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[eljuero]

Cheap housing options around Seoul for layover periods?
Any suggestions on places that are cheap and not super scary?
How much should one expect to budget for this per month?
Anyway to book those options ahead of time?

Thanks folks!
ElJuero

[seonsengnimble]

I would suggest a goshiwon or goshitel. These are tiny rooms you can rent at around 200-400K per month with no key money. They are very very tiny though. They are about 2 square meters. Some have private bathrooms, but those are around 400K. Kitchen's are shared, but most give you free kimchi and rice.

If you really want to budget, it is possible to spend no money besides rent, but I doubt you want to eat nothing but rice and kimchi for a month or so.

[eljuero]

Thanks for your input on the goshiwons or goshitels.

Guess you can meet some locals that way?


Nice to know that it's an option for a month of two while sorting things out.

Eljuero

[blackjack]

The higher end ones can also be called onerooms.

Choose the area that you want to live in, call 1332 (seoul help line) and ask for any goshiwons in that area, then visit them.

Look at the condition of the bathroom, do you have your own fridge? how thick do the walls look, how clean over all does it look, do they have the heating on?

[eljuero]

Thanks Blackjack. Good info.

Sounds like you guys have taken the plunge in these at some point and come out surviving if not smiling.

El Juero

[valkerie]

And remember to check if they provide bedding. Most don't.

The heating (and I presume the air con in summer) was centrally controlled in the place I stayed. I roasted like a chicken until I managed to bag a room with a window :0

Was an experience

[fezmond]

i've just moved into one in sinchon (next to the station) while i find a new place.

my first time in a gosiwon and it's alright. 400k a month and a decent enough sized room - certainly a lot bigger than the first ones i looked at.

i have my own shower and toilet in the room, plus internet and cable tv.

down side - they don't allow guests or booze. however, they don't seem to care too much. i'm also getting blamed for taking up all the internet bandwidth because i use 'waygook' sites (seriously).

overall they aren't bad places, http://www.gosi1.net/ is a good site if you can read korean

[eljuero]

Thanks for your post fezmond. What in the hell is "waygook" ???
No chicks or booze.....hardcore.

[blackjack]

[lifeinkorea]

[blackjack]

[lifeinkorea]

It's not slang, Koreans don't call themselves "foreign" do they?

It's just an abbreviation, post

Whoops, I mean postER

[blackjack]

[lifeinkorea]

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