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Oreovictim · Joined: 23 Aug 2006

So what's good/bad about your apartment?

What I like -

1. My apartment doesn't face another apartment. I'm on the 13th floor and have an amazing view. (I made the mistake of telling a Korean that I have a nice view of a cute little creek. Apparently, it's a major river.)

2. My apartment's big, too.

What I don't like -

1. I have dirty, nasty wallpaper. The last person must have been a smoker.

2. There are kids yelling in the halls on the weekend mornings. But I feel sorry for them, there's nowhere for them to play.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

manlyboy · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject:

I like having a second bedroom. The strange thing is I never go in there. It's just comforting having that bit of extra space.

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

I like that my apartment is on the 23rd floor and looks out over the Han River/Olympic Park and that it is quite quiet up there even though it is one of the busiest places in Seoul.

I don't like how small it is.

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

mnhnhyouh · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Location: The Middle Kingdom

I am on the forth floor, which is the top. I have a lot of space, and a nice comfy double bed. I dont like the fridge, which makes too much noise. The shower head is one on a hose, and the bracket doesnt let me angle it down as much as I would like.

The pots and pans are a little old.

But I really like it. Landed with my bum in the butter, again.

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twg · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Getting some fresh air...

1/2 of my wall space are ceiling to floor windows. I get almost as much light as I would if I were standing outside.

This is also the downside as they suck the heat out of my apartment when it gets really cold at night.

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

My apartment has these thin, semi-transparent blinds and it's right across the street from a busy office building. So I'm not sure if people can see me when I'm cranking one out. And it's just the one room so there's nowhere to hide. I'm thinking about going over to the building and taking a look at my place from across the street. But probably when I go in there, everybody will be whispering, "oh there's that white guy who's always spanking it." But, on second thought, I guess they can see me having sex too, in which case my personal appearance might incite a round of applause and a lifting-on-the-shoulders with a hip-hip-hooray followed by autographs and pictures.

Also, there's no washing machine.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

My apartment is big and spacious. What I don't like? Probably mainly the mess around the cat litter box, but I guess that's my fault. Everything else is tolerable with little effort.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

Like:
It's big (26.2) peyong.
Two bedrooms.
Bathtub.
The views (front and back).
It's quiet.

Dislike:
The water system is crap - every week I have to clean the chunks of rust and scale out of the taps/screens.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

It's on the 22nd floor with south-facing windows. Sun all day!! I haven't been there during Summer yet but...... Sad

There should be less moggies up so high though.

Bad thing?
Just one. Recycling is from 7am to 9am on SUNDAY MORNING!!!! Shocked

I still can't get that straight in my head. Who chose early Sunday morning to do a dreary and unpleasant task. What's wrong with Tuesday night?
Also, residents have to take turns to get up and work those two hours at the recycling. Tidying up and helping people with stuff. It's my turn in 2 weeks!! Aigo..... If you don't turn up you get fined 10,000!! Friggin' NAZI's!! I'm thinking I'll just pay the 10,000. Sunday morning in bed is worth at least 20,000 to me.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

There's a Buy The Way across the street from mine. Very convenient, but I probably end up paying through the nose for stuff I should be stocking up on at a more reasonably-priced place.

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

In December I moved into a small house. It has two rooms plus a small kitchen, bathroom, and laundry/boiler room. There's an outhouse, too. There's a patio out front that looks like it used to be a small parking lot, and there's a gate in front of my place. I like the gate, and I like having more than one room (beats an officetel). The patio's nice, and it'll be even better once the weather warms up and I can throw a few plants out there.

The only thing I dislike is the bathroom. (The bathroom has been my biggest complaint with my last two places). The bathroom and laundry/boiler room were built as additions to the house, so they're sort of "outside." Very thin plaster walls, tin ceilings that don't touch the walls in some places . . . it's freezing in there and taking a morning shower is quite unpleasant.

Svetlana · Joined: 22 Jan 2007

Like:

-Nice view
-Modern
-FREE

Dislike:

-Male neighbours staring at me.
-Drunken male neighbour knocking on my door at 3am thinking I will take his money for sex... All Russian women are whores in Koreans eyes after all...
-Having to keep my windows locked at night, so I will not get raped.
-No good restaurants nearby.

thebomb · Joined: 13 Nov 2006

I like that I have a massive living room and great view of a small mountain(hill). Decent size bedrooms and open kitchen.

But, my dislikes are aging decor, white walls and ceilings. Yellow and orange tiled bathroom with pink floor tiles that are as smooth as a babies behind, so when wet, are lethal~rules out taking drunken showers to sober up!! And one more rant, if you come home after 11, there are no carpark spaces left Evil or Very Mad