In Canada and other western countries, people might not say out loud that they won’t rent out to foreigners but that doesn’t mean people don’t discriminate unfortunately.
Interesting stories. Thanks for sharing. I had a three-bed-room, two-bath apartment in New Taipei city available for rent earlier this year. Good location, pet friendly. I was hoping to rent it to foreigners with family but it didn't happen. A Taiwanese family is renting it now. Next time I'll try to list it in English on 591.
Wes❤❤ I love your Canadian accent, it reminds me of my professors in University of Graph Humber , Ontario ;) hopefully we can watch a video about the feature of your Ontario dialect !! It’s amazing
Hmm well I grew up in southern Ontario, Owen Sound, which isn’t far from Guelph! I always thought my accent was quite neutral but seems you can tell it apart!
@@WesDaviestravel I grew up in Kaohsiung and now live in Canada (which is the opposite of you). I love watching your videos and listening to your comments about my beloved hometown from your point of view.
Back in the day… circa 2003, there were ‘agents’ that would ‘help’ foreigners find a place to live. It was just as hard back then as it is now. But we did end up renting a place we loved near the Ruefong night market. Our landlords were school teachers and super great. I think we paid around 13,000/mo.
Proof of income and/or employment is not uncommon even in the US, not to mention checking the credit scores. By contrast, the rental market lacks regulations in Taiwan. So good luck before enjoying the low living expenses.
Based on the real experience of my retired American friends. There are indeed problems with lease housing in Taiwan ! Expat would rather live in Thailand because it is friendlier there.
Wes: So why did you decide to leave your last apartment? (the floor above me) Friend: It wasn't in the nicest of area (with neighbor who only bring me gift after I move out) The problem with foreign renters (not limited to Taiwan) is that there had been many cases were tentant causes a lot of trouble/damage to the building they were renting and the repair fee cost way more than the 1-2 X month down payment. The legal part of trying to sue someone who left the country is as good as "Zero" and while the ratio may be below 1 out of 100 but its cases like those that sticks in people's mind. What the agent should have say in Wes's case is "He is a foreign +// youtuber with more than 100k+ subscribers" XD to the landlord instead. IMO
Haha well that’s just teaching hours in the classroom in front of kids. That’s all we get paid for, the rest is usually unpaid work like grading homework, lesson planning, meetings etc
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Also, please share you apartment hunting experiences in the comments section!
In Canada and other western countries, people might not say out loud that they won’t rent out to foreigners but that doesn’t mean people don’t discriminate unfortunately.
East Indians are pretty straight forward though…
Different layouts requirements also one issue.
沒錯，亞洲人更難在國外租房，連找室友都難，而且沒有人會抱怨租房網不是自己熟悉的語言，重點是scammers 和爛landlords 更多到爆炸。
衛斯理先生，找新的房子會有新的氣象，新的旅程，帶來好心情，
Indeed!
也許可以找專經營給外國人的代租代管
Nice vidoe as always.
I really like the video showing the actual rental market in Taiwan instead of being another pure praising Taiwan video.
Trying to be as honest as possible!
Interesting stories. Thanks for sharing. I had a three-bed-room, two-bath apartment in New Taipei city available for rent earlier this year. Good location, pet friendly. I was hoping to rent it to foreigners with family but it didn't happen. A Taiwanese family is renting it now. Next time I'll try to list it in English on 591.
Cheers! It would be nice if 591 had an English version as well
比起家庭，房東更願意租給單身的人，但是寵物的部分就非常看人了😂
Wes❤❤ I love your Canadian accent, it reminds me of my professors in University of Graph Humber , Ontario ;) hopefully we can watch a video about the feature of your Ontario dialect !! It’s amazing
Hmm well I grew up in southern Ontario, Owen Sound, which isn’t far from Guelph! I always thought my accent was quite neutral but seems you can tell it apart!
I am so sorry you guys need to experience such. Hope other than that, you do enjoy Taiwan.
Luckily with some patience we are usually able to find something we can live with :)
@@WesDaviestravel I grew up in Kaohsiung and now live in Canada (which is the opposite of you). I love watching your videos and listening to your comments about my beloved hometown from your point of view.
Adorable Doggy 😚
Burt!
Back in the day… circa 2003, there were ‘agents’ that would ‘help’ foreigners find a place to live. It was just as hard back then as it is now. But we did end up renting a place we loved near the Ruefong night market. Our landlords were school teachers and super great. I think we paid around 13,000/mo.
