Originally Posted by bryant.english:
Mat, why are you getting so worked up about this. I lived in a small village and made a lot of contacts in the local community. When you do that, the prices come down.
I'll give you an example, last week I went to look at a house in Kam Tin that is 6000p/m. It is an older style village house, 3 floors, four bedrooms and a roof terrace, btw, it is a whole house, not 3 flats, it's purpose built, a semi-detached. The owner said she'd get the whole thing repainted for 2000HKD extra. Must be 2000sqf. btw, it's probably still for rent and it's a 10 minute drive/mini-bus from Kam Tin...no need to get excited and PM me for the details though, I know a cousin of the village chief, that's how it works! If I'd wanted it I would have been one of two Gweilos in the village! There are many of these houses and they often sit empty for many months and won't be advertised through agencies.
I'm very sorry but those of us who have made our homes in the further reaches of the NTs really shake
our heads in disbelief at some of the figures that get thrown around on this site.
Not sure why you're so upset, why you've taken it so personally Mat...it wasn't meant that way and there's nothing in it for me to exaggerate how cheap I can get it, to be honest I think I could get it done for even less than 6000HKD.