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Q: Short-term accommodation?

I'm leaving Beijing in October but my rental lease will expire 2 months before that so basically I need to find a place to stay for that period of time.

What would you do in that situation? What would be the cheapest option?

Basically I can pay up to around 5000 per month so that rules out hotel apartments and so on. Any suggestions would be warmly welcomed, thank you!

9 years 41 weeks ago in  Housing - Beijing

 
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Just ask your landlord if you can stay 2 more months! Im sure they wont care. Thats what I have always done and never had anyone say no. In fact they are happy to get a few more months rent before trying to find a new tenant.

mike695ca:

Also, If the apartment is already spoken for, you can go to a real estate company or look online and just find an apartment that will except a short term rental.  Its a little more costly, but still much cheaper than a hotel for 2 months, and certainly under 5K.  

 

I have done that every time I have moved to a new city. You dont know what areas you like untill you have had some time to walk around and check out the scene so first month is always a short term apartment. 

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expatlife26:

Yeah just ask to extend for 2 more months, unless they already have a tenant lined up (or the rental market has just exploded in your area and your contract is way below market) they have no reason to say no.

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Naturaly Beijing is more expensive than here in Small Town, but can't you stay a month in 7Days Inn for 5000 ? 

Scandinavian:

The idea of short term renting an apartment is of course way better than this

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ambivalentmace:

i have negotiated for a month stay in beijing at the 7 days inn where the line 10 and line 5 cross 2 years ago in the summer. for 165 a day.

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Get a Chinese friend to help you search ganji.com or you can check the rental agents that advertise on this site. 

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short term renting at this price is pretty much possible in Beijing. Just need to find a small room..you will need the help of chinese friends

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what other sites are there besides gangji, i used several before but cant for the life of me remember any of them 

 

please please

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what other sites are there besides gangji, i used several before but cant for the life of me remember any of them 

 

please please

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ambivalentmace:

also craigslist.org

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I used to stay in beijing. there are rooms you can rent monthly for 2000 rmb and the contract is 1 month period and 1 month deposit. it was located in Renmin University. You can check it out. I also have many friends there in Beijing. Please let me know if you need further support.

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It's a trolling wechat. You will be in trouble if you add ''her'' ON IT

9 years 2 weeks ago
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ID01:

ok, i must admit that i am acting like a troll on ecc, but i am a nice person in real life. 

 

i do have contacts in beijing and i was only trying to help.

 

i've realised this post was posted a while ago and you may not need help right now.

 

my ecc account might be deleted soon, i have contacted admin as i do not want to have anything to do with the psycho strawberry66.

 

 anyway the offer stays, and it's totally up to you if you want help from me or not.

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airbnb website, has the best deals.

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