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Finally, today, after a month in Tainan, I signed my contract for an apartment. Let me see… I must have probably looked at over 20 apartments, and each of those has opened a new door into some strange bizarre Taiwanese culture and peculiar life in Tainan. I owe a big thanks to my London guardian angel for helping me through this…
If you’re someone searching for an apartment in Tainan, there are a few methods to go about that:
- Apartment boards for students in the university – mostly one room student accommodation, I was looking for something a bit bigger.
- Just walking around and noticing “rent out” ads.
- Going into building that look promising and asking if they know of anything.
- Websites – foreigners rely on the Tainan bulletin board which is very limited, but there are about 10 Taiwanese websites in Chinese that are very helpful
This flat I got was actually auctioned in Yahoo. To sign the contract we used the template sold in convenience stores for 15NT$:
After over a month in a small ensuite hotel-like room I was looking for something a bit bigger with a kitchen that I can actually make something to eat and a room – anyroom – that’s not the bedroom. Here’s a little of what I ended up with:
That whole apartment hunt was completely surreal. I’m happy I won’t have to do that again for a while.
BTW – if anybody wants to come over and visit, I’ve got a spare room standing by… ;)
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Adjuster | July 27th, 2009 at 3:01 am #
Fili, thanks for your reply. After browsing the web, I found Asia Emperor Hotel at Dongmen Road where I plan to stay while apartment hunting. It seems near to NCKU. Can you confirm this? And would you recommend that hotel? Are there nearby dorms/apartments near Asia Emperor (within walking distance). I want a dorm/apartment as near as possible to NCKU. Thanks for the wealth of info.
Fili | July 27th, 2009 at 1:26 pm #
Adjuster – I know Asia Emperor Hotel and I’m afraid it’s not very close. Not within walking distance and doing it with a bicycle would not be fun.
Take a look at this Google Map to see just how far it is. If you have a scooter – then it should be okay.
HouseMaster | October 25th, 2009 at 5:16 pm #
I beg of you to use a how to invest in real estate guide after finding the apartment you want. This can save you a lot of money.
Home-orient | March 1st, 2010 at 6:38 am #
Would you mind that we post our homepage here. http://www.home-orient.url.tw. We service for house/apartment rent inquiry in Tainan.
Louis and Carol are ahppy to service you. Our contact shows in homepage.
Thank you and may you find your dream staying property in Tainan.
Fili | March 1st, 2010 at 1:57 pm #
Sure, it's great you provide that service in Tainan. You might want to add your link and details to iTainan – http://www.itainan.org/node/add/directory
Sgndash | August 8th, 2010 at 2:09 pm #
Can you send me a link to a apartment rental agency in Tainan? I will be coming there for work in Sept.
Thanks,
Dennis
Fili | August 8th, 2010 at 2:16 pm #
Sgndash – what I have is posted on the page you commented on. Check the 6mama link and their address is on the bottom. More conveniently, it's posted here on a Google map – http://www.itainan.org/directory/liu-mama-apart...
You could browse through iTainan and find a few more relevant links. Good luck.