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fourmat -

this thread was a great idea roddy! I'm arriving in sep without a clue what to expect from the
rental market in Beijing so this is invaluable!

thanks to all who posted



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Rincewind -

Well Roddy's pictures are making me rather jealous. So I thought I'd upload a few shots of the
place I had last year. The pictures pretty much speak for themselves. However, there are some
aspects that you cannot see. For example, you can't see that the they toilet didn't flush and that
I had to use a basin of dish water to remove my waist. You can't see the damp that developed in
the kitchen during the summer causing the plaster to flake off the wall. You can't see that the
landlady would visit randomly to access her storage in the second bedroom. She had her own key and
would simply knock and enter. On several occasions, catching me in various states of undress. You
can't see that you cannot close the toilet door while you are in the toilet. Nor can you see the
leaky gas pipe on the cooker. You also can't see the shower which was just a hose pipe above the
toilet which I have already said was too small to actually fit inside. The landlady never did any
repairs and I had to fix several things myself.

Needless to say I don't live there anymore. The building was demolished two days after I moved
out. My employer paid the rent. My employer had a reputation for being stingy. Apparently it cost
400 yuan per month but I don't believe that.


























roddy -

Looks alright to me. Personally I think the TV cover marked 'TV' makes up for the gas leak.

Re: my place - it was actually much bigger and better than I needed, but when I was flat-hunting
it came, was right in the area I wanted, and after 2.5 years of living in a glorified studio the
extra space was a delight. Was thinking about moving out and finding a cheaper place but not
really getting around to doing it when the landlord decided to sell it anyway, so that worked out
quite well - got me off my proverbial.

I wouldn't let landlords leave stuff in an apartment I'm renting any more, it's just lazy. Either
move it out, or pay me a storage fee. But don't tell the people I left stuff with in Beijing










Prodigal Son -

Since I just moved into a much cheaper place several days ago with a friend:

Type of accomodation: Rented apartment
Description: 115m2, old building, furnished. 2BR and a study, large living room and two dining
room areas, big kitchen, one bathroom (马桶)
Rent: 1200Y a month, 6 months paid for. Lease started last weekend..
Location: 合江停(SE Chengdu), walking distance from 东门大桥
Found via: online ad, direct from landlord.
Lease: one year, option to leave after 6 months by paying 100yuan and giving notice
Came with: Standard stuff, leather couch that looks it would be Sherlock Holmes', custom cabinets
and shelving built into the walls by the landlord himself. pretty sweet, he's a good carpenter.
Landlord / Building management: Landlord
Notes: I'm living with a chinese friend who just got back from living in Canada for a few years,
so my rent is 600yuan a month. I've never had rent this cheap inside of China before, so I can
take the money I saved and spend it on equipment and traveling. Or just sit around and work less.
I'll post photos if there's a demand, I can't be bothered at the moment.










Rincewind -



Quote:

Looks alright to me. Personally I think the TV cover marked 'TV' makes up for the gas leak.

Ah, but the TV didn't work either.










simonlaing -

Type of accomodation: Rented apartment In Nanjing
Description: 83m2, oldish building, furnished. 2BR , large living room and dining room 3rd
floorareas, kitchen, one bathroom (马桶)
Rent: 1600Y a month, 6 months paid for. Lease started last weekend..
Location: Nanjing, walking distance from zhujiang lu, the computer street
Found via: Agent
Lease: one year, option to leave after 6 months
Came with: Standard stuff, but hard chinese sofa, and futon for second bedroom
Landlord / Building management: Landlord
Notes: Nanjing has great bike lanes with french oak trees spanning them. Not as hot as being one
of the four hot cities of China would make you think. Also Close to a 1912 bar district. Most of
all it is down two alleys and is next to an army base which makes it very quiet.

Compared to Shanghai this is half the price.

Previously 2 years I shared a 2 bedroom plave for 1500, it was old and on the 6th floor right in
the down town 2 minute walk from Nanjing U where I studied before. Bit of a crappy kitchen and
Bathroom but we ate out a lot so it was fine.










muyongshi -

Thought I would jump in on this....

Rental Apartment in Mianyang

Description: 133m2, relatively new complex (quiet, lots of trees, and peaceful), NICELY furnished.
3 bedrooms, large living room and a dining room, kitchen, two enclosed balconies (mid sized) one
off the master and one off the kitchen, and two bathrooms (master bedroom has attached bathroom
with wester, the second is squattie)
Rent: 750Y a month, paid in 1 year terms, 2000 deposit
Location: In Mianyang half way between city center and the college (西南科技大学)
Included: Beds in two bedrooms, 1 desk, massive wardrobe in master bed, coffee table, surround
sound, tv, cable box, couch/love seat/arm chair combo (leather), nice marble dinner table, frig,
counter top stove, etc.
Landlord

If you're jealous let me know.










venture160 -

I'm jealous of anyone living outside of Beijing or Shanghai as the house prices are 1/3 what I
would pay here.

Roddy, where have you moved to now?

anyways, I got a new apartment in Beijing!

Description: Newish building (built in 2005), 65sm apartment with a living room, separate kitchen,
bedroom and a small bathroom with a shower. I like this apartment because facing east is nothing
but ceiling to floor glass that gives me a view of the smog ingested CBD area. The apartment is
fully furnished with Ikea style furniture and comes with a decent TV/DVD player, washing machine,
microwave, stovetop fridge etc.
Rent: 2500Y a month, paid in 3 month terms, 2500 deposit. I got my apartment through 我爱我家
so their cut was 90% of 2500.
Location: You can't beat this location if you are working in the CBD! I am a 1-2 minute walk from
the Guo Mao subway station and a 10 minute walk to my office where I work everyday. Although I am
close to the main rail line that comes into the Beijing station, I am high enough up that I don't
hear anything.










venture160 -

Rincewind:

The picture's dont seem to be working for me.










Rincewind -

Opps, I accidentaly deleted them from the server last weekend.

I moved into a new house, my thrid now, on Monday.

Rental Apartment in Anshan, Liaoning.

Description: 64m2, about 9 year old building located between a kindergarten and a police station,
recently decorated interior in clean condition. 2 bedrooms, kitchen, enclosed balcony (converted
to be extention of kitchen), toilet (modern and working for a change) and a shower. Security door
on bottom landing.
Rent: 800Y a month, paid in 6 month terms, 300Y deposit
Location: Hunan district. About 40 mins walk from the city center or 7 yuan on taxi. Next to 219
park (a BIG park).
Included: One bed (sans matrice), two ring gas hobs, the air between the walls.
Added: Computer desk and chairs to bedroom 2 (830 RMB). Air conditioner (1700 RMB) and matrice for
bed (800 RMB). Internet (700 RMB)

Will put up pictures of new and old once the internet is installed.












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