What are the tips for renting a house while studying in Korea?

In South Korea, there are two types of rent, one is "chuanxi" and the other is "monthly rent".

Chuanxi

Chuanbi is a special way of renting a house in Korea. The landlord charges a one-time deposit of more than 30% of the market price of the house from the tenant, which is called the transfer deposit. The contract period for a house is generally 1 to 2 years, and water and electricity bills are extra. If you need to check out, the landlord will refund all rent.

For most friends who study abroad alone, the cost is too burdensome. Although it is said that "the landlord will return all the money to me when I move out", which gives people the feeling of living in a house for free, it still requires a large amount of transfer money at one time, both for parents and international students. is a burden. Chuanxiang gold is generally more than 100 million won, which starts at about 600,000 yuan. Ps It is said that the money can be used as short-term investment funds by the landlord. This is the reason why monthly rent is not charged.

Monthly rent

As the name suggests, it means collecting rent month by month. However, to prevent tenants from escaping, monthly rental housing will also require a security deposit of 5 to 20 million won, which is approximately 30,000 to 20,000 yuan. Utilities are charged separately. Some housing types charge additional management fees, which range from RMB 30,000 to RMB 50,000 per person per month depending on the area where they live. Some housing types include water and electricity charges.

Here the deer has to provide a hidden skill, and the deposit can also be "negotiated", but it does not mean that the amount paid will be much less. For example, the house you are interested in requires a deposit of 10 million and a monthly rent of 500,000. If you think the security deposit is too high and the monthly rent is acceptable, you can ask the landlord if he can accept a security deposit of 5 million yuan, instead of giving the landlord a monthly rent of 530,000 yuan. The monthly rental price is negotiated by yourself.

If you pay attention to the rental information, you will find that the rent appears in the form of 1000/60, which means a security deposit of 10 million and a monthly rent of 60. So let’s ask a deformation question below! Question: What does 1000/614 mean? Well, let’s announce the answer at the end~

After finally understanding the theoretical part of Korean room types and room prices that you need to know about renting a house, we are about to enter the practical part. Let me briefly introduce how to find a house in Korea~? ?!~

There are two types of searching for a suitable house: online and offline.

1.?app

There are two online apps used by the most people: ? and ?.

Enter the area you want to live in, select the type of house you want to live in, filter out the houses with too high prices, and all the houses that meet the conditions will appear, which can be said to be very convenient.

2.? Struggle in Korea

The second online method is to go to the housing section of "Struggle in Korea". Most of the houses are sold by international students themselves. The best thing about finding a house that international students want to sell is that you can more easily know the advantages and disadvantages of the house you want to sell.

3.? WeChat Moments

In addition to the app and Fenhan’s housing section, you can also find Chinese agents on WeChat in Fenhan. The intermediary will post a large number of house pictures in the circle of friends, just like the circle of friends on purchasing agents, with a screen full for you to choose from. As long as you make an appointment with the agent, you can start looking at the house right away.

Here is a hidden skill! Contact the landlord directly to view the property without going through an agent. In this case, you can save the agency fee (at least 300,000 won) when signing a house contract. However, some landlords will not be flexible and will insist on using an agency to sign a contract, and the agency fee will not be saved. It all depends on luck.

The only way to find a house offline is to go to real estate.

There are a lot of real estate in South Korea, and real estate can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street. Just open the door of a real estate store and tell the Korean intermediary clearly what type of house you need and what kind of rent you want, and the intermediary will recommend a house that meets your conditions. If time permits, you can check out the recommended houses right away.

4. International student rental group

It is also relatively easy to rent a house through this channel, but there are many scammers, so you need to be very careful!