| Totally agree on the washing machine because everytime we sent out clothes out they came back smaller - very convenient and quite cheap to have your laundry done though so I wouldn't let that be the decider. Also the comment on the oven is true but I looked at about 50 apartments to rent in mid-levels and not one had a proper oven. Most have just a microwave and a toaster oven like the Hanlun places. I'm yet to see an apartment with a dishwasher so at Hanlun they even do the dishes for you and they have about 5 people cleaning at once so if you are home it doesn't take long. Another plus for serviced apartments is that you don't have to commit to a year - I think we had just a week or two's notice that we had to give. For our apartment we had to sign up for 2 years with a break clause after 14months and it was a 2 month deposit and a months bonds and apparently that's standard, so it's a huge outlay on top of furnishings. |