.
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| 2. Do realtors ask for a commission if I go through one? Do I need to (I know the jurisdiction of each one is very limited)? |
yes they do (very reasonable though), and I would very well advise you to use one, unless your Korean is proficient enough to read and understand contracts. |
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