My first trip to Shanghai to see Regalia for the first time was in March 1996. Three representatives of Golden Horse were at the airport to receive me and another buyer. The next day we took a taxi from our hotel to The Regalia. We were however not very impressed by the Shanghai apartment because it was not as grand as the building shown in the brochure. Neither were we happy with the fittings in the Shanghai apartments as there were tiny cracks in the main door, the parquet flooring was poorly polished and the cables of the air-conditioners were glaringly exposed. Further inspection of the building revealed that the common area facilities such as the basement carpark, the covered swimming pool, the karaoke lounge and the gym were still under construction! How could we rent out our units when these facilities were not ready? And the management insisted that we owners had to pay the monthly maintenance fee of RMB610.00 (about S$110) even when these common facilities were not ready!
We had suspected for some time that Golden Horse was in financial trouble soon after the lunar new year party. The banks in China had stopped lending money on easy terms to property developers because they had already built too many condos. With the source of money drying up, these developers with several mega projects half completed could hardly carry on. Unfortunately for the buyers of Regalia, only about three quarters the project had been completed. That was why the developer had to cut costs by reducing the work force and using poor-quality materials! We were really disappointed because we thought we had a good bargain.
You really have to believe the saying: Man proposes, God disposes.
Quietly Golden Horse branch office in Singapore closed down some time in the later part of 1997 or early 1998. Those of us who had paid for our properties with cash demanded that we be given the title deed. We were told that we had to ask the main officce in Shanghai to attend to any of our demands. We were very worried.
Another complaint of ours was that we had already paid the 6% stamp fee to the developer for prosessing the title deed. But when the govt had later reduced it to 3%, the developer took no action to refund us the extra 3% it had received from us. The excuse given was that they were short of monay and would try to refund us later. They were now playing "Taiji", an art of gently parrying with opponents.
Meanwhile I also faced the problem of finding a tenant for my Shanghai apartment. And the sooner I got one the better because, whether my Shanghai apartment was occupied or not, I had to pay the monthly maintenance fee of RMB610 (about 120 Sing dollars).
2013年10月10日星期四
2013年9月26日星期四
New Shanghai Apartment
I heard a rather disturbing story on NPR's Morning Edition while in the shower this morning.Here is an excerpt of the transcript from National Public Radio (note, the radio version can be heard here):
New figures show that property sales in China jumped 75 percent last year as record levels of bank loans boosted purchases. Property prices rose by the fastest pace in 18 months in December, adding to fears of a real estate bubble. China has been trying to rein in speculation.
One of the places with the fastest rise in prices is Shanghai. A new Shanghai apartment now costs 68 percent more than it did a year ago, according to Knight Frank, a commercial and residential property agency.
In many other Chinese cities, prices rose by 40 percent, the agency says. Now, ordinary people fear they are being priced out of the market, while the luxury sector is soaring."Last year, one of my customers arrived in a BMW, lugging two suitcases. Each suitcase contained the equivalent of about $70,000. He said, 'I've brought this money to buy a villa,' " recalls James Zhuo, a property agent for Century 21 who works in Lujiazui, one of Shanghai's most expensive areas.The coal-mine millionaire from the inland province of Shaanxi was the type of customer who was buying in 2009, Zhuo says.68% in one year?! Even (the relatively modest) 40% thoughout the rest of China is insanity. This kind of rapid growth even puts the early 2000's US bubble to shame.This article does a good job in highlighting how Chinese cities are already absorbing a massive amount of people flowing in from the Chinese countryside. That migration will surely raise demand for apartments in Chinese cities. That is an unprecedentedly large amount of people who'll be coming into the Chinese real estate market in the coming decades.While saying that, so much of the growth highlighted in the article appears to be fueled by luxury Shanghai apartments growth. Obviously, rural migrants aren't going to be adding to demand for those kinds of apartments.
