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Dejavu.dot wrote:

I always think apartment advertisings which are posted in this site are very expensive.

Dejavu.dot wrote:

What is the relation between cc and parking space? I cant agree with you. They consider your yamaha is a gear bike while shark is a scooter.

Yeah, living in apartment is, headache sometime. But all apartments are not same    They are differ in management fee, parking fee,etc. Yeah, those ads are mostly from realtors. They are now like a mafia - offer a higher amount as rent and 2-3 months deposit. Of course landlords will become greedy for that offer and pay 1-3 months rent as brokerage! When you rent a house/apartment with $1000 brokers/realtors get $1000-$3000 as their brokerage!
If you don't bargain the rent, then they get more chance. On seeing this when you pay what they asked, neighbor landlords began to increase the rent...
There has some good things also when you live in an apartment. Like safety, less pollution (sound/smoke/air)..
If we search carefully, we can find out low cost apartments. People are busy always.
Oh we are going to off topic 

I think living in apartment is headache with the fee. I saw some ads here. 1000$ /month. With that price people can rent a villa in district 9. 1 big house and 5 big rooms.

Dejavu.dot wrote:

I think living in apartment is headache with the fee. I saw some ads here. 1000$ /month. With that price people can rent a villa in district 9. 1 big house and 5 big rooms.

You pay for convenience. It's quite irrelevant to compare a 2BR apartment at prime location with 5BR villa in the middle of nowhere. For $700+ you can choose from lots of decent 2BR apartments in D4, right by the border to D1. Instead of choosing an ad posted here on a specific place (again, paying premium for convenience), you can contact a realtor that will find a few options to show you within your budget.

PinkStrawberry wrote:

You pay for convenience.  For $700+ you can choose from lots of decent 2BR apartments in D4, right by the border to D1.

psoregan wrote:

Hi Pink Strawberry

Thats sounds good and within budget

How would I contact a Realtor and who are they?

Thanks

Phil

It's safe to say that anyone who posts ads for housing and not specifically saying that the house/apt. in question is theirs are realtors. Just contact them, through their company they're have a whole portfolio of places they can show you depending on your budget and needs.

charmavietnam wrote:

Agreed but how we measure 'convenience'?
Some people think living near Ben Thanh is convenient. Others think live far from Ben Thanh is convenient 
So paying money is not important but rent a convenient room/house/apartment is important.
You can rent a 2 BR apartment from $500 within 3 kilometer from Ben Thanh  if you try 

If you read the comment I was originally replying to, that person was talking about a 5BR villa in D9 and I think we can all agree on that living in D9 isn't convenient. If you want to live away from downtown you choose D2/3/4/5/7 depending on how far away you want to go but not D9. Rent might be cheaper but you'd have to commute far for everything and you'll end up spending what you're saving on rent to pay for gas anyways.

I was also addressing the fact to why ads on sites like these are expensive. The convenience of finding a place on the spot online will cost you a bit more compared to if you contact a realtor and go "shopping" for the best deal. That's paying premium for convenience.

PinkStrawberry wrote:

If you read the comment I was originally replying to, that person was talking about a 5BR villa in D9 and I think we can all agree on that living in D9 isn't convenient.

psoregan wrote:

cheers pink

I was lucky enough to find a great 2BR pad in a good location for 600USD including cleaning/ gym/ sauna/ restaurant

There are lots places out there good luck to all expats

That's awesome. If you don't mind me asking, what apartment complex is it? I would love to have access to gym. Feel free to PM if you don't feel like disclosing where you live in public lol

honeysucklevn wrote:

Hi charmavietnam,
If you want to rent long term and stable then it is worth considering.

Arthur Rimbaud wrote:

Heyy how can I find cheap appartment because on this forum it's very expensive xD
Do I need to find it by myself ? Go and ask all the appartment in saigon?

honeysucklevn wrote:

Hi Charma,
My conditions's clear so If It isn't reach your requirements, just reference only, not give any opinion. Your time is precious. This is the last feedback, thank you for your interest. Bye!

colinoscapee wrote:

The apartments listed on here for rent are too high, have a look at Craiglist Vietnam, much cheaper. Dont forget to bargain them down as they always raise the price to get better commission.

I just checked CL vietnam and it's as expensive xD

Arthur Rimbaud wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

The apartments listed on here for rent are too high, have a look at Craiglist Vietnam, much cheaper. Dont forget to bargain them down as they always raise the price to get better commission.

I just checked CL vietnam and it's as expensive xD

Hi,

it takes time to find a suitable apartment!

colinoscapee wrote:

So Arthur your saying 500usd a month is too expensive.

i dont have any experience but the people on this forum said that the agent gets a lot of comission so the price is very high

500$ for 30sqm is very expensive I guess
In Bangkok I can have the same appartment for 200$
but this is just my opinion, it may be cheap for u but not for everyone

colinoscapee wrote:

If 500 is too expensive then forget about Saigon

Wooow I really people like you but nvm