Cheap monthly rent
Cheap monthly rent
Hello, I've heard stories of apartments for < $100 a month. Where can I find these places? How much do they cost? I know they're considered quite poor, with no hot water. These are features that don't quite bother me too much, and am curious about what they're like.
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For less than $100 I don't imagine you can get an apartment. You could get a room with a separate tiny W/C in the corner.jyk91 wrote:Hello, I've heard stories of apartments for < $100 a month. Where can I find these places? How much do they cost? I know they're considered quite poor, with no hot water. These are features that don't quite bother me too much, and am curious about what they're like.
Rents cost about $30-80 (plus water plus electric) depending on area. One room for everything, eating sleeping, cooking, entertaining etc.
Often in these places several Khmer folk will share together.
They are all over the place but easy to find near factories with loads of workers. Look for signs saying:
បន្ទប់ជួល and call the number listed - best to have a Khmer person to make the call for you. Some places are like battery hen farms.
I wouldn't recommend a foreigner to live there.
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There is a small block with maybe 9 or 12 ( like KH described above)units that was built over about a year right behind my place. It's the only block like that in the neighborhood, the surrounding units are villas and one traditional big house.
I was happier when they put a big cage on the front, just because it compromises my security, you could step from one balcony to the next.
It seems like a pleasant enough place to live, as far as living with 4 people in a room that's smaller than my kitchen goes. It's very clean, the neighbors seem very pleasant if a bit transient. There might be some kind of communal washing area downstairs, but probably nothing special. The tiny bathroom in the corner will be the source of all that involves water and it's disposal. That's a nice place. Go out to Veng Sreng and check out the place.
Not saying it can't be done, but you'll likely come under a certain amount of scrutiny from locals for having such a pitiful accomodation. Your immediate neighbors might not be the smiley happy people you thought you knew after 2 liters of rice wine and a blarney with their missus. Especially if they find out you are paying more rent than them.
If you aren't well aquainted with the place and can't speak Khmer too well, forget it. If you are you don't need to be told this.
I was happier when they put a big cage on the front, just because it compromises my security, you could step from one balcony to the next.
It seems like a pleasant enough place to live, as far as living with 4 people in a room that's smaller than my kitchen goes. It's very clean, the neighbors seem very pleasant if a bit transient. There might be some kind of communal washing area downstairs, but probably nothing special. The tiny bathroom in the corner will be the source of all that involves water and it's disposal. That's a nice place. Go out to Veng Sreng and check out the place.
Not saying it can't be done, but you'll likely come under a certain amount of scrutiny from locals for having such a pitiful accomodation. Your immediate neighbors might not be the smiley happy people you thought you knew after 2 liters of rice wine and a blarney with their missus. Especially if they find out you are paying more rent than them.
If you aren't well aquainted with the place and can't speak Khmer too well, forget it. If you are you don't need to be told this.
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not sure about PP but in Sihanoukville there are plenty of places for around $100 that are very livable
my last apartment was 1 very big bedroom, separate kitchen, separate western bathroom, hot water, air-con, was just a block of 7 ground floor apartments with a big yard out front with fruit trees, all for $130 per month, i had another similar place for $120,
if you dont care about hot water and aircon, there are many for $80 or less, if you dont mind more khmer standards (khmer toilet/no kitchen) $30/40
my last apartment was 1 very big bedroom, separate kitchen, separate western bathroom, hot water, air-con, was just a block of 7 ground floor apartments with a big yard out front with fruit trees, all for $130 per month, i had another similar place for $120,
if you dont care about hot water and aircon, there are many for $80 or less, if you dont mind more khmer standards (khmer toilet/no kitchen) $30/40
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Some of these deals sound like true paradise. Reminds me of returning to nature and being at peace with little to nothing, rather than the insatiable desire for an amount of luxury. Do foreigners in Cambodia ever go down this way? Or do they sort of aim for the same sort of standard of living that they'd be used to at home? For some reason this environment of little to nothing sounds like a simple answer to the question of how to forget about yourself and your own big head.
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You come across as being extremely naive. How about spending at least 10 minutes in the environment before spouting off such nonsense about "paradise"?
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Most foreigners DO NOT go down this road as we typically do not want to live like 3rd world peasants. For the whopping price of $250 a month, I rent the entire top floor of a Khmer person's house. 2 bed/3 bathroom. nothing fancy, but to you it must seem like the 4 seasons.jyk91 wrote:Some of these deals sound like true paradise. Reminds me of returning to nature and being at peace with little to nothing, rather than the insatiable desire for an amount of luxury. Do foreigners in Cambodia ever go down this way? Or do they sort of aim for the same sort of standard of living that they'd be used to at home? For some reason this environment of little to nothing sounds like a simple answer to the question of how to forget about yourself and your own big head.
