Im moving to HK in August with my girlfriend and would appreciate some advice on which area to move to.
We are both Australian, in our late 20s and are students, studying at the Uni of Hong Kong (HK island) and City University of Hong Kong (U understand that Kowloon Tong MTR station is close).
Our budget is approx 15-20k per month and we are looking for a 1 bedroom apartment (not a studio) for approximately 1 year.
So my questions are:
1. which areas in HK would be best for us? Ideally, we would like to be no more than 40min from either uni (peak hour), close to restaurants/supermarkets, no more than 30min from nightlife and the apartment should be clean. A view, gymn, pool and other extras are not important to us.
2. Which of the following will be the cheapest?
(a) to rent a serviced apartment;
(b) to rent a furnished apartement; or
(c) to rent a vacant apartment and buy the furtniture ourselves (we would be happy buying from ikea or second hand)
Thanks for any help you may be able to give us.