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Housing Overview
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• Expatriate Housing Types
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Apartments
If
you choose downtown probably you may live in apartments.
Expatriate apartments
mostly offer fitness center including at least a basic gym and concierge service,
24 hours security guard is commonly provided, some big compound or
high-rise towers have own club with good facilities of gym, pool, tennis
etc for western lifestyle.
Service
apartments provide hotel style services including housekeeping
service, daily household wares as sheet \ towel and kitchen wares are
also standard provided. They are usually available for monthly lease,
some for daily.
Downtown has best selection of expatriate apartments,
large compounds of apartments are mostly in Pudong. Generally they are in
three sort by its scopes.
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High-rise
Apartments
Standard
apartment normally with 1-2
tower of 20-30 floors in medium compound, most in Downtown.
Sample:
Royal Pavilion
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Low-rise
apartments
Small
sized apartment normally a single building under 10 floors with in
quiet place, most in Downtown.
Sample:
Xingguo Hotel Apartment
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Large
apartments compound
Normally
many Low-rise
apartments in a large compound with good facilities, some mixed high-rise,
most in Pudong.
Sample:
Shanghai Racquet Club & Apartment
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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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