Hello.
I'll be relocating from Australia to Hong Kong and moving with my wife and son aged 28 months (2 years, 4 months).
1. The company that I will be working for is based in the WeWork Taikoo Shing. I will be a local package, so have to rely on tax rebates, etc.
2. I understand that getting a place in Bilingual Nursery/school is hard. I can probably stretch to 200K pa for pre/school. Though, prefer to spend less. I think we will eventually send him to the Australian school, but that is a few years away and we would really have to move to Kowloon without leaving him stuck an hour+ each way to get to/from school.
3. Probably need 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom. I can afford up to 50K a month without compromising ability to pay for school, etc.
4. Our son loves the outdoors and running around, so would prefer a building with club facilities, indoor play ground, etc. I was initially looking at Cullian West, etc that seem new; but it seems quite a journey by MRT to get the office each day.
Any suggestions on building/locations to look to live in and nursery / pre-school to send our son to?
I'm trying to figure out which areas would be affordable and be a happy medium between travelling to work and getting a good preschool and not travelling too far, etc. Being too far from office makes it difficult to get back home to help out, etc.
I've had a look at international preschools / nurseries and most of the good ones are in the Kowloon side (YCIS, AIS, etc).
We have spent a few months at a time in Korea, so understand that apartments can be smaller than a full house in Australia, etc. We have spent time living out of a hotel suite (for my previous work). Being in small spaces can work, but as he gets older, he loves being outside.
My wife and I would like him to maintain English. He only converses with us in English and can string together 5-6 word sentences. My wife is Korean and can understand Hangul, but only says a few words.
Wife will work from home, so we need a home office for 'stuff'.