Our Hong Kong Crib!

We moved into a new rental place a few months back.  I was very hesitant about moving off the main Hong Kong Island as we were literally in the heart of the city but it was a TINY one room studio apartment that you couldn’t swing a rat in it, never mind a cat. We lived above an old folks home and the the poor ‘blue rinse’ crew would be wandering the corridors with intravenous drips and every other day the ambulance would pull up and cart one away never to be seen again. Very uplifting this blog post eh?!

We relocated to the district of Hung Hom in Kowloon and the neighbourhood is definitely more local and less ‘expat’ which is better as it means more value for money, more space and less ‘gweilo’ exploitation. The difference in real estate prices is ludicrous but there are plenty of fat cat wealthy bankers (yes they still exist!) to pay the exorbitant rates the other side of the harbour.
The building complex is called ‘Harbour View’ for reasons that will become obvious from the photos and video.   DSC09390
It’s decked out with a large gym, swimming pool, 24 hour security and shuttle bus to and from the nearby subways and entertainment district of TST (Tim Sha Shui). Interestingly, we pay the same amount of rent for this 2 bedroom place now, as we did for a tiny 1 bedroom, 4 storey walk up, rent controlled apartment in ‘way’ upper East Manhattan 5 years ago.

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Hong Kong can be an expensive city to live in, but if you look around enough and are prepared to avoid tacky ‘Expatville’ then it can be more than affordable.

P.S. Is it just me or do I sound a bit like Obama in the video below?
  
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Tags: ..Hung Hom, Harbourview, Kowloon, Hong Kong..


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7 comments:

  1. Wow - Definitely a view worth a million bucks (or few more;-), Mr. Obama!

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  2. @ Fida: thnx - our bail out package IS the view!

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  3. Looks as if you've landed on your feet there. What a fantastic view from what appears to be a rather swish apartment. Typical how prices plummet as soon as you get off the expat/tourist/rich banker circuit....

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  4. Wow pretty awesome cityscape . . did you win the lottery? And yes, you do sound like Obama . . .which is infinitely better than sounding like Jackie Chan

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  5. @ Nick: Granted I picked a very clear day which was a bit of a wait but yeah it's a nice place

    @ Baino: No Lottery win - but cheaper than our rent 5 years ago ain't bad!

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  6. Looks like you hit a Jackpot there :)

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  7. @ Matt: Yeah wish i was still one ;-(

    @ Nicole: Not bad at all!

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