To me, any investment or commodity or anything that grows 68% or 40% (or even an amount significantly less than these numbers) is shaky. It screams ponzi scheme or some other kind of predatory sucker operation.And usually, those kinds of schemes end up doing something like this:
The above photo is of a collapsed apartment building under construction in Shanghai this past summer.I really want China to avoid anything remotely close to what is going on in the US. Sure, Chinese people alive today have seen things much, much worse than anything going on in America right now. But things here in the US are bad. While things are going well for Qian and me on a personal level, the US as a whole is very sick. I hope China can learn from our mistakes.
New figures show that property sales in China jumped 75 percent last year as record levels of bank loans boosted purchases. Property prices rose by the fastest pace in 18 months in December, adding to fears of a real estate bubble. China has been trying to rein in speculation.
One of the places with the fastest rise in prices is Shanghai. A new Shanghai apartment now costs 68 percent more than it did a year ago, according to Knight Frank, a commercial and residential property agency.
In many other Chinese cities, prices rose by 40 percent, the agency says. Now, ordinary people fear they are being priced out of the market, while the luxury sector is soaring."Last year, one of my customers arrived in a BMW, lugging two suitcases. Each suitcase contained the equivalent of about $70,000. He said, 'I've brought this money to buy a villa,' " recalls James Zhuo, a property agent for Century 21 who works in Lujiazui, one of Shanghai's most expensive areas.The coal-mine millionaire from the inland province of Shaanxi was the type of customer who was buying in 2009, Zhuo says.68% in one year?! Even (the relatively modest) 40% thoughout the rest of China is insanity. This kind of rapid growth even puts the early 2000's US bubble to shame.This article does a good job in highlighting how Chinese cities are already absorbing a massive amount of people flowing in from the Chinese countryside. That migration will surely raise demand for apartments in Chinese cities. That is an unprecedentedly large amount of people who'll be coming into the Chinese real estate market in the coming decades.While saying that, so much of the growth highlighted in the article appears to be fueled by luxury Shanghai apartments growth. Obviously, rural migrants aren't going to be adding to demand for those kinds of apartments.
To me, any investment or commodity or anything that grows 68% or 40% (or even an amount significantly less than these numbers) is shaky. It screams ponzi scheme or some other kind of predatory sucker operation.And usually, those kinds of schemes end up doing something like this:
The above photo is of a collapsed apartment building under construction in Shanghai this past summer.I really want China to avoid anything remotely close to what is going on in the US. Sure, Chinese people alive today have seen things much, much worse than anything going on in America right now. But things here in the US are bad. While things are going well for Qian and me on a personal level, the US as a whole is very sick. I hope China can learn from our mistakes.
2013年9月25日星期三
Talk about Shanghai apartments
I bought a two-bedroom Shanghai apartment in Lujiazui, the trade and financial district in Pudong.
The RegaliaI bought it in 1994. I was one of those naive Singaporeans who thought money could be made in China's red-hot property market. We were wrong....so very wrong! Many of us ended up without even seeing a brick on the Shanghai apartment site, and worse ... losing every dollar that was invested! I was one of the luckier ones who finally managed to sell off my apartment after about 12 years and get back the capital. But if I included the costs of spending months fighting for the title deed and the return of stamp fee the developer had overcharged us (about Sing $10,000), and the many problems with the developer, the management office, rental agents and tenants, then my little venture into China property market was a big mistake.
When Deng Xiaoping was in charge, China opened its door wider and welcomed foreign investments. And building luxury condos and commercial buildings and selling them to foreigners was one sure way of attracting foreign funds into China. So property developers in China and Hong Kong joined forces and easily acquired lands in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to build condos and commercial Shanghai apartments for foreign investors. Most of these property developers from Hong Kong and China had very ambitious plans, so ambitious that they threw all cautions aside. Many did not deal only with one or two projects at one time. Without much control by the govt on land acquisition and bank loan approvals, they just went ahead with several building projects all at one go. Reason? If they could make tons of money by borrowing money easily from the banks and if there were a lot of ready buyers, especially from wealthy overseas Chinese, why not?
