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Rumah123 is a useful site for finding a place to rent, but it can be a little intimidating to navigate if you don't speak Indonesian yet. You can still use it effectively to find rental housing, though, if you follow this step-by-step guide (last updated July 2016):
1. Go to rumah123's website: Rumah123
2. Look below the large photo at the top of the page, and you will see a white box that says "masukkan kata kunci yang diinginkan". In that box, type the name of the neighborhood where you would like to look for housing - for example, "Kebayoran Baru." As you start to type, a drop-down box will appear with a list of places, titled "lokasi." Click on the item on the list that best identifies the area where you want to find a place, then hit return or click on the "cari" [find] button.
3. This will take you to a page where you can enter search parameters. Near the top on the left you will see a button that says "dijual." Click on this and a drop-down menu will appear with 3 choices (dijual, disewa, properti terbaru). The one you want is "disewa" - a rental property. Check that one.
4. Look a little lower on the page. There are four more buttons. Make your choices as follows:
A) Rumah: Gives you the choices of Rumah, Apartemen, Ruko, Tanah. You almost certainly want a house (rumah) or apartment (apartemen). Ignore ruko, tanah, and komersial - they aren't going to be relevant to the search of an expat looking for rental housing.
B) Kisaran Harga: Lets you enter a price range. First, figure out what your ANNUAL budget is in rupiah - for example, if you can spend USD 2500/month that is USD 30,000/yr; if you aren't sure what the current exchange rate is or you get lost in all the zeros, this handy site will do the conversion for you. At the moment that means your budget is about Rp 394,000,000 million/year. Note that Indonesian uses periods where English uses commas and vice versa, so in Indonesian "twenty-three thousand" would be written as "23.000".
Click on the Kisaran Harga button and two new boxes appear, helpfully labeled "min" and "max." I generally ignore the "min" button. Go to the max and either enter your maximum annual budget in rupiah (digits only) or choose from the list. Either way works.
C) The next button is "luas bangunan" which the area (of the residence, not counting surrounding property). Make a choice from the list.
D) The next button is "luas tanah" which is the area of the land. Again, make a choice from the list.
5. A list will appear below of properties that meet your criteria. If you want, you can go to "reset filter" and start again, and/or to "tampilkan filter." If you go to the latter and click, a dialog box will appear that allows you to further narrow your search parameters. Many of the words are cognates and it should be easy to use the box, but here are a few translations of terms that might not be clear:
k. tidur (kamar tidur) = bedrooms
k. mandi = bathrooms
garasi = garage
sekolah = school
warnet = internet cafe
kantor = office
rumah sakit = hospital
keamanan 24jam = 24-hour security
pintu tol = toll gate (as in, is it near the toll road)
mesjid = mosque
kolam renang = swimming pool
kafe/kantin = cafe/canteen
pasar tradisional = traditional market
taman bermain = playground
Then hit "filter" to get a list that matches your parameters.
To get rid of the detailed dialog box, click on "sembunyikan filter" in the upper right.
At this point you should have a list of properties that you can at least partially evaluate without speaking Indonesian, using the vocabulary already provided above and the frequent cognates ("kontak agen" is not exactly hard to figure out!) Scrolling through the photos will help too.
To arrange to see a property, click kontak agen and a dialog box will pop up for you to enter your name, email and phone. NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH THE SAFARI BROWSER! When you are done you will not get any immediate feedback on the website to let you know that your information entry worked, but within a few minutes you should get a confirmation email. Within 24 hours or so, maybe a little longer, you should be contacted by the agent.
The agents I have encountered through Rumah123 all have decent English skills and will be glad to communicate with you in English if that is your preference.
1. Go to rumah123's website: Rumah123
2. Look below the large photo at the top of the page, and you will see a white box that says "masukkan kata kunci yang diinginkan". In that box, type the name of the neighborhood where you would like to look for housing - for example, "Kebayoran Baru." As you start to type, a drop-down box will appear with a list of places, titled "lokasi." Click on the item on the list that best identifies the area where you want to find a place, then hit return or click on the "cari" [find] button.
3. This will take you to a page where you can enter search parameters. Near the top on the left you will see a button that says "dijual." Click on this and a drop-down menu will appear with 3 choices (dijual, disewa, properti terbaru). The one you want is "disewa" - a rental property. Check that one.
4. Look a little lower on the page. There are four more buttons. Make your choices as follows:
A) Rumah: Gives you the choices of Rumah, Apartemen, Ruko, Tanah. You almost certainly want a house (rumah) or apartment (apartemen). Ignore ruko, tanah, and komersial - they aren't going to be relevant to the search of an expat looking for rental housing.
B) Kisaran Harga: Lets you enter a price range. First, figure out what your ANNUAL budget is in rupiah - for example, if you can spend USD 2500/month that is USD 30,000/yr; if you aren't sure what the current exchange rate is or you get lost in all the zeros, this handy site will do the conversion for you. At the moment that means your budget is about Rp 394,000,000 million/year. Note that Indonesian uses periods where English uses commas and vice versa, so in Indonesian "twenty-three thousand" would be written as "23.000".
Click on the Kisaran Harga button and two new boxes appear, helpfully labeled "min" and "max." I generally ignore the "min" button. Go to the max and either enter your maximum annual budget in rupiah (digits only) or choose from the list. Either way works.
C) The next button is "luas bangunan" which the area (of the residence, not counting surrounding property). Make a choice from the list.
D) The next button is "luas tanah" which is the area of the land. Again, make a choice from the list.
5. A list will appear below of properties that meet your criteria. If you want, you can go to "reset filter" and start again, and/or to "tampilkan filter." If you go to the latter and click, a dialog box will appear that allows you to further narrow your search parameters. Many of the words are cognates and it should be easy to use the box, but here are a few translations of terms that might not be clear:
k. tidur (kamar tidur) = bedrooms
k. mandi = bathrooms
garasi = garage
sekolah = school
warnet = internet cafe
kantor = office
rumah sakit = hospital
keamanan 24jam = 24-hour security
pintu tol = toll gate (as in, is it near the toll road)
mesjid = mosque
kolam renang = swimming pool
kafe/kantin = cafe/canteen
pasar tradisional = traditional market
taman bermain = playground
Then hit "filter" to get a list that matches your parameters.
To get rid of the detailed dialog box, click on "sembunyikan filter" in the upper right.
At this point you should have a list of properties that you can at least partially evaluate without speaking Indonesian, using the vocabulary already provided above and the frequent cognates ("kontak agen" is not exactly hard to figure out!) Scrolling through the photos will help too.
To arrange to see a property, click kontak agen and a dialog box will pop up for you to enter your name, email and phone. NOTE: THIS DOES NOT WORK WITH THE SAFARI BROWSER! When you are done you will not get any immediate feedback on the website to let you know that your information entry worked, but within a few minutes you should get a confirmation email. Within 24 hours or so, maybe a little longer, you should be contacted by the agent.
The agents I have encountered through Rumah123 all have decent English skills and will be glad to communicate with you in English if that is your preference.
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