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williamsabia
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 Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:53 am Post subject: Evictions in Korea |
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| Can I get evicted in Korea for noise (before my lease is expired)? My landlady lives below me and heard noises--possibly music, possibly exercising, possibly intimacy...whatever it is that made her mad, she called my principal and is trying (very successfully, as she owns the building) to have me kicked out. She will pay for movers, but my apartment is awesome and I moved into it when I signed my new contract 4 months ago. I don't want to move. What can I do here? |
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coralreefer_1
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Leasing contracts vary...but if it is in the contract..something to the effect of "continual disturbance to neighbors can result in eviction"..then yes.
It happened to me years ago. I was living in a tiny little place in a village behind my university. The Indian guy next to me claimed he was disturbed by noise from my apartment (he specifically told the guy I had a female over and we were "noisy". He showed me in the contract wording essentially as I described above..and I was evicted. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| From what I understand, you can be kicked out basically anytime the property owner wants you out when it's a 월세 (monthly rental), which yours probably is. If it's 전세 (large lump-sum deposit), you have more legal protection. |
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optik404
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Depends on the contract. Also depends if your school left a deposit with the landlord. TBH, I doubt you'll have much of a choice. Have fun packing. |
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Weigookin74
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| From what I understand, you can be kicked out basically anytime the property owner wants you out when it's a 월세 (monthly rental), which yours probably is. If it's 전세 (large lump-sum deposit), you have more legal protection. |
I thought most apartments or villa rentals are both of these. I paid an unfront deposit for my villa place and I also pay rent every month. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| From what I understand, you can be kicked out basically anytime the property owner wants you out when it's a 월세 (monthly rental), which yours probably is. If it's 전세 (large lump-sum deposit), you have more legal protection. |
I thought most apartments or villa rentals are both of these. I paid an unfront deposit for my villa place and I also pay rent every month. |
Your contract is a Worl-Sae contract. Because you pay rent every month.
A Jeon-Sae contract, you pay no rent, only utilities. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| From what I understand, you can be kicked out basically anytime the property owner wants you out when it's a 월세 (monthly rental), which yours probably is. If it's 전세 (large lump-sum deposit), you have more legal protection. |
I thought most apartments or villa rentals are both of these. I paid an unfront deposit for my villa place and I also pay rent every month. |
What Optik404 said. 월세 is monthly rent but usually still has a much smaller deposit- my last place, for example, had a 20 million won deposit. A 전세 deposit is much larger- in Seoul, 150 million won is typically the minimum for a decent place (in my experience). |
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Wiltern
Joined: 23 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| On a related note...is it possible to break a weolse contract? I'll be getting my own place soon. And, while I plan to stay 1 year, there might be a situation where I will want to go back home before 1 year. What would be the ramifications? |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:40 am Post subject: Re: Evictions in Korea |
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| williamsabia wrote: |
| Can I get evicted in Korea for noise (before my lease is expired)? |
Chances are your landlady doesn't like you for whatever reason. If this is the case, she will do everything she can to get you out. Hopefully your school can work things out.
Race and location can also matter. I have heard this excuse used on a black guy before because Koreans didn't want to live by him. They thought he was African and lived in a hut. |
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Chalmers
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Evictions in Korea |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| williamsabia wrote: |
| Can I get evicted in Korea for noise (before my lease is expired)? |
Chances are your landlady doesn't like you for whatever reason. If this is the case, she will do everything she can to get you out. Hopefully your school can work things out.
Race and location can also matter. I have heard this excuse used on a black guy before because Koreans didn't want to live by him. They thought he was African and lived in a hut. |
SS- Are you mentally handicapped? |
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Lucas
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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sojusucks wrote:
williamsabia wrote:
Can I get evicted in Korea for noise (before my lease is expired)?
Chances are your landlady doesn't like you for whatever reason. If this is the case, she will do everything she can to get you out. Hopefully your school can work things out.
Race and location can also matter. I have heard this excuse used on a black guy before because Koreans didn't want to live by him. They thought he was African and lived in a hut.
SS- Are you mentally handicapped? |
If you've never heard these kinds of things said before, I guess you're not in the Korean 'inner circle' yet!
*most* Koreans know this kind of stuff isn't okay to say - quite a few people will say things like this in an 'off the cuff' kind of way!  when their around friends/family or drunk! |
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