China Apartment Tour! $400 USD Apartment in Chengdu: Apartments in Chengdu
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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So, I'm living in Chengdu, Sichuan now, and I thought I would share my apartment with all of you! I'm renting a place not too far from the university, and I like it a lot! :) #chineseapartment #chineseapartments #apartmentsinchina
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China Apartment Tour! $400 USD Apartment in Chengdu: Apartments in Chengdu
Nice place Austin. I'm liking the trees! For me it makes a big difference when you can hear birds outside rather than just cars and honking.
+Austin Guidry your wife did not work?
A lot of fresh air from all those green trees, also vey quiet place to live and study.
Imagine with that kind of apartment you gona pay $3000-5000 per month in San Francisco or New York.
I know right!! I live in NYC and I was like whattt?????
Very cool. Nice digs. Enjoy!
OMG I LOVE YOUR APARTMENT! YOU'RE SO EASY TO WATCH AND I LOVE YOUR PERSONALITY!
Wow that is a really nice place for that price. The view alone was stunning!! I loved all of the windows in the main bedroom. Don’t care that it was small and the bed was by the window, it made it look amazing. It proabably felt like your bed was on top of a sea of trees.
Yeah, I really miss that place - it was the best place I've ever lived, but it just wasn't good for where I was working :(
Dude I found your channel yesterday and love watching your videos. You have a great video presence that makes you come off as a genuine guy. I'm applying for schools in China and really hoping to land a job in Chengdu. Keep it up.
Great view! The new place looks super nice. It's kinda weird but I like those small steps in the middle. It makes the apartment seem bigger than it is for me.
Best thing about Chengdu is that if you feel hungry at 2am you can go to the nearest street and find lots of BBQ hotpot places that are still opening.
+Yeager Mcbipper Maybe it's because you've only tried it once? Never had a problem with street food in China, ever.
Hi Austin! Thank you for giving us a look into what living in China is like! I started watching your videos when I took an interest in the Chinese language. Though most of your videos are about the culture and food in China, would you ever be interested in making a video about the language? How you learned it, advice to people learning it good study habits/practice techniques, how long it took you before you felt like you were fluent etc. I know you've gone over it a little in the past, though I'd be interested in seeing a longer and more up to date video about it. Anyway thanks for the videos. :)
***** Thank you! Looking forward to it!
This apartment rocks - I like it a lot more than your newer one.
How's the roach problem in Sichuan? When I was in Shanghai, I didn't have much of a problem. Maybe once a month, I'd run into one, if that. But down here in Guangdong? Jeez, it' a never-ending battle.
That looks like a pretty good place! Nice and sleek. Very cool.
Glad to see you're getting settled in. It looks like a good spot!
Austin！我是Dlayn，我在兰州长大的，现在在成都工作！真的没想到你也到成都来啦！欢迎你来到成都工作，在这个城市工作和生活很惬意，enjoy～有空可以一起喝杯茶聊天！pls.我也住在成都西边～
Nice. I like Chungdu, and nice mountains not too far.
成都留学生送给你的祝福！！很喜欢你的视频！在国内就开始看，现在在国外了也没有断过！加油！回国请你吃饭！！
When I lived in Qingdao, a gorgeous city, my walls were white, the floor was bright, shiny white tiles, and there were light oak accents. But the kicker...Pepto bismal bright PINK furniture! Yeah, that stunk.
Nice! I can't wait to see more Chengdu videos... I used to live on the east side, diagonal from carrefour (next to the shuangChiaoZi bus station).
View from your window in pretty green! I am moving out to Chengdu and then end of the month!
Can't wait to see some What to Do in CD. I know Trevor did a few, but the more the merrier.
Austin have you found "bar street" (road) yet in chengdu? it's a great night out with live music in every bar. i have a video if you type in "bar street chengdu"
Nice home and the views are pretty good.
400 $ is not that much. The area was cool. I like there are a lot of trees around you.
Living in Chengdu is a good choice cuz Chengdu is the heaven of eaters lol....:)
That is actually a great apartment, hope you enjoy chengdu. Especially the food there lol
very nice. White walls looks brighter.
Very nice and large apartment especially being in China.
Nice pad! Now I know where to crash if i end up in Chengdu haha!
Hello Austin! I saw the flag of Brazil and the cushion in his apartment, so I send a hug here Amazonas Brazil ....
Seems like a very nice place. I hope you have bars in all the windows...
Looks like a nice apartment. Is the neighborhood nice and quiet despite this being a big building?
Thanks for sharing your apartment with us! I'm coming to Chang Du in approximately 2 years so really curious to see things now so I can prepare. I'm wondering if you would do an update video of your place? Looks like you just moved in when you made it, now I see it's been a year almost. Would like to see what you did with the place. Thank you and good luck! P.S. I'm Canadian.
It doesn't look much different now, to be honest. I'm actually moving again in the next couple of days haha
Still in Chang Du? I'd be interested in seeing the new place if you make another video. Thanks!
