Asians are born picky and like to keep their options open.englishaussie wrote: I've registered my interest in looking for a room on ., but was quite surprised about the lack of personal information provided by the people advertising a room.
Agents who post these like doing a bait-and-switch. They post one thing, you call them up, they give you a different thing. You meet them, the will give you something yet different from the first two.Eibow wrote:I seem to be finding the same thing. Many of the listings are merely a picture of the building a given unit is in. Lack of information on current tenants is even more rare than pictures.
So, if as the moderator said, this isnt the forum in which to find like minded roomies... where is?Eibow wrote:I seem to be finding the same thing. Many of the listings are merely a picture of the building a given unit is in. Lack of information on current tenants is even more rare than pictures. I still feel like forums like these might be a good place to arrange housing with someone you will enjoy living with and be able to split rent costs with.
Why not room with a colleague for a few weeks on arrival whilst looking for a flat-share of your own? You seem to have already established that sorting anything else out is going to be a challenge prior to your arrival.englishaussie wrote: So, if as the moderator said, this isnt the forum in which to find like minded roomies... where is?
Some of my colleagues, who are already based in Singapore, suggested I either room with one of them - which defeats the purpose of sharing to make more friends for me... or bringing all my furniture over and renting a larger place than I can really afford and then advertising for flatmates myself - at least then, the power is in my hands to pick and choose! Mmmmmmmm
This is what I did when I arrived here. Makes you less inclined to take the first room that comes along out of desperation.JR8 wrote:Why not room with a colleague for a few weeks on arrival whilst looking for a flat-share of your own? You seem to have already established that sorting anything else out is going to be a challenge prior to your arrival.englishaussie wrote: So, if as the moderator said, this isnt the forum in which to find like minded roomies... where is?
Some of my colleagues, who are already based in Singapore, suggested I either room with one of them - which defeats the purpose of sharing to make more friends for me... or bringing all my furniture over and renting a larger place than I can really afford and then advertising for flatmates myself - at least then, the power is in my hands to pick and choose! Mmmmmmmm
Funny you say that, I'm actually from Marin County. I didn't plan on using the forum for this, but it does seem like that would work if it wasn't forbidden. My work is actually going to be putting me up in a place for 2-weeks upon my arrival to give me adequate time to find a spot for the year. Hopefully that will be enough time to find a place i enjoy living in rather than settling.sundaymorningstaple wrote:Having gone to school in Alameda during the late '70's, the only part of San Fran I miss are the diving sites north of San Fran on the other side of the golden gate in Marin county.
Ah come on, expats can always 'stretch' their budget ..nakatago wrote: Agents who post these like doing a bait-and-switch. They post one thing, you call them up, they give you a different thing. You meet them, the will give you something yet different from the first two.
We learned our lesson.ecureilx wrote:Ah come on, expats can always 'stretch' their budget ..nakatago wrote: Agents who post these like doing a bait-and-switch. They post one thing, you call them up, they give you a different thing. You meet them, the will give you something yet different from the first two.![]()
If you say that your budget is $ 1,000, the answer will be, yes, there is, and when you meet, oh, you know what, the 1,000 unit is not cool, shall we stretch to $ 1,500, and ah, yes, the PUB and this and that will only add a 'small' amount of another 2,000 .. so you scratch your head and say 'show me a 2,000 $ unit', the 2,000 $ unit will morph into a 3,000 $ stretch ..
Hence my not-so-liked comment: come and see and decide: don't do deals over the net unless you are the type who has no regrets, even when everything goes belly up ..
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