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19-10-2006, 10:47 PM
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| | | 50-60K - Which apartment in Mid Level to choose?
Hi
Which condo/s would you recomend with a rental budget of 50-60K?
We are a young couple with a 1 year old baby and hubby will work in Admiralty.
Any comments on Dynasty Court?
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20-10-2006, 02:52 AM
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| | | How about Regent on the Park on Kennedy Road? You could easily walk to Admiralty/Pacific Place from that location. I would favor the Kennedy/Macdonnell/Borret Rd area of Mid Levels over the Robinson Rd/Conduit Road area. | |
20-10-2006, 03:15 AM
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| | | 2 cents
A guess here, but based on previous "How much is too much for rent" and "Where should I live" posts I've read here I think many of us would have more to suggest if you were looking in the $10k-$30k range..
But as I say that, this post may be followed with $50k renters coming out of the woodwork to comment... | |
20-10-2006, 02:51 PM
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| | | I have the exact same question. The annoying thing about this rent level is that the apartments would be perfect if they had 2 spacious bedrooms but they seem to want to jam 3-4 coffin sized bedrooms into the space.
It's understandable because I'm sure they are built for families but I'd give my kingdom for a 1500 (real) sq ft apartment with 2 bedrooms and no more than 2 (preferably 1 BIG) bathroom. | |
20-10-2006, 02:58 PM
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| | | >> It's understandable because I'm sure they are built for families but
>> I'd give my kingdom for a 1500 (real) sq ft apartment with 2
>> bedrooms and no more than 2 (preferably 1 BIG) bathroom.
Look at buildings older than 10-15 years. What you said describes the apartments in areas like Pokfulam pretty accurately.
Also, look for older government owned apartments (used for staff quarters etc) which are now privately leased out. For example a fair number of apartments which were used by HKU, queen mary hospital, police quarters are leased out privately in Pokfulam.
Where we live in Pokfulam -- you can score a 1500 sq ft (1350 nett -- 95% efficiency which is unheard of) for around $30K/M. No club facilities in the older apartments though .... | |
20-10-2006, 08:16 PM
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| | | You can try the largest flats at the Belchers if you haven't looked there already. It is not really Mid-levels rather in between Mid-Levels and Pokfulam. Some may also say it is Kennedy Town. But really nice amenities, very cosmopolitan, and convenient.
Queen's Garden (close to Dynasty Court) is also nice. But may be above your budget. Dynasty Court IMO is very inconveniently located. | |
20-10-2006, 09:34 PM
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| | | You can look at buildings on Po Shan Road (above Conduit Road) or maybe Bamboo Grove on Kennedy Road. Are you firm on mid-levels though ? There are many great places to live on that budget on the island... | |
20-10-2006, 10:00 PM
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| | | bbb -- the problem we had with the belchers when we looked there about 5 years ago was that the rooms are all at weird angles -- which describes most of the new buildings in HK.
Also -- low efficiency | |
20-10-2006, 10:03 PM
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| | | Thanks KIT
What is 'efficiency' I'm not clear on that.
I want a place that is 1300-1500 sq feet in the New york sense. | |
20-10-2006, 10:15 PM
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