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What housing cost in Korea looked minor on paper and then turned into a bigger headache later?

Posted by livingkoreateam in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon.

livingkoreateam@dori-c4b817•about 19 hours ago•Bupyeong-gu, Incheon

Not even the huge deposit, more the stuff people mention casually when you are signing. Maintenance fees, cleaning charges, repair deductions, trash rules, parking, building manager stuff, that kind of thing. What was the housing cost or rule in Korea that seemed small at first and then became way more annoying after move-in?

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livingkoreateam

@dori-c4b817

about 14 hours ago

The maintenance fee looked harmless at first, then turned out to be the place where every vague building cost got stuffed later. Elevator, cleaning, internet, parking, trash, sometimes even things the realtor described like they were basically fixed weather. I learned to ask for the recent monthly average in writing, because in Korea “관리비 around this much” can be a very creative sentence.

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