Name: Apartment Hunting in Hanoi, Vietnam 2017 | LIFE IN VIETNAM
Uploaded: 2018-01-11T03:30:08.000Z
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I'm lakeside here, this is just a one minute
walk away from my new apartment.

I never imagined living so close to a lake
in Vietnam, I think this is the biggest lake

There's just a lot of people, there's nice
park space.

There's people exercising, there's lots of
free exercise machines, just like Korea.

So you get a lot of the old people and stuff,
doing light workouts and stuff.

Working the ellipticals and other kinds of
stretches.

I like this environment and I like that it's
right by my new apartment.

So speaking of new apartment, this is the
apartment hunting video in Hanoi.

In Hanoi, just like anywhere else, it depends
on what you're looking for in terms of housing.

You know, if you're looking for like a two
bedroom, if you're looking for a studio, if

Those are all going to be factors that go
into finding your place, right?

So just like anywhere else in the world, Hanoi
has its very low range, and very high range.

If you want to spend a couple grand for an
apartment per month, or if you want to spend

While looking for apartments, there's several
ways you could do it.

You could call a real estate agent, themselves,
you can go online, I went through the "Hanoi

It's a really great place where you can find
posting on all types of units, for rent, or

Short term, long term, it's all listed there.

So initially I was looking for a room in a
shared apartment ranging between $170 to $250

and hopefully one of those rooms would have
an "ensuite bathroom" meaning that the bathroom

is inside the room, not outside of the room.

I wanted some natural lighting and if possible
a balcony space where I could look up some

Drink a cup of coffee in the morning and just
chill on my own balcony.

So the first apartment, I was taken to this
place that has actual slum surroundings, there's

like a sewage stream and it had like styrofoam
and all this other trash in it.

Not the first thing that I want to see when
I'm coming, literally, to the first apartment

We go in this very nice big first floor but
also in the kitchen we turn on the lights

So it's dark, he turns the light on, and I
hear all this noise, like what the hell is

And all the pots and pans in the sink and
stuff are moving around and then like 3 rats

That was totally unexpected and so on top
of the slum stuff, plus the rats, that's definitely

not something you want to see while house
hunting.

So immediately, those two things, without
even seeing the room, I was just like nope,

But just to show you guys what the rooms do
look like.

There was a room, it had barely any light.

The balcony was kind of big but it faced the
back of the building and so there was like

It's kind of strange to go sit out there in
the morning and have a cup of coffee.

And the bathroom was shared with one person
that lives on the same floor.

So it did not meet any of the requirements
that I was hoping for, except that it was

Apartment 2 was in a little bit more of an
actual residential area, which is great, it's

Unfortunately, the room was still occupied,
the tenants weren't going to leave for another

The balcony was very tiny, and the bathroom
wasn't in the room like I was hoping for.

It was across the hallway, and that also had
like no natural light, it was very dark and

That one was $250 per month for that unit.

The 3rd place I was looking at was $250 a
month, and it had a really big room.

It had a big room with natural lighting, enough
space in there for a desk and a refrigerator,

and a queen sized bed, plus like a living
room, you know?

You could walk around in it and not feel like
you're trapped in a box.

It did come with a small balcony, enough that
you could potentially maybe put a chair out

So this room was also occupied, and they also
had the cutest puppy, that puppy was so playful.

So the room itself was fine, but it seems
like the shared kitchen situation just wasn't

It was really dirty, there was trash everywhere,
people were mainly using the kitchen on the

Instead of the one on the 1st floor, where
the motorcycles are.

I don't know why, but anyway, both were a
little bit dirty.

The unit after that was also $250 for a room
in a shared apartment, it was actually next

door to the first unit that I was shown this
day.

And the balcony was really small, there was
only standing space, and the room was still

It did have an ensuite bathroom, but it was
kind of dark and no lighting or anything like

And the room itself smelled a little bit funky,
but I guess that's because it was still occupied

by the tenants who were going to leave later
on that week.

So it finally came down to my 3rd day of apartment
hunting, and I figured I'm looking at all

these rooms in shared apartments, between
$170~$250 a month.

Maybe I'm not seeing what I'm hoping for because
of the price range.

So even if I go up just a little bit and try
to get some of those creature comforts that

I enjoy, such as a clean kitchen, private
bathroom.

So I decided why not go for a studio, that
way I don't have to worry about roommates

So day 3, I checked out this studio apartment
for $350 a month.

So this place had a kitchen, and a bedroom,
and a patio space.

The shower was a little weird, it was this
like Italian imported shower jacuzzi massage

thing, which seemed really out of place for
the type of apartment it was.

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