Singapore in the 90s was doing very well economically and its citizens were eager to invest their money in properties; but as the costs of buying properties in Singapore escalated, they looked for properties elsewhere, such as Malaysia, Australia and China. Of course, the property developers overseas could somehow smell our Singaporean money. So they came to exhibit their "wares". On weekends you could see many of them displaying their project plans and distributing glossy brochures in exhibition halls and 5-star hotels. And Singaporeans, flushed with money, came in droves to see the exhibitions. They were impressed by the project plans and the building models on display. Moreover, compared with the houses in Singapore, they were so very cheap, cheap, cheap! Of course, "kiasu" Singaporeans were afraid to lose out to others; so they came in large numbers and queued up to buy.
2013年9月5日星期四
Shanghai apartments for renting: Modern Shanghai apartment made charming
Shanghai apartments for renting: Modern Shanghai apartment made charming: HAVING lived in an old, renovated apartment on Tai’an Road for more than five years, BJ Macatulad and Jeremy Young decided to move into a mo...
Modern Shanghai apartment made charming
HAVING lived in an old, renovated apartment on Tai’an Road for more than five years, BJ Macatulad and Jeremy Young decided to move into a modern apartment in 2011 to begin a new phase of life in Shanghai.
“We love the character of these old buildings but they are just like vintage cars — gorgeous to look at, but they often break down and do not provide modern, practical conveniences,” Macatulad said.
After several years of putting up with freezing winters, bursting pipes, weak water pressure ... the couple finally decided it was time to move on. “We traded the vintage car for a reliable (albeit plain) new compact car, so to speak.”
However, the couple was reluctant to give up the charms of an older apartment, so they really wanted a new place that still had some personality. “Most of the apartments in the new high-rises are really stiflingly bland with few interesting elements, and I think I could not have stayed in those places very long,” Macatulad said. “What attracted me to this apartment in Central Residence, apart from the fact it was just renovated and in excellent condition, is the balcony’s charming views over the trees of the former French concession area, and beyond it, the iconic buildings of Xujiahui.”
The greenery reminds Macatulad, who is from the Philippines, of their old place with its wide windows shaded by plane trees. Her husband, Young, from New Zealand, also likes that there is an extra half-room enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glass doors, which serves as his private office.
The apartment was in great condition so no structural changes were needed. Since they've amassed a lot of furniture over the years, they needed for the space to be totally unfurnished so that they could put their own stamp on it. The couple did spend a lot of effort in decorating so it would still feel warm and evoke some of the charm of their prior homes in older Shanghai apartments.
As always, they like to mix styles, periods and influences. They have modern pieces alongside antiques, Asian-influenced accents alongside Western-style furniture, sleek surfaces with some natural textures and materials mixed in.
“As for the overall feel, we were going for something relaxed and unfussy, but still refined — a place where we could have grown-up dinner parties but where everyone felt comfortable putting their feet up on the furniture,” Macatulad said. “I really think everyday decor needs to be livable and comfortable first and foremost. I could never have a ‘show house’ where people felt uncomfortable touching anything!”
“We love the character of these old buildings but they are just like vintage cars — gorgeous to look at, but they often break down and do not provide modern, practical conveniences,” Macatulad said.
After several years of putting up with freezing winters, bursting pipes, weak water pressure ... the couple finally decided it was time to move on. “We traded the vintage car for a reliable (albeit plain) new compact car, so to speak.”
However, the couple was reluctant to give up the charms of an older apartment, so they really wanted a new place that still had some personality. “Most of the apartments in the new high-rises are really stiflingly bland with few interesting elements, and I think I could not have stayed in those places very long,” Macatulad said. “What attracted me to this apartment in Central Residence, apart from the fact it was just renovated and in excellent condition, is the balcony’s charming views over the trees of the former French concession area, and beyond it, the iconic buildings of Xujiahui.”
