hi all, I've been reading your posts here and i have convinced my husband that we should stay in a serviced apartment for a month before committing to a move from Australia to Hong Kong. We are going to stay in a 2 bedroom serviced apartment in HKGC in April / may this year.
We currently run an online company here in Australia and we will be opening an additional HK office in Hong Kong if we can get the visa's ect. So we don't need to be in central.
We have a 1 year old boy that we would like to learn Mandarin while he's little and so we are thinking about a local kindergarten for him.
We have about $100,000 hkd (after other expenses) to spend on rent and living costs per month in hong kong.
We were thinking of spending less than $25,000 hk on rent and we were looking at the Gold Coast area. We are thinking about a 3 bedroom apartment as we have lots of family who will be visiting when we move (and retired grandparents who will stay for a while) Neither of us want a car so we are hoping to use the busses/MTR if we need to go anywhere.
What i want to know is when we come over on our scouting mission:
1) does this area have good quality shopping for daily items?
2) Are there lots of Australian brands for baby items? huggies nappies, infacol, nurofen ect?
3) Are the schools (for a 1 year old and up) in this area that are good. Should i try to view them when we come over for a month?
4) Is the internet speed and service of a good quality? and is it available in the GC area.
5) do you have to pay extra for facilities in the hotel? i.e. clubhouse, gym.
6) anyone know how big the beds are as i'm 6'2?
7) Out of Central is the office space cheaper and the online services still just as good as in the city centre? Is there office space around the HK GC Area?
8) Any meet and greet groups in that area?
9) Any food joints that we should try or avoid?
I know it's a lot but if you guys can answer a couple we would really appreciate it.