Todd Strong Yes, still in Chengdu! There will be another video :)
yea white makes the place brighter and cleaner..too much brown is not nice as well.. haha..I seen brown wall, brown floor, brown chair..arghh
I look forward to seeing more of chengdu
Most universities pay a max cap of $400 -1K per month, you must be working at a hell of a training school because gov owned Uni’s never paid that much. The very best training school I taught at just paid 1.6Wan
Universities have upped their game in recent years...the two unis I taught at in Chengdu paid 8,400 yuan / month and 11,600/month (after bonuses and flight allowance etc.). When I was shopping around for jobs in Spring 2021, I was seeing universities all around offering 14-18k / month...more often than not. I had heard about that over the years, but enjoyed the job I was at, regardless of the pay. Yeah, training schools can pay REALLY well if you're at the right one and if you sell a lot of demo classes hahaha that's where I made the real money! The lowest salary I ever had was 4000 / month, but they provided an on-campus apartment for me. Also, that was in 2012 in Gansu, one of the poorest provinces in China. That's basically unheard of now....if you're thinking the max cap of university teachers is 1k USD, I'd recommend checking different jobs websites or check a different region. I can't think of a single place that pays foreign teachers as low as what you're saying....that's lower than local Chinese salaries nowadays. My wife made more than $400 USD / month as a barista at Starbucks in Chengdu years ago.
Very nice, especially that wooden-like floor. Is that a second balcony next to a kitchen ?
Yeah, sort of - it would be a balcony, but there is a giant A/C unit there, so you can't really walk onto it. Most apartments in that building have it, too
I love your apartment!
Wow. Nice man. Chengdu is super cheap rent compared with Shanghai man. Are salaries still similar from what you've noticed?
Such an apartment like this would cost at least 6000 RMB per month in Shanghai within the inner ring elevated highway, but Shanghai is a tier 1 city... I guess cost of living is much cheaper in Chengdu!
Chengdu 吃货的乐园！有空喝点茶！很和谐的一个城市
Wow your place is the same price as mine but much nicer! I'm jealous. Maybe apartments in Qingdao are more expensive than apartments in Chengdu.
+nubemuffin But in fact,apartments in Chengdu is more expensive~
+曾维治 Nope. Housing is more expensive in Qingdao generally, though it is also depend on the location of your apartment.
Looking nice!
If you rent an apartment in China, don't you need a long term agreement (6 motnh to 1 year) before they rent out to you? How is the deposit like? I heard nasty stories where they keep your deposit when you leave.
Omg your home is amazing, seriously i cant believe the overpriced apartment prices in Beijing :(
Yeah, Beijing is ridiculous in all the wrong ways....hopefully you've got enough money left to have a little fun! :D
Thanks Austin
Austin thanks for the tour! Loved the apartment! Amazing rent! Does it have air-conditioning? What are the monthly energy expenses? Wish you a happy stay!
Austin thanks for prompt reply! So what about rent advance, how many months? How long is the contract for? Any real estate agency hassles? How much did they charge? I think may be you should re-enact the whole getting the apartment series of events! haha!!
***** the agent has definitely charged too much!! lol
Xiang lollus I think one month rent is customary as Real Estate fee in China!
+Austin Guidry In some cities , real estate agencies charge 35% of monthly rent
Nice little cozy flat apartment, 😜
wow only $400-ish?! what neighborhood in chengdu is that?
Congrats!
公寓看起来还不错~要是回国的时候能在成都街头偶遇就好啦哈哈(￣▽￣")
lovely place you got there...now let have house warming party : ) don't worry, I'll bring my own drink..
Austin, nice video. What district is the university in in CD? What are your impressions so far of CD?
beautiful house!
OMG you better be careful the balcony can fall off in a Chinese apartment or Condo.
I was thinking of coming to Chengdu to teach in March. Is there somewhere I can message you with some questions?
Thanks,
Oren.
very cute apartment.
WOW that apartment is super cheap compare to the states, specially in the northeast, like New York and New Jersey, that they have a lot of money suckers like Dracula in terms of cost of living. Specially you are only about 15 to 20 min walk from your job, good work out every day. Good to lose some calories and good for the heart. Maybe you can do a little uber as a part-time job.
Looks nice! So where will you be teaching then?
When I was i Chengdu I studied in 西南交通大学 犀浦校区. Quite nice place.
+Austin Guidry My little brother just got offer from this university
Omg I like your personality too much lol “I just sit “ 🤣🤣🤣
Not most every house is white... The houses you encountered are mostly white. China is a huge country and you just been there for a short time.
Great video Great apartment
$400 is a good price how much are they putting towards it if you don't mine me asking for my own interest.
400 usd a month?????!!!!! what the fk... I live in nyc with my mom and we pay 1300 for a tiny one bed room and it is considered cheap....
+ARVIN Yeah, but that's NYC - property values are out the a$$. It's insane
What's up with the lusophone influence (brasil and portugal)
nice apartment ☺☺
thks bro , its a great video. let me ask you something how much cost take english class in chengdu? low cost clases if its posible
住在成都吃美食方便了，哈哈
Hey man, I've just been watching a few videos on your channel and came to this one. Looks like a really nice place, clean and good natural light. Can I ask does it have any of those small but irritating things, like windows that don't quite shut or plaster that's not finished properly?