The greenery reminds Macatulad, who is from the Philippines, of their old place with its wide windows shaded by plane trees. Her husband, Young, from New Zealand, also likes that there is an extra half-room enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glass doors, which serves as his private office.
The apartment was in great condition so no structural changes were needed. Since they've amassed a lot of furniture over the years, they needed for the space to be totally unfurnished so that they could put their own stamp on it. The couple did spend a lot of effort in decorating so it would still feel warm and evoke some of the charm of their prior homes in older Shanghai apartments.
As always, they like to mix styles, periods and influences. They have modern pieces alongside antiques, Asian-influenced accents alongside Western-style furniture, sleek surfaces with some natural textures and materials mixed in.
“As for the overall feel, we were going for something relaxed and unfussy, but still refined — a place where we could have grown-up dinner parties but where everyone felt comfortable putting their feet up on the furniture,” Macatulad said. “I really think everyday decor needs to be livable and comfortable first and foremost. I could never have a ‘show house’ where people felt uncomfortable touching anything!”
2013年8月23日星期五
How to rent Shanghai villas
A high quality villa for rent in Shanghai can be typically second home for the well-heeled expat executives in Shanghai and other exotic China’s places. Each quality Shanghai villa for rent is often with a full staff, sparkling fountains, well manicured lawns, private swimming pools, tennis courts and everything you can imagine. If you are looking to rent a villa in Shanghai, then you obviously are pretty well-heeled yourselves. First, I would like to caution you against renting directly from Shanghai villa owners. The reason is that Shanghai villa owners are also really well heeled and do not really have the time or energy to deal with you. They delegate it to a real estate agent.
Almost every Shanghai villa owner wants his or her place to be maintained immaculately for the few weeks in the year that he or she will spend there. Shanghai villa owner wants all the trappings including a full-time cook, maid service, gardener, etc. Renting the villa when she is not there is a way to pay for all of this. Most high end Shanghai villas will have this available and we suggest that you insist on it. After all, you do not want to be cooking on your villa vacation, do you? Transportation is another area that you can insist that you be picked up at the airport and driven to the Shanghai villa. And the real estate agency in Shanghai can provide you with airport pick up service. You should not bother about renting a car and getting lost in a strange area. Most of these luxury Shanghai villas have the assigned real estate agent to pick you up and drop you off. After all,Hongqiao Golf, when you are paying in this price range, you might as well live it up like a queen.
Getting a good price is an art while renting a Shanghai villa. We often find that folks will try to bargain a $50K/month Shanghai villa down to $30K/month or even less. Typically, this is just not going to happen because the Shanghai villa owner does not really need the cash and does not want to rent his or her Shanghai villa to someone who cannot afford close to the asking price. Instead, try to get other amenities that you will be paying for bundled into the price. Renting a Shanghai villa gives you the luxury and the privacy to enjoy a truly quality vacation. Work with high quality professional real estate agency to enjoy the rent Shanghai villa of your dreams.
Almost every Shanghai villa owner wants his or her place to be maintained immaculately for the few weeks in the year that he or she will spend there. Shanghai villa owner wants all the trappings including a full-time cook, maid service, gardener, etc. Renting the villa when she is not there is a way to pay for all of this. Most high end Shanghai villas will have this available and we suggest that you insist on it. After all, you do not want to be cooking on your villa vacation, do you? Transportation is another area that you can insist that you be picked up at the airport and driven to the Shanghai villa. And the real estate agency in Shanghai can provide you with airport pick up service. You should not bother about renting a car and getting lost in a strange area. Most of these luxury Shanghai villas have the assigned real estate agent to pick you up and drop you off. After all,Hongqiao Golf, when you are paying in this price range, you might as well live it up like a queen.
