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[MrsAdams]

Anyone know how much key money is needed for a decent place in Seoul? I just read a want ad for a writer. They offer 10M in key money and W300,000 monthly housing stipend. It's been a few years since I've lived in Seoul so I have no clue if this is good or bad. Any/all comments are welcome.

[spyro25]

thats about standard, cheap even. i pay 10,000,000 and 280 a month for an apartment right in the middle of seomeyon, busan, which is the second most expensive area for apartments apart from haeundae in the city.

[faster]

That's fair (the key money part, at least). 10 million is basic first key money, low-end. The way it works is the higher the key money, the lower the rent, but in bigger apts, low key money isn't often even an option.

[rjrs0510]

For my place in Daechi dong, near Coex, I pay 10 mil deposit and 850 a month -_- It is, so I am told, cheap!