Apartment+in+Chengdu


 * Introduction to Apartment in Chengdu **

Dear Teachers: Welcome to LIS! Welcome to Chengdu! LIS is working with the top relocating service provider in Chengdu named Maxxelli to help you find your most favorable apartment when you arrive here. Before introducing consultant from Maxxelli to you, I would like to give you some brief introduction about apartments in Chengdu. The consultant from Maxxelli will send you a “Residential Needs Assessment” form, please fill out the form and send back to the agent. They will search available apartments for you and provide you suggestions.

You may have no ideas which areas you should choose to live at and what is the reasonable rent you should pay for as you may know nothing about Chengdu. The following information may help you little bit and better manage your housing budget.

Most foreigners live in Tongzi lin area, which is located in the south of Chengdu. Supermarkets, stores, Chinese and western restaurants, bars and places for entertainment are around. It is around 30 minutes drive from the campus. This is also why the rent in this area is more expensive than apartments in other areas. Some of our staff choose to live in the other three areas too.
 * Jade city, several of our middle school staff live in this compound. Good environment, near a big park called Donghu Park, and near a big shopping mall called Wan Da Square; inside there is a Japanese mall called Ito Yokato and with lots of restaurants and stores. It is around 40-45 minutes drive from the campus.
 * Emerald, one or two-bedroom apartment available, well furnished and quiet; walking distance to Ikea, Auchan and Gallaria. It is around 30 minutes drive from the school, 5 minutes drive to Tongzi Lin area.
 * Swan Lake, good apartment available and big area. It is only 15-20 minutes drive to the school. It is the starting/ending stop of Metro. The transportation is good though it is out of town. Because of this, the rent is much cheaper than in the Tongzi Lin Area.

Your housing allowance covers the rent, tax, management fee, and internet and utilities costs. Let’s take an example. If your monthly housing cost is as below (all are rough numbers); Monthly rent: 4,000RMB Tax: 240RMB (If the rent is less than 5,000RMB, the tax will be 6%; if it is equal to or more than 5,000RMB, the tax will be 10%) The property management fee is around 300/month, rubbish clearance fee is 8/month, ADSL and local telephone fee is around 140/month, utilities cost (electricity, water and gas) is around 1000/month or less (depend on how you use your air conditioner). Your total expense on this apartment equals: 4000+4000x0.06+300+8+140+1000=5688rmb/month. The School will pay for the first time installation fee of telephone, internet and satellite TV. The monthly charge of internet and phone will come out of your monthly housing allowance. If your monthly housing allowance is 6,000RMB/month, when you talk to the consultant, I would suggest that you tell them that your net rent budget is around **3500-4000RM**B OR **4000- 4500RMB**, then you can still have 1000-2000RMB left to pay for utilities. The school will work Maxxelli and assist you with the arrangement of monthly utilities payment.
 * How to manage your housing budget? **

Almost all apartments provided by the agent will be furnished apartments. The furniture, appliances and style will be different, but basic settings will be likely the same such as bed, wardrobe, sofa, TV, kitchen, dining table and chairs, refridge, washing machine, shower/bathtub, microwave oven. We usually can negotiate with the landlord and see they could provide or add DVD Player (very cheap), oven, dryer or additional furniture. All are negotiable. But if you request many addings, of course, the landlord will try to increase the rent. This is a rough idea about selecting an apartment. Hope this will help you understand better of the system here before you start conversation with consultant from Maxxelli. We are looking forward to your coming!
 * Furnished Apartment **

Léman International School -- Chengdu