Getting a good price is an art while renting a Shanghai villa. We often find that folks will try to bargain a $50K/month Shanghai villa down to $30K/month or even less. Typically, this is just not going to happen because the Shanghai villa owner does not really need the cash and does not want to rent his or her Shanghai villa to someone who cannot afford close to the asking price. Instead, try to get other amenities that you will be paying for bundled into the price. Renting a Shanghai villa gives you the luxury and the privacy to enjoy a truly quality vacation. Work with high quality professional real estate agency to enjoy the rent Shanghai villa of your dreams.
2013年8月15日星期四
The introduction about Xintiandi
Xintiandi is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai, China. It is composed of an area of reconstituted traditional shikumen ("stone gate") houses on narrow alleys, some adjoining houses which now serve as book stores, cafes and restaurants, and shopping malls. Most of the cafes and restaurants feature both indoor and outdoor seating. Xintiandi has an active nightlife on weekdays as well as weekends, though romantic settings are more common than loud music and dance places. It is considered one of the first lifestyle centers in China.
Xintiandi is the location of the site of the first congress of the Communist Party of China, now preserved at the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Also nearby is the site of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea when Korea was a Japanese colony.
The area was developed by Shui On Land during the re-development of the surrounding area. Some houses in Xintiandi were then limited (and not renovated, unlike the Chinese government and the real estate agency official version), in order to implant an art gallery, cafes, and restaurants. Many tour groups both domestic and from abroad also visit Xintiandi as one of the main attractions in Shanghai.
The Xintiandi redevelopment was designed by Benjamin T. Wood and Nikken Sekkei International. The urban renewal is considered one of the first examples of the placemaking approach in China.)
This construction displaced 3,500 Shanghainese families.
The neighborhood is divided into two parts – South Block and the North Block with Xingye Rd serving as the division line. Fewer original shikumen were preserved in the South block, and many modern glass façade building dominate the cityscape here. The North Block boasts with more authentic architecture preserved, and one can wonder leisurely through the narrow shikumen alleys and enjoy the atmosphere of the small plazas with open terrace cafes.
Xintiandi is great to saunter through on a sunny day, many parts of it are reserved for pedestrians only – a rare luxury in hectic Shanghai. Many Shanghai residents would agree, however, that after the renovation the area became too commercialized and lost the true feeling of what it initially meant to be – a residential area and home for many Shanghainese families. Therefore, come here to admire the old architecture style and gawk at the showcases of the high end boutiques; but don’t expect to find authentic old Shanghai in Xintiandi, in a sense the area is an expensive stylized showcase itself.
Xintiandi is the location of the site of the first congress of the Communist Party of China, now preserved at the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Also nearby is the site of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea when Korea was a Japanese colony.
The area was developed by Shui On Land during the re-development of the surrounding area. Some houses in Xintiandi were then limited (and not renovated, unlike the Chinese government and the real estate agency official version), in order to implant an art gallery, cafes, and restaurants. Many tour groups both domestic and from abroad also visit Xintiandi as one of the main attractions in Shanghai.
The Xintiandi redevelopment was designed by Benjamin T. Wood and Nikken Sekkei International. The urban renewal is considered one of the first examples of the placemaking approach in China.)
This construction displaced 3,500 Shanghainese families.
The neighborhood is divided into two parts – South Block and the North Block with Xingye Rd serving as the division line. Fewer original shikumen were preserved in the South block, and many modern glass façade building dominate the cityscape here. The North Block boasts with more authentic architecture preserved, and one can wonder leisurely through the narrow shikumen alleys and enjoy the atmosphere of the small plazas with open terrace cafes.
Xintiandi is great to saunter through on a sunny day, many parts of it are reserved for pedestrians only – a rare luxury in hectic Shanghai. Many Shanghai residents would agree, however, that after the renovation the area became too commercialized and lost the true feeling of what it initially meant to be – a residential area and home for many Shanghainese families. Therefore, come here to admire the old architecture style and gawk at the showcases of the high end boutiques; but don’t expect to find authentic old Shanghai in Xintiandi, in a sense the area is an expensive stylized showcase itself.
