Renting month to month
Renting month to month
What is the best way to go about renting an apartment month to month? We have tried agota, but the prices seem very high. Is it better to visit guest houses in person? What would be the typical month to month price for an apartment in Phnom Penh with a small western style kitchen and 1 bedroom?
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It all depends on location, your ability towards negotiating the rental market, and what you define as a 'small western style kitchen'.
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ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
There are more and more apartment buildings being completed now, where you can get a reasonable environment including furniture for around USD 250 + service costs + electric. That would be for a year contract with 1 month deposit. That would be much, much cheaper than through Agoda and the like.Mike03 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:49 pmWhat is the best way to go about renting an apartment month to month? We have tried agota, but the prices seem very high. Is it better to visit guest houses in person? What would be the typical month to month price for an apartment in Phnom Penh with a small western style kitchen and 1 bedroom?
Just drive around your preferred area and watch for rental signs in English. Look out for the newer 5+ stories buildings and you usually get a reasonable western style one.
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English presupposes better educated.
Logical question: who would charge a higher rent, an uneducated person, or a person whose family had spent hundreds on English schooling?
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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v12, please name some of these "cheap places" as the last ones i have visited were all 600USD+ for 2 rooms, 1 room being charged 400+.
This was in "new 5+ stories buildings"
I guess you must be living in a city that's different than PP, because price have boomed and wether it's empty or not, owners don't give a fuck, they won't lower their prices as a chinaman will probably come one day and pay the 850USD per month they ask for the studio.
This was in "new 5+ stories buildings"
I guess you must be living in a city that's different than PP, because price have boomed and wether it's empty or not, owners don't give a fuck, they won't lower their prices as a chinaman will probably come one day and pay the 850USD per month they ask for the studio.
Why would I care? I'm Khmer
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You might as well go for a guesthouse, most property-owners aren't interested in short term rents, especially when their furniture/ fittings could be ruined by some fly-by-night shitehawk. If you put a big security deposit down they won't care though. .
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
PP, Toulkork. Khmer apartment with OK furniture at the second floor town-house with own entrance in quiet environment for USD 250, monthly basis. Several times in the same building with new western, 2 rooms, apartment with full furniture for USD 275, monthly basis. Currently, in a brand-new 8 stories, full western style studio, all furniture for USD 255, year contract. All arranged and I moved in within 1 day after starting searching.upstage wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:28 pmv12, please name some of these "cheap places" as the last ones i have visited were all 600USD+ for 2 rooms, 1 room being charged 400+.
This was in "new 5+ stories buildings"
I guess you must be living in a city that's different than PP, because price have boomed and wether it's empty or not, owners don't give a fuck, they won't lower their prices as a chinaman will probably come one day and pay the 850USD per month they ask for the studio.
And every time, I did have more than option to choose from.
In the Toulkork area, there are several buildings nearly completed, etc. Take care you are there early on and you have the best choices and an empty building, which makes the pressure for the building manager high enough to lower pricing. The (TK) market is being flooded with apartments, at the moment. Already available or becoming available in within 6 months.
It definitely helps when you speak some basic Khmer, build some relationship with staff and owners, when you are able to make some jokes and let people laugh a bit, are able to negotiate, etc. I usually show up with my (happy and very active) kids, wearing cloths from positively recognized Khmer private school, to make it clear from the beginning, I am not a degenerated western guy and that kind of things, though I take care of a family.
Monthly rental is difficult and does usually cost around USD 100 a month extra, though if you are prepared to take the risk and loose a months deposit, you get yourself a year contract and can move out any time (just give a decent notice, don't make a mess and let the landlord keep the deposit, then all is fine). After around 2-3 months you already have a better deal, compared to living in guesthouse, not forgetting you have a proper kitchen in your Studio/Apartment and no staff is entering your home, neighbors you start to know, etc. You also can buy yourself some extra items like a fan (saves a lot on airco costs and is much more comfortable compared to the cold air from an airco), get some cleaning stuff, proper desk, office chair, etc. It becomes your own home, instead of living in a guesthouse with minimal furniture and a bed to live on.
And let me add: From around USD 400 a month, you can get a 4 bathroom town house without furniture in quiet areas (boreys) of Toul Sangkay. Houses of around 6-8 years old, though shoddy Khmer build quality. Though, when you rent with 2 or 3 people, this can be very interesting. Utilities do cost roughl another USD 150 a month. Not for monthly rentals, though.
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