you can find studios around 4.5-5.5k in CWB on Craiglist/Gumtree. I found some, but my budget was (is) 3k/month so I moved into shared flat, which you can find 2.5-3.5k, same place.
In Jordan, I found a room for 1.6k though :P
Cozy is crap, I wouldnt even put my enemy in one of those. Have never seen anything like that before. Total Scam/Sham, the owners deserve to have a hot soldering iron jabbed in their eyes.
What kinda service apartment tells you that you have to provide your own towels and toilet paper? Buy your own shampoo and body wash? F**K those people!
Grrrrrrrrr, the more I think about it, the more pissed I get.
See my rant here: http://www.geoexpat.com/forum/thread56551.html
Hell I wouldnt stay there again if they paid me. Place was disgusting to say the least, felt like a slum or some inner city project.