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Just rented a room for a girl down here in Siahnookville for $45 per month,all Khmer place a big room with toilet and shower,with a tv as well.Looked at one for $25 per month,It was under a traditional wooden house and was a complete shit hole.
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The simple life sounds romantic to outsiders...
Wait until they move in and realise that they and their possessions are under the microscope from all neighbours. Having to carry all your valuable possessions around with you as they could be nicked from the room when you return.
Not being able to communicate with any neighbours... and any communication likely to be about money.
Frequent power cuts and then finding out 6 months later that you are paying for your neighbours electricity too (& the landlord knew).
Neighbours rubbish piling up outside your place giving the rats ample scavenging at night time.
Hearing exactly what is going on in your neighbours house at all hours & vice versa.
Go for it. Let us know how happy you are after a few months.
Contrary to the picture I'm painting these places aren't all crap holes - but it will be very, very difficult living for a foreigner.
Wait until they move in and realise that they and their possessions are under the microscope from all neighbours. Having to carry all your valuable possessions around with you as they could be nicked from the room when you return.
Not being able to communicate with any neighbours... and any communication likely to be about money.
Frequent power cuts and then finding out 6 months later that you are paying for your neighbours electricity too (& the landlord knew).
Neighbours rubbish piling up outside your place giving the rats ample scavenging at night time.
Hearing exactly what is going on in your neighbours house at all hours & vice versa.
Go for it. Let us know how happy you are after a few months.
Contrary to the picture I'm painting these places aren't all crap holes - but it will be very, very difficult living for a foreigner.
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not sure about some of you, but i didn't leave states a lifetime ago to live like a working class local
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^^^^^ This and above.
People look for where is better, easier, convenient. You have 'romantic' ideas of simplicity, but living 'like Khmer' is not simple. They have plenty of life dilemmas to face.
Paradise is when you live in a separate house of your own, miles away from any living (human) creatures, there is no war going on in the place you are settled in, and no one has problems with you being rich/poor, white/black, speak a local language/not a single word, have a partner/single etc. etc.
Sounds like you need to sort out this internal head noice of yours first, to have a realistic, no pink glasses view of what's around.
People look for where is better, easier, convenient. You have 'romantic' ideas of simplicity, but living 'like Khmer' is not simple. They have plenty of life dilemmas to face.
Paradise is when you live in a separate house of your own, miles away from any living (human) creatures, there is no war going on in the place you are settled in, and no one has problems with you being rich/poor, white/black, speak a local language/not a single word, have a partner/single etc. etc.
Sounds like you need to sort out this internal head noice of yours first, to have a realistic, no pink glasses view of what's around.
I have a friend that lives in a place like has been described, one room with a bathroom in the corner. He pays around $100 which covers rent utilities, cable and WiFi. It's not so bad. The room is a decent size (about 5m x 10m) with a small counter with a sink for a kitchen. The key seems to be that the owners run a tight ship. They live next door, the common areas are kept clean and people that cause problems are shown the door. Of course there are downsides; as the only barang around everything you do is grist for the local gossip mill. My wife usually gets the full rundown for the previous days activities at the market each morning.
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When I first moved to Phnom Penh, I lived in an " apartment" near City Mall and Olympic Stadium. The add was very nice, stating the building was built to western standards, most of the inhabitants were Australians, New Zealanders, Americans etc. The photo of the building was evocative of a French Colonial building with cafe's and bistros on the ground level, and modest 1 bed, or 2 bed apartments with private baths. The pictures of the interiors were very nice. Flatscreen tv. And wifi included. housekeeping was available for an additional fee of $15/month and should you choose to use the lift that was $15 month also. The price was a very enticing $125 month excluding electricity and water. You could choose between rooms with AC and fan, or just a fan which were even cheaper at $110 month. A one months rent deposit was required, and leases were required. I opted for the one month and I'm glad I did. I'd been in Cambodia 1 day when I rented, so I wasn't that familiar with the lay of the land. This neighborhood was really depressing, very dirty with garbage everywhere the street smelled fetid, and the street had 3 masssge parlors on the block. The apartment catered to these gentlemen who needed and extended stay as well. . The managers spoke not a word of English, and the night shift managers consisted of a couple of grade school boys. The place was filthy, there was constantly something breaking be it the AC, the TV, the toilet. Though it wasn't a nightmare, it was generally unpleasant. My western compatriots all appeared to be shady characters of some type. I got the impression one was on meth, another hiding from the law with his bad hair dye job. As I said it wasn't a nightmare, but after a month I left for different quarters. And this being Cambodia, my utilities added up to exactly my deposit ( though 2 out of 4 weeks I was out of the city) and so there was no refund. I expressed my displeasure at no refund, but eventually gave up the fight. The lady manager insisted on getting me a tuk tuk to riverside. Later I found out she told him to take me to Vietnam and drop me off.
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