Blog Tag - apartments
It's a question as old as the Beijing's first high-rise. It keeps us up at night. It suddenly sneaks up on us while we are out eating, when we're in...
Apartment hunting is arduous enough under any circumstances. Now imagine doing it in a second language. Thankfully, this trusty list of phrases will...
Whenever I told people I was apartment hunting in Beijing or Shanghai, I often got asked one specific question: “have you tried Ziroom?” I’ll have to...
Nope, your poops aren't suddenly way smellier now that you live in China (well actually, maybe they are). And it's not just you: bathrooms often do...
When it comes to finding an apartment, each city has its unique set of quirks – and Beijing is certainly no exception. Unfortunately, such quirks...
It feels like the capital has jumped forward in time this past week. With drastic temperature drops and snow fall spotted on the tips of mountains in...
Almost all rentals in Beijing come furnished, but not necessarily with style, especially for western tastes. There's always the one-stop solution of...
Whether you've arrived in Beijing as an impoverished student, a trailing spouse on a lush expat package, or you've been here for years already and...
Hate paying rent? Semi-afraid of your irritable landlord? Have no idea why you get charged this much anyway? The government is here to help! Or…at...
With Beijing rents cheaper than they've been in a while, now may be as good a time as any to find some digs and start fresh. Despite all the...
CCTV Finance reported last week that rental rates across Beijing plunged by nearly 20 percent in June, with Daxing and Fengtai districts – the two...
China's blanket ban on foreigners entering the country has meant that many expats who departed in the early days of the pandemic are now left...
In response to a combination of the COVID-19 crisis and dipping rent prices in certain parts of Beijing, a number of Beijingers report that they have...
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our 12-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Recently, a number of expats have reported being told by Ziroom agents that the company will no longer be extending or signing new foreigners during...
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