Repulse Bay/Mid Levels/The American Club

[HowardCoombs]

I suggest you also give Kowloon Station a good look, don't disregard Kowloon side beforehand!

Parents working in Central, 1 kid at the Peak and the other kid in PokFuLam : Living in Kowloon makes as much sense as living in TuenMun. The family has a budget of 100,000 per month. What possible reason would they want to live in Kowloon Station?

[Molie]

Parents working in Central, 1 kid at the Peak and the other kid in PokFuLam : Living in Kowloon makes as much sense as living in TuenMun. The family has a budget of 100,000 per month. What possible reason would they want to live in Kowloon Station?

Well, Central is 3 minutes, Pok Fu Lam is 30 minutes and as CITY people at least there is enough to do here! Our rent is HKD 100,000 as well, gets you a nice apartment here with excellent club facilities.

[HowardCoombs]

3 minutes - thats a good one. Do you work for a property company by any chance?
If not, you should consider it as you have natural talent to speak the selective truth.

There are far more appropriate choices on the island without resorting to the dark side, but sure, by all means one should consider it before rejecting it as being a bit of an off the wall option.

[Molie]

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Yes. But for that budget you can also get a nice duplex in one of the the other towers, often with amazing view!

[HowardCoombs]

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Good for you but aren't you forgetting to think of the childrrunnn

[rani]

I would live closer to school than work. It's just easier to manage play dates, after school activities etc.

[Satay Sue]

I would live closer to school than work. It's just easier to manage play dates, after school activities etc.

Normally, anywhere else I would do that. But here, with the school situation, we have friends living all over the place. Our school is in Kennedy Town but my son's friends (and some of the other mothers whom I'm friends with), live in Ap Lei Chau, Repulse Bay, Stanley, Gold Coast and Lantau Island!

[rani]

I am guessing the OP's kids are in ESF (1 in the Peak and another in Pok Fu Lam), hence the majority of the kids will be from the area.

[Molie]

3 minutes - thats a good one. Do you work for a property company by any chance?
If not, you should consider it as you have natural talent to speak the selective truth.

There are far more appropriate choices on the island without resorting to the dark side, but sure, by all means one should consider it before rejecting it as being a bit of an off the wall option.

Yeah sure, I work for a property company. It's a pity you are so blunt, we have hundreds (if not more) of families living here with kids in school all over the island and at least half of the people living here work in Central. It takes my husband exactly 12 minutes from door-to-door to get to his office. We lived in Manhattan a few years and like TS, are city people. I am just pointing out the possibility of Kowloon Station because she might be miserable in the remote expat enclaves like the Southside, Pok Fu Lam etc. We are forever greatful thet our relocation company pointed us towards KS, had no idea living here would be so convenient and so much fun!

Happy house hunting "Monster"!

[Molie]

Normally, anywhere else I would do that. But here, with the school situation, we have friends living all over the place. Our school is in Kennedy Town but my son's friends (and some of the other mothers whom I'm friends with), live in Ap Lei Chau, Repulse Bay, Stanley, Gold Coast and Lantau Island!

Yeah here too. Lots of kids that go to HKIS for example. What school does your son go to SS? My boy goes to school in Kennedy Town as well!