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[skibunny]

Am thinking of moving to a job in Seoul.

I will be paying rent on an apartment if I take the job so...

a. are 1 bed apartments easy to find?
b. what should I be looking at paying on a monthly basis - one bed or sharing?
c. is 10,000,000 won key money enough?

Have searched for threads, to no avail, so any info you may have will be of great help.

[Thunndarr]

If you post the area you plan to live in you will get more accurate answers. I live in Nowon-gu (Northeast Seoul), and for 10 mil down, you can easily find a place for around 400,000/month, perhaps a bit less, depending on your standards.

[skibunny]

I don't know yet - just starting my research.

Seodaemun and Itaewon have been suggested as possible areas, so any comments on these areas/recommendations etc all welcome.

By the way, for 400,000 would you need to share?

[Thunndarr]

Not in my area, not sure about Itaewon, though but I think it's possible.

[Jack_Sarang]

10,000,000 key money will get you just about any place you need (officetel, villa etc) and you won't pay more than 400,000 a month unless you're in an upscale area.

In Itaewon you can find places for 5 million key and 400k rent, easily. Much less if you want to live in Haebongchon (near Noksapyeong st)

No sharing involved.

I would recommend Seodaemun personally. You're very close to Shinchon, Hongdae, Jong-no.

Itaewon is fine if you need to be around a lot of westernized stuff but its a pain in the ass to travel in and out of Itaewon (time wise).