New Apartments for Less than $300 a Month in Korea! Budget Villas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Turned off by the older apartments we decided to see how much newer apartments in Korea cost. We heard "Villa" category apartments were the best budget option in Korea as they do not have a common area HOA fee. We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that internet, tv, and water is included for free in the rent. So we were blown away to find new Villas available for less than 300 USD! Only if the US dollar wasn't so weak lately it would be around 250 USD. Now we know how affordable housing can be in Korea, stay tuned as Tad goes for another round of apartment hunting. These apartments were a bit too small for his needs so we will be looking at 2 and 1.5 bedrooms next for our budget apartment tour series in Korea. What kind of homes would you like us to checkout next?
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Amazing deals, thanks for sharing. Love to see more rentals in about the same price ranges in different areas/city. The surrounding area seems to be fun to live in.
You're welcome!
Looking to retire in Korea. Please do more of this kind of video. How much more for 2 or 3 bedrooms? Living cost in Korea? It would be nice to get some info about your parents or aunt's cost of living in Korea.
We will have more videos. I also make it a point to put prices. Honestly the biggest variable is food and you will see it's affordable. it's not like the States where we have a lot of overhead costs like insurance, etc etc etc. Health insurance here is around 70usd and i pay around a few dollars for copay everytime i visit the doctor for an issue. Drug prices are low but that's honestly everywhere but America. As for utilities internet is super cheap and fastest in the world. Electricity and gas are about the same as the states and water and trash is not charged in these types of places. Idk what other costs there would be? My parents were literally living off 500 USD a month at first. Also you can buy a car for like 1500 bucks like tad and insurance is only like 500 bucks a year which is not something you can do in se asian countries cause the luxury taxes are like 100 percent plus
Who pays the agent? The landlord or the tenant?
Normally 3bed Condo outskirt of Gyeonggi province(l hour from Seoul) or small city is 500$ ~ 800$ depending on deposit. You should pay deposit 100k$~200k$ and bring it back when you out. If it is highrise apartment it is more expensive.Tenant pays for agent. Its less than $1000.
Living cost for 1 person is $1300 (basic) and $1700 for 2 person. Food in restaurant is half price of the USA.
Yeah, quite cheap, amazing the deals you can get there, perfect for people on a fixed income or want to live cheaply....pretty cool, brings back a lot of memories! peace from Macao.
Absolutely!!! And thanks for hopping on the premier buddy
@@livetravelasia Thanks man, hope you are well! night from Macao! peace.
Thanks for the video. That's a small place, but the price is good if you're just looking for a place to stay. Do you have any videos that go over the street food with prices (and US conversions)?
I have a playlist of camp humphreys that goes over traditional markets, malls etc with prices yes :)
The best guy who create korea home tour content
Thank you!
Loved this series! Keep going!! I shared it with my friends, too.
Thank you! There's gonna be a couple food vlogs but we will do two more to wrap up Tad's move and based on the views on those we might do even more :)
Great series on rental. Very informative. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the comment!
Damn, i'm crying looking at those gorgeous apartments for such a low price, compared to what we have here in the UK :(. Here even the cheapest of ROOMS NOT APARTMENTS, are around the £400-500 mark lol.
Yikes!!! Is that only in London or pretty much anywhere?
@@livetravelasia Nvm about London lol, it's pretty much everywhere in the UK. Once in a while you might come across a gem but that is really really rare, almost impossible to find, at a good price.
you are paying a high price to get stabbed by black kids in dark alleys
I would like to see some videos in the $500-$1000 range if you can.
You'll see the 300-400 1.5 - 2 bedroom and we will wrap up with tad's place which is a large 2 bedroom he's living in right now for 600. There's gonna be a couple food vlogs in between but stay tuned
This is a Miracle 👍😃
It's small but still functional
Thanks for sharing
i love videos like this, more please!
Definitely more planned. You'll see it towards the end of this month. Please share! If these get a lot of views I can go to seoul and bring more plaaces :)
I really love this! full of facts! I would like to know more area where most of international students live or perhaps like cheap and not much deposit apartment for students.
I definitely plan on doing more of those in the winter! I already have a couple places some people recommended :)
I will be living in korea soon. This is really helpful.
You’re welcome!
Excellent review of what is available down there near Anjanni. When we come we are going to buy up in Songtan. Family and friends already installed in the area 😉
Nice! Just hold off on buying tho. I'd maybe go for the Junsae system cause Korea is changing it's laws to make it disadvantageous for taxes and insurance if you own. The government is also actively doing everything it can to lower home prices and the birthrate declining I don't think it's the best investment
@@livetravelasia thanks, exactly the things I was wondering about. Luckily my brother in law will be helpful.
Puts the parasite movie into perspective. Surely 4 adults could come up with $300 a month and get out of the basement?
Haha yeah but you could also be living for free in some situations….
