Foreigner buying an apartment?

[cestpasmyjob]

Today, they built in the middle of the cake in bigger cities only small apartments. They advertise it at 22 m2, in fact, you get only 17 m2, because they also count the balcony and half the width of the corridor in front of your door to your total room size.

I dont want to think evil, but I felt cheated the first time I saw it...

Buying without first looking/ due diligence is always risky.

 

[Zavia]

Buying without first looking/ due diligence is always risky.

Yea, but I think counting the corridor is bad faith.
Balcony, inner walls , sure fine, its within my private area, but corridor? Imma hack up the tiles then and have an extend doorway to the limit! Space for shoes n stuff.

 

[Jaime C]

We rented an apartment in Kalibata City for 9 months or so. The second bedroom was certainly tiny. We mostly used it for storage.

The units were only wired for 800-900 watts, so a microwave would sometimes flip the breaker, even if you had everything in the apartment turned off. And you had to call the service guys to access the locked closet in the hallway, with the breakers in it. A huge PITA.

And there were 3-4 mosques nearby. You’d get a big stereo effect from them. Fun, fun, fun!

Still, it was nice having the supermarket nearby. And for $250 or so at the time, it wasn’t 100% horrible.

 

[Jaime C]

Right, I talk about Studios, one room only, with small kitchenette and a toilet with shower.

Crown Plaza in Bandung is 35 m2 and Hilton is about 40 m2.

Those are both 5* hotels and the room rate for a western is about 1.2 millions, in low season or if you / your wife knows someone, then the rate is about 800k.

Neither the Crowne Plaza or Hilton in Bandung are true 5 star hotels. The former, maybe a 3.5*, the latter 4*. Both decent hotels, but I’d give the nod to the Hilton every time.

The staff at the previous Hyatt Regency Bandung was the best, and they certainly had a nicer Presidential Suite than the Hilton.

I’ve stayed at the Crowne Plaza for $25 a night in points. $44 in points at the Hilton, and even got the Junior Suite for a ten night stay a couple months back.