外國人在台灣租房子，我聽過幾個傳說，「聽到外國人租金一定比較貴」「外國人對於安靜的定義不一樣，晚上比較多噪音，而且晚上聚會也比較大聲」不過有些人也只租外國人，除了租金高還有就是大多數外國人自我約束也比較好😊
Well, I would say we really treat weekends like WEEKENDS. The noise might increase slightly on Saturdays 🤣
@@WesDaviestravel 哈哈哈，那是時間的問題，例如20:00過後鄉下就認為是噪音，城市可能是22:00過後，假日可以忍受往後延一個小時，事實上台灣人熱鬧起來也不輸給外國人，就是喧嘩跟party 台灣人定義不同🤣🤣
我們新竹的外國人 都喜歡租竹北的房子，竹北房子較新 ，也較高級 ，租金也貴，但生活機能沒竹市好（現在有比較好了）！所以我認為 外國指很多國家 ，要看是哪一個國 家的人，來台做長期工作 ，還是短期！還是來結婚的！肯定跟土生土長的台灣人買房租房的條件不一樣！
Good points!
Proof of income and/or employment is not uncommon even in the US, not to mention checking the credit scores.
By contrast, the rental market lacks regulations in Taiwan. So good luck before enjoying the low living expenses.
If don’t find a place in center of city,it’s would be easy to find a good quality place for living
Next episode: Buying is even worse!
single foreigner, a small family, any situation with pet...
I would choose single foreigner, if it's the same rental or even less.😊
Thanks for that!
Based on the real experience of my retired American friends. There are indeed problems with lease housing in Taiwan ! Expat would rather live in Thailand because it is friendlier there.
應該要公開呼籲說外國人想找房，需求寫出來，這樣會有很多好心的台灣人願意出租
Great idea!
但聽說外國人在歐美更難買房或租房，台灣是貴，但選擇多，而且很多不排外
Admirably we can get lucky here with rentals if we spend a lot of time looking around and find a nice landlord
Very informative...thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Love Emma! And Wes :)
Thanks pal!
歡迎你朋友來台長住紮根
Thanks!!
我喜歡外國人，願意租給外國人，但會聊看看他在台灣多久，計畫何時離開，寵物也可，但要簽寵物契約。
台灣本地人要租房子也很不簡單！
Exactly！ 🙆
I love Emma bed
Same here!!
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Wes: So why did you decide to leave your last apartment? (the floor above me)
Friend: It wasn't in the nicest of area (with neighbor who only bring me gift after I move out)
The problem with foreign renters (not limited to Taiwan) is that there had been many cases were tentant causes a lot of trouble/damage to the building they were renting and the repair fee cost way more than the 1-2 X month down payment. The legal part of trying to sue someone who left the country is as good as "Zero" and while the ratio may be below 1 out of 100 but its cases like those that sticks in people's mind.
What the agent should have say in Wes's case is "He is a foreign +// youtuber with more than 100k+ subscribers" XD to the landlord instead. IMO
其實很多房東會租給外國人，因為他們很愛乾淨，不像台灣人,,,你如果看過某些台灣家庭，你就懂我的意思。
Didn't get a good look at your apartment but I think if 2 bedroom around 16k to 18k a month. Incl the body corporate fee.
越鄉下的地方、房東年紀越大的人，心態越封閉，外語能力也越差，就越不容易接受外國租客。而且台灣大部分的租屋市場都是被默認的黑市，房東多半不守法，不太負責，台灣租客多半較為弱勢，都默默忍受。也許台灣房東不認為外國租客可以忍受這些。全台灣大概只有台北這個都市較為國際化，有較高品質的房子可以租給外國租客，但是價格也更高。
政府真的應該讓租屋市場正常化法制化，不然對台灣人口組成國際化會成為一種阻礙。
I didn’t realize the rental market was still so unregulated! Hmmm 🤔
@@WesDaviestravel It is.
Wow I wish I could work just 30 hours a week
Haha well that’s just teaching hours in the classroom in front of kids. That’s all we get paid for, the rest is usually unpaid work like grading homework, lesson planning, meetings etc
如果是兩位foreign gentlemen的話，房東應該是樂意出租
The problem Is language.
😎❤️🇹🇼‼️
房東希望租客出示工作證的原因，是因為，台灣太多劣質的租客拖欠租金，而大多都是沒有正常的工作，房東藉此保障自己
簡單說 台灣的房東 既愛錢！ 又怕死！
全世界 典型的勢利眼代表 就是台灣的包租公 包租婆
又來看衛斯理了，廢話不多說趕緊先按個讚
台灣人在國外找房子就很容易嗎？台灣人算很友善了 外國人算友善嗎？😅
Well, we don't call people "foreigners" abroad
因為租給外國人沒保障啊 欠租跑掉回自己國家 台灣法律無法保障
衛斯理台灣料理吃太多了，可能要注意一下！
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