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Housing Overview
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• Expatriate Housing Types
There are full range of housing supplies for expatriates
in Shanghai, from classic old houses and old colonial apartments to high
end new apartments and modern villas compounds.
High end
Apartments
or Villas/Houses
are
the main choice for expatriates in Shanghai. Some compounds are specially
built for expatriates
and can make a
purely expatriate community inside, we call them
Expatriate
Compounds.
Normally they have better quality and offer more
western living environment, and of course
ask for quite higher rental.
Old houses
and old colonial apartments can be only found in Downtown, those
charming homes mostly built in 1920-1940 are really sought after.
Most expatriates especially new comers live in Expatriate
Compounds, the rest live in old houses, and luxury local apartments or
villas.
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Rental Rates quoted per month for each type of expatriate housings
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Type |
Size sq.m |
Rooms |
Rental |
Ordinary |
Good |
Excellent |
| Apartments |
100
- 300 |
1 -
4 |
RMB |
10,000 - 25,000 |
25,000 -
40,000 |
40,000 up |
|
Villas |
220
- 400
|
3 -
5 |
RMB |
25,000 -
40,000 |
40,000 -
55,000 |
55,000 up |
|
Old Houses |
200 - 350
|
3 - 5
|
RMB |
30,000 - 45,000 |
45,000 -
60,000 |
60,000 up |
|
Old Apartments |
150
- 250 |
2 - 3
|
RMB |
20,000 -
30,000 |
30,000 -
45,000 |
45,000 up |
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Developer
Landlord VS
Individual Landlord
In Expatriate Compounds the owner
is just the Developer, normally the whole housing is for rent only.
The renovation and decoration are designed to meet western
living style or taste, the rental supply is plentiful and with same
standard furnishings, and usually they are flexible on lease to be
furnished, partly or unfurnished. Standard English speaking services and
experienced expatriate living management will also make newcomers feeling easier
and safer when they live in this kind compound.
Individual Landlord owned rentals are normally in
local residential compounds, including those newly build luxury
residences in Shanghai which can have great location with fantastic city
views and life convenience. In normal compound, usually it's a mixture
community of expatriates and
locals.
Negotiation with individual landlord could be easy and flexible, and
also could be stick and very difficult, and sometimes you can not choose
furnishings if the unit already furnished. But most of all, each unit in
same building / compound may have very different renovation /
decoration style, from extremely luxury to poor or strange "design",
unfortunately few of them meet western taste exactly.
Old houses mostly belong to individual landlord. |
Housing
Areas
- Downtown
- Pudong
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Hongqiao
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West Suburbs
Housing
Types
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Apartments
- Villas/Houses
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Apartments
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Villas/Houses
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Old Houses
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