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. But it works for the movie cause they are basically criminals and have a very dodgy past
@@HinDoongEe they are criminals. The tutor was trying to kill the man in the basement. The man in the basement was not killed on the lawn in Self Defence. They murdered his wife, kept him hostage and the tutor kid was coming with a rock to kill them. The original man in the basement was the cause of the little boy’s issues and seuizures. No indication he got to the hospital in time while his father was being murdered for wanting his own car keys to get him there. And the daughter who had just been sexually harassed in her own bedroom carried out the perpetrator tutor who just bleeding to death while his parent was murdering hers. The actual hero of the film the rich minor daughter. And no praise for her at the end of the film or what happened to her other than her father murdered and the family moved. Not everyone needs to live in Seoul. 40 million don’t. Lots of places with stars and lawn. It’s not like honest employment was keeping them there. Even under communism someone gets the basement apartment and another a single family house detached ground level with a garden.
Most informative video I have watched.
You’re so welcome! I’am looking to make more real estate videos when I have an opportunity in the future
@@livetravelasia yes please! Apartments in seoul? 😅
Woww!!..This is really amazing!!..💜
We are moving back home in December can you tell us the realtor you used
If not in this video we show in another video with phone numbers etc. herb realty
lm coming in april as an int student how do l find such a villas in seoul cause they are nice and cheap and deposit is low too and the real estate agent number seems invlid
It's been a year. I'd also look into options for the dorms as they're really affordable in the beginning
Love your videos. Can I ask what part of South Korea this is in? Is it Busan? Or Seoul?
This is near Seoul in pyeongtaek
I guess they invest the 30k and that's how you get the apartment rent free with the 30k returned at the end. Initially I heard 30k deposit and wondered what they were smoking.
Am I understanding that you pay six months in advance?
I will need it soon.
Let me know what you end up with!
Sir I want this room please tell me another details
Yeah it’s kinda funny how a lot of people only treat the most expensive and central to Seoul as the ONLY available places to rent in Korea. And then the rest of the country is just goshiwans.
hy dear ate these appartments are in Seoul in this price??? please tell me... i will look forward for your reply
Please look at the comment it’s all there
Can you recomend aomething similar in Incheon?
I'll be coming there in a year or so for vacation but I also wanted to try and live alone so who do you think would be good ? like as in approaching for rent and stuff ? something like about 300$ to 500$ max a month ?
Really depends on the neighborhood etc. start by searching in the apps like zigpang
I'd like to see an apartment around incheon cause in from incheon any suggestions?
Honestly they’re all constantly changing the prices and new locations pop up. Would just have to go to a real estate agent like we did and shop around. The video is to give you an idea of the process not the exact homes I’d recommend
I really liked the 6th option , could you tell me the exact address? Im moving next year to korea for my studies :))
Those prices are insanely cheap for the quality(compare to US), don’t know much about Korea but why are they so cheap?
located in the countryside.
Construction prices are much lower, they put up high rises in matter of weeks. Little red tape and government promotes housing construction to promote industry so there are no housing supply shortages. Also, wired high speed internet is insanely fast in Korea... 1 GIG is not uncommon.
It's just that America is expensive... Like Matthew says, lots of red tape, bs costs. Even in the city you can find places like this for a 1-2 hundred more. Usually a bit older but larger. Outside the city but still within the subway line like these are a good option for retirees or location independent people cause they are new planned cities
My HOA alone is 350... no utilities included
Haha yup it was like that for me in socal and they keep saying it'll go higher cause our reserves are always not sufficient enough when I don't really see any work being done lol. We're just bleeding money in the states. If you own property, the 1.5 percent or so we pay a year is also ridiculous. None of that in Asia. You pay taxes in the beginning or the end but not during cause that means you'll eventually pay the whole value of the property or twice the initial price of the condo to the government cause they also keep increasing the appraisal. Of all the things Americans should be united in protesting, that's what I would start with
Ha, try living in place like NYC. I have a relative that pays $1,500 in maintenance and $1,000 real estate taxes on a Co-op in Manhattan... which he paid $1.5M and it's a crummy 2 bedroom. I know someone in New Jersey who pays $30,000 a year in property taxes alone! I moved from New Jersey to California and California is cheap!
@@jhchooo hey on the bright side 12k annual property tax on 1.5M isn’t too bad. Yeah CA has a progressive income tax which is nice too. In MA and many other states it’s a flat tax.
@@distinctdim State Income tax in California is still highest in US BUT if you own a house, it's offset by flat 1% property tax. I'd much rather live in CA than Northeast.
@@jhchooo not all NorthEast is NYC though. Everyone in some cities near Boston gets a property tax credit so I pay around .65% property tax instead of the 1.0% - 1.25% in CA. All in its hard to say which costs more in terms of housing + living.
