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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: The apartment quest |
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A lot of the jobs I'm looking at right now don't provide housing. So I'm hoping someone can help me on this one:
- how much is typical for key deposit?
- what is the best way to give the money? I don't want to give several million Won in cash, so...
- how common are furnished apartments, and what area of Seoul are they typically located in? Are they available at all in, say, Apgujeong?
- how can I find an apartment? I suppose I need a real estate agent. Is Itaewon a good place to find an English-speaking one?
Any advice anyone can give would be much appreciated.
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:24 am Post subject: |
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| Wow, are the offers of employment getting that bad these days that they don't even offer housing? I always thought housing was a standard contract item in Korea. I wouldn't take a job without it. And if they aren't offering housing, they better be paying you well above 2 million a month to compensate. Otherwise, you're getting screwed compared with other foreign teachers in Korea. |
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noguri
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: housing for families? |
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| I'm hoping to take a job in Korea but many jobs I see advertised say that they offer SINGLE or perhaps even DORMITORY accomodations. I have a spouse and a child so that won't work for me. If I want a job in which the employer doesn't offer any housing other than single, I would have to pass on their housing and get my own place. So I would be in the same situation as the OP. |
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: Re: housing for families? |
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| noguri wrote: |
| I'm hoping to take a job in Korea but many jobs I see advertised say that they offer SINGLE or perhaps even DORMITORY accomodations. I have a spouse and a child so that won't work for me. If I want a job in which the employer doesn't offer any housing other than single, I would have to pass on their housing and get my own place. So I would be in the same situation as the OP. |
Understandable. But I would look into how much single accommodation would cost in the area where you are going to teach. Then take that number and negotiate with your employer to get a cash payment added to your salary in lieu of the accommodation. It's only fair because otherwise other teachers in the market with provided accommodation are better compensated than you.
Also, another thing to think about....if people start saying no to employer-provided accommodation and not asking for compensation, then employers will stop offering the free accommodation in their contracts. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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I am getting a housing allowance at this job, and quite frankly, I prefer it that way. I don't like the fact that if the school closes or I get fired or whatever I have to worry about finding another job as well as moving.
This way, should anything happen to my job, at least I'll have a place to live. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
I am getting a housing allowance at this job, and quite frankly, I prefer it that way. I don't like the fact that if the school closes or I get fired or whatever I have to worry about finding another job as well as moving.
This way, should anything happen to my job, at least I'll have a place to live. |
IF you are fired, quit or employer shuts down then you have to worry about leaving the country... AND how to get your key money back.
Your visa is tied to your employer. No employer, no visa. But your landlord won't return yor key money until after the end of your lease and probably not until after they find a new tenent.
Negotiate a better housing and pay for the difference from your salary. Let them sweat the key money ($10k+) for a 2 room villa and upwards of $300K+ for an apartment in Apujongdong |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
I am getting a housing allowance at this job, and quite frankly, I prefer it that way. I don't like the fact that if the school closes or I get fired or whatever I have to worry about finding another job as well as moving.
This way, should anything happen to my job, at least I'll have a place to live. |
IF you are fired, quit or employer shuts down then you have to worry about leaving the country... AND how to get your key money back.
Your visa is tied to your employer. No employer, no visa. But your landlord won't return yor key money until after the end of your lease and probably not until after they find a new tenent.
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You're assuming the poster doesn't have an F2. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Realtor's website in English for apartments in Itaewon.
www.edenrealty.co.kr |
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