Workers receiving the minimum wage must spend more than a fifth of their income on a one-room rent in Seoul, a study found. According to real estate platform Cafe, the average rent price for a one-room room in Seoul this year was 400,000 won. So what does the interior of the 500,000 won rent room in Seoul look like?
Survey data shows that minimum wage workers spend at least one-fifth of their income in Seoul. According to data from Dabang, a real estate information service platform, the average monthly rent of a single room in Seoul this year is 400,000 won. So what does a single room in Seoul with a monthly rent of 500,000 won look like?
Rent 500,000 won One room duplex?
How about a duplex studio with a monthly rent of 500,000 won?
On July 27, a video was uploaded to the YouTube channel "BoDA BoDA", titled "Duplex that cannot be climbed once, One Room in Seoul, Weather And Weather". The video featured YouTuber Russell, who works as an authorized broker, reviewing a one-room room in Sinlim-dong, Seoul, famous for his self-inflicted villages. Russell said, "It's a lot of houses, it's a lot of hills. That's why it's cheap," he said, "and there are a lot of houses here, so those who came to Seoul in the first place get a lot of rent."
On the 27th, the YouTube channel "BODA 보다" uploaded a video titled "Duplex that can't go up and down, incredible Seoul single room". In the video, Russell, a real estate agent and YouTube blogger, travels to Sinlam-dong, Seoul, known as a "solitary village", to introduce the audience to the single rooms in this area. Russell said: "The houses here are very close together, and the slope is also more, so the houses are cheap. There are many old houses in this area, so many people who come to Seoul for the first time rent here. ”
The first house Russell visited was a duplex one-room room. He introduced the house and said, "This is a old house, but it's a remodeled house." For a deposit of 5 million won, the one room was clean with toilets and lighting, and the flats were spacious. The problem was the duplex space. The upper kitchen of the house was made of duplexes so that it could be used as a warehouse, and the location was so high that it seemed dangerous for people to climb.
The first russell introduced was a duplex studio. He said: "Although it is an old house, it has been renovated." The house deposit is 5 million won and the monthly rent is 500,000 won. The bathroom and lighting are clean and the area is relatively large. But the problem is its duplex structure. The space above the kitchen was made into a warehouse, but because the position was too high, it was still dangerous to climb up and down.
Russell, who actually climbed a ladder into a duplex space, said, "It's scary because the ladder is shaking," adding, "I came up because of my luggage, and the ladder might fall off. The slope is high." He mentioned one more problem. It was a stretch of wires outside the room window. Pointing to the legends outside the window, Russell said, "You can touch it wrong and leave the world."
Russell, who tried to climb up, said: "The ladders are shaking, it's scary. People are coming up, in case the ladder falls. And the ladder is also very steep. He pointed out another problem. The window was full of wires. Russell pointed to the wires outside the window and said, "If you're not careful, you might have to say goodbye to the world." ”
300,000 won is poorer.
A house with a monthly rent of 300,000 won is even worse
The one room, which can go to 300,000 won in rent, is even poorer. In March, the YouTube channel "All Of Your Jobs" revealed a 300,000-won rent-per-sale room near Sinlim-dong. One of the rooms was a basement one room located in an underground parking area. There was no toilet in the room, so if you want to use the bathroom, you have to go outside and open another door.
The monthly rent of 300,000 yuan for a single room is worse. In March, the YouTube channel "Career Everything" visited a single room near Shinrin-dong with a monthly rent of 300,000 won. One of them is a semi-basement studio located in the underground car park. There is no bathroom in the room, if you want to go to the toilet, you have to go out to the next room.
The room that surprised the enjoyers the most was the one with the toilet and kitchen. The room was located in front of the toilet seat of the room which was washed with toilet tiles, a stove and a microwave. According to youtubers in the video, the price of this room was 300,000 won in rent for a deposit of 500,000 won.
But what surprised netizens the most was a single room shared by the toilet and kitchen. This house was built on a high slope. Inside the studio there is a small room covered with tiles. There is a toilet in the small room, and in front of the toilet there is an induction cooker, microwave oven, etc. The YouTube blogger in the video said that the deposit for the single room was 500,000 won and the monthly rent was 300,000 won.
Raise administrative fees instead of rent.
Do not increase monthly rent, increase management fees
With the revision of the Rental Protection Act in July last year, landlords are increasingly receiving higher administrative costs instead of raising their rent. With the Lease Protection Act, landlords can no longer increase their rent by more than 5% when they renew their contract. This means that some landlords are raising administrative costs to avoid rent regulations and income exposure.
Since the revision of the Tenancy Protection Law in July last year, there have been many landlords who do not increase their monthly rents, but increase management fees. The new Tenancy Protection Act requires landlords to not exceed 5% increase in room rates when renewing their contracts for a longer period. Therefore, some landlords have increased management fees in order to avoid the restrictions of the new regulations.
Currently, single-room or multi-family homes are not regulated, unlike apartments, allowing landlords to freely increase management costs. Mr. A, who was recently seeking a one-room charter, found a 20-million-won charter with a deposit, and was told by an authorized broker that he would have to pay 270,000 won in administrative expenses, separate from electricity and gas, each month. Mr. A responded, "I found a charter without rent, but if I pay 270,000 won for administrative expenses, it's no different than 270,000 won in rent."
Studio or multi-family homes do not have many legal restrictions like apartments, and landlords can increase management fees at will. Recently, A, who wanted to rent a full rental house, found a full rental house with a deposit of 20 million won. According to the intermediary, in addition to the electricity and gas bills, an additional management fee of 270,000 won will be paid every month. A said: "I am looking for a full rental house just to not pay the monthly rent. But what is the difference between the management fee of 270,000 won and the monthly rent of 270,000 won. ”
On the other hand, enjoyers who encountered the 500,000-won duplex one-room room in Sinlim-dong have a variety of reactions, such as "The fortress has shelves, and there are many houses that are said to be duplexes," "If I get it wrong, I will really hurt it, and there are too many houses beyond my imagination."
After seeing the duplex single room rented by 500,000 won per month in Xinlindong, netizens said: "Recently, many houses have set up a board, saying that they are duplexes", "This kind of one accidentally falls down but it will fall very seriously", "Many houses are beyond my cognition" and so on.
Today's Vocabulary:
주거비 【Noun】Cost of residence
기상천외 [noun] Extraterrestrial fantasy, whimsical, whimsical
돌아보다 [he verb] visit, tour, look around, look around
구옥 【Noun】Old house. Former residence
리모델링【Noun】House renovation
Sentence syntax:
- to
Used after the stem of a verb, it indicates the purpose or intention of doing something, equivalent to the Chinese "for...".
I got up early to meet my boyfriend and cremated her pretty.
In order to meet my boyfriend, I got up early and put on beautiful makeup.
*Can also be used in the form of "noun +을/를 위해서".
I live hard for my dreams.
Live hard for the dream.
- Daaga
Used when one action that has been going on is interrupted and another action is done.
I got a phone call while eating.
I was eating when I answered a phone call.
I went out with a friend while reading a comic book.
Read the comic book and went out with friends.
I wrote an email and I thought, I called.
Writing the email suddenly remembered you, so I made a phone call.
I studied and started.
I fell asleep as I learned.
I was skating and I was over.
Fell while skating.