I just wonder if its a problem with my apartment or one that's universal all over China.
Thanks man, keep making these video on your channel, really interesting!
The plastering problem is all over China.....drives me nuts!!! I really hate it - I recently went looking for apartments and had to say no to a lot of them for that reason and mold. Ugh. Windows not shutting properly is a fairly easy fix - I've never had that problem in all the apartments I've had in China (I actually just moved again last week - will post that video soon).
Yeah, that's what I was afraid of, a universal problem. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and get used to it if i plan on staying here...
Cool I'm going to subscribe
With a Backpack Welcome! :D
Looks like a good place to live.
When is your wedding day?
great; getting married next months with my lovely Chinese fiancé... took quite a while to get all the documents ready. Good luck to you both.
Do you know how to get an ESL job in Chengdu? Everything I find online comes across as scams.
did your dad went back to the state? didn't see him in the video though.
Chinese people don’t use dryer, get used to it
nice
I have a question, do you have to put the picture of the president on the wall in your apartment? like in North Korea?
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha nope
r u ok with the chengdu diet? i dont find lots of foreigners into spicy food.
great
I don't get that TV tho... the video is from 2015...
okay it is not his okay
Great vid, im planning to do an exchange semester at SWUFE and want to avoid the group dorms there.
Do you know whether there also are furnished, serviced appartments in the area in the same pricing range ?
Thanks man!
+iggysawdust I'm not sure what you mean by "serviced," but yes, there are lots of apartments for similar prices in the area! I live right by the university, and it's pretty convenient to get to the university from my place. If you'll be in the downtown campus, there are apartment buildings all around the university. If you'll be out in Wenjiang, I'm not really sure. There aren't too many apartment buildings super close to that campus, I don't think
nice place
Do most apartments come with the furniture?
How are you liking Chengdu so far? It seems like a really nice place! Being from Cali, whenever I see lush trees like that, I die a little
Oooo I see, that's great! Then did you sell your old place 'as is' as well? Ahaha but yay! I'm glad things are good!
Austin u already gone back to China so soon?
Is that near the 1st,2nd or 3rd ring road? In any case, your place works out at about 2,500 Yuan. In Zhejiang, near Hangzhou, I was paying 1000 a month for a 2 bedroom and in Guilin I was paying the same for a huge 3 bedroom apartment. This worries me a bit as I'm coming to Chengdu next month. I'm going to be out near the 3rd ring road 4th section...you think I can get a reasonable 1 bedroom for 1000 Yuan in that area?
+Austin Guidry Thanks for your reply. Good to know! My teaching gig there gives me a 1000 stipend, so an extra 500 a month isn't so bad. If you don't mind, I've got one more question: Will living out on the 3rd ring road in Chengdu give me proximity to the countryside? A 20 minute bicycle ride?
1000 a month for a two bedroom in Hangzhou? That's crazy cheap, super super cheap.
No one in their right mind would pay that per month, you’d have no money left
People don’t pay foreigners that much
Around 15% of my salary went to housing...something like that, if I remember correctly. Pay all depends on the job...education salaries go all the way from 11,000 yuan a month all the way up to 50,000+, depending on the job and location. I'm in Hangzhou now, and the average is around 5,000 USD / month for high school teachers (private high schools). Paying for housing is no issue haha it wasn't an issue in Chengdu, either
Hi Austin, Whats internet like in Chengdu, high speed?
How much ? Is it expensive? I'm visiting China chengdu this year and really love this apartment.
2400/month
Do you know how the apartment lease works over therE? Can you live there for 2 or 3 month then leavE?
No, not typically. Leases are usually 6 months or a year
good night teacher
why are the lights turned on when there is plenty of sunlight? ^^
So the apartment could be fully lit for the video. Normally, I don't turn lights on during the day - waste of electricity. Did it for you! :D
Why do you need HSK for?
are there any boxing gyms in chengdu
Hey Austin u resite in chengdu now?
you’re so cute and funny😆
Time to move to Chengdu
***** , how is the air quality in Chengdu?
Was it fully furnished?
yep!
not bad
Who was that child in kitchen? Your cook?
Hrishikesh Shirsikar she is his wife, not a kid
Austin are the apartments furnished or not ?
You can get furnished or unfurnished - make sure to specify when you're talking to agents or looking online
hey @Austin thanks so much ...so I yearn to travel china but i know its very vast n still very far from me . loading your videos take me to least possible nukes and corners .its travel without travel.
do you have a BA or MA degree? Just curious?
huge ! no carpet good, carpet is very toxic, I never see older english teachers there, for example over 50? ever see? my wife is there and im wieghing options as i am at a dead end here in wa.
how did you meet your wife?
"... Budha, came with the house" hhhh
Did the Portuguese/Brazilian stuff come with the house too?
Cheers