Can I know the exact location I am unable to get it
How much did the agent charged ?
my dream is to move out of the usa, and travel to south korea, so i can retire there.
Hope you can make it happen soon
Same I really wanna move already
man i want to Rent This places So bad i do really want to come here some day maybe next year in 2022 i will Leave the Country From in America
Wish you the best!
Plz...can I know the place exactly
I recommend you call the number for the real estate agent there :)
Hi there are there any family homes to rent instead of condos or apartments?
Absolutely, we will do more videos. So many choices. They'll probably go public around the end of this month
Do they pay interest on deposit? Are they straight w getting deposit back or do they play games? Obviously undamaged. Apartment & contents in tact.
No they don't pay interest. You just get to live rent free
say in centural seoul especially in gangnam same size condo would be 600 usd per month right?
Yeah but in gangnam the buildings are older and usually a bit larger. Unless you have a job in Gangnam however you shouldn't be living there cause it's not much better. Gangnam is also not considered central seoul. This is a common misconception
Where is this apartment located and I want rent
All different areas. They’re all not available now. This is just to give you an idea.
Can I have an apartment with no deposit ?
No lol
-where in korea this located? is it in Seoul or Hongdae??
Do you have some contact details of brokers?
Only the ones I showed in the video
Ok, looking for clarity. Lay out $30,000. Have apartment for a year, & get back $30,000. + 12% = $36,000.
No you just get the deposit back. There’s not interest. That was used to calculate opportunity cost
@@livetravelasia ok. Thanx!
Generally, I find Korean and Japanese apartment design unappealing. In this area, there's so much concrete and no greenery, just dull building blocks. It looks like a public housing complex. The interiors are synthetic, clinical and claustrophobic, with few small (non-transparent) windows and little natural light. Do you really need to go that cheap? Please show us some nicer places.
That's 90% of Korea.
Haha yeah we end up looking for 1.5 to 2 bedrooms. Tad wanted cheap places cause he wanted to use it as storage while we travel around SE asia and no point paying rent for something not being used most of the time but you'll see more livable ones in the upcoming ones
@@livetravelasia Interesting. Honestly, when I lived in Korea, I only went home to sleep and shower. Most Koreans live their life outside the home. Kids go to school from 6 AM to 9 PM. People work 60-70+ hours a week and go out eating and drinking afterwards. If you consider this, why have a big place?
Good day to you. Please where in Korea is this apartment under 300$?
Thanks
So many places… I just got mine for 150
Ok. Can I link up with you?? Where can I contact you. Thanks
Hey there I really want to ask a question is it fine for me to ask on yt?
Yes but if you wanna ask a private question you can also add me on insta or fb
@@livetravelasia thank you very much
300 means 3 hundred pls reply ok sir 😭🙏
Yes
Is it a permanent apartment or temporary? Anyways great apartment!
Thank you!
Where is this located?which place?
By camp humphreys
@@livetravelasia I mean which city? 😬
Pyeongtaek
So cheap i want to live in south korea $300 only month no way
It’s possible!
300 ribu berapa hari???
Free wi-fi in south Korea
WiFi is very cheap and fast :)
What town is this please? Do you have an email I can reach you with. . . . .
How can i contact i need room near sejong university
Watch my more recent video but basically go to a real estate office near where you want to live. You can’t miss them
Do u pay that much for a month or?
month
No it’s free until you die! Ong!!!!!!!
15:15- You are making me think....Chonsei and some laptop crypto mining, you can live without working :) hope you are well Ethan, if things ever open up, come to Macau, u got a place to crash! peace from Macau.
Haha living without working would be awesome!
is this seoul?
Its in gyeonggido in the greater seoul metropolitan area
No eay these will be 300 by the time i get there lol shit will be 2800
I would definitely go with the jhunsae type of deal👍. Typically when do they return your deposit money? When getting one of these units do they do repairs asap? Bus service nearby? How come my wife says Korea expensive now?🤣🤣🤣
Yup bus stop right next to it but unfortunately this area the buses only come every 30 minutes to an hr I hear. The repairs are super quick here from my experience like everything else cause Koreans are the most impatient people in the world. I think the only thing that's expensive in Korea are the apartments in the super expensive areas. But in reality no reason to live there as a retiree cause you don't need to work there. The newer cities around Seoul are better planned, newer, and transportation into the city for sight seeing is easy. Since it's gentrified you also have the same restaurants and shops everywhere in Korea. I think it's a common misconception. It is however expensive to live a showoffy lifestyle however cause there are huge luxury taxes. But if you are a simple guy like we are, just need a comfortable place to stay, great food, and great medical care, you can't beat it for the price anywhere in the world I think.
@@livetravelasia thanks my man, can't wait for your next video on Tricare 👍
@@livetravelasia not even Thailand can beat it?
Bro is there jobs available for interior designer?