2013年8月14日星期三
Must-visit places in Shanghai: Xintiandi
Xintaindi (literally meaning “New Heaven and Earth”) is on of the most affluent and posh areas of Shanghai, located in the heart of the city south of Huaihai Zhong Rd the district boasts with some of the most expensive and high end shopping and dining venues in town. What makes Xintiandi stand out among other places of interest in Shanghai are its unique shikumenbuildings – historical type of residential buildings found nowhere else in China or the rest of the world.
Shikumen, meaning “stone gate” is a architectural style developed in Shanghai in 1860’s, as many things of that era in the city this style creatively combines Chinese and Western influences. Turbulent events of Chinese history of the second half of the XIX century, such as the Small Swords and the Taiping rebellion prompted many people to seek the relative safety of Shanghai’s International Settlement. The influx of newcomers prompted developers to build compact residential blocks that could accommodate Shanghai’s growing population. European concepts of urban planning, such as townhouses and terraced houses, inspired the lanes of shikumen with their narrow alleys – longtang running along, and buildings adjoining one another. Like many traditional Chinese houses shikumen feature courtyards, greatly reduced in size they still created familiar living conditions for the tenants.
At some point in Shanghai history up to 60 or even 80% of the housing stock of the city was made up of shikumen buildings. In some parts of Shanghai shikumen housed upper-middle class families and had all of the necessary amenities of the time, while in other areas great numbers of people were crammed into shikumen and were living in slum-like conditions.
In the XX century continuous population growth and fast development of the city gradually forced shikumen out of the Shanghai urban scene; in most neighborhoods they were replaced with taller modern buildings which could accommodate more people. The shikumen thus were slowly sinking into oblivion, until in 1997 a decision was made to redevelop the Xintiandi area and restore its remaining shikumen arhcitecture. The idea was quite successful, and not surprisingly the area soon became one of the tourist attractions of the city.
Redevelopment was carried out by the Shui On Group, a Hong Kong construction company, whereas Benjamin Wood, an American architect, the Japanese Nikken Sekkei architecture firm and Shanghai Tongji University Urban Planning, Design and Research Institute were responsible for planning and design. Due to the fact that at the time when redevelopment of the area began many Xintiandi were in a run-down condition as they stood neglected for decades, it was not possible to restore all of the building, therefore some of the most dilapidated structures had to be demolished to create a more open composition and make space for new venues, some were rebuilt and restored according to the old plans and photographs, and some were touched up and refurbished. The redevelopment project was finished in 2002; its success received recognition in China and abroad – it was awarded national “Innovation China 2001 – Architecture Award“, “AIA Hong Kong Citation 2002” (American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter) and 2003 Award for Excellence from US-based Urban Land Institute.
Shikumen, meaning “stone gate” is a architectural style developed in Shanghai in 1860’s, as many things of that era in the city this style creatively combines Chinese and Western influences. Turbulent events of Chinese history of the second half of the XIX century, such as the Small Swords and the Taiping rebellion prompted many people to seek the relative safety of Shanghai’s International Settlement. The influx of newcomers prompted developers to build compact residential blocks that could accommodate Shanghai’s growing population. European concepts of urban planning, such as townhouses and terraced houses, inspired the lanes of shikumen with their narrow alleys – longtang running along, and buildings adjoining one another. Like many traditional Chinese houses shikumen feature courtyards, greatly reduced in size they still created familiar living conditions for the tenants.
At some point in Shanghai history up to 60 or even 80% of the housing stock of the city was made up of shikumen buildings. In some parts of Shanghai shikumen housed upper-middle class families and had all of the necessary amenities of the time, while in other areas great numbers of people were crammed into shikumen and were living in slum-like conditions.
In the XX century continuous population growth and fast development of the city gradually forced shikumen out of the Shanghai urban scene; in most neighborhoods they were replaced with taller modern buildings which could accommodate more people. The shikumen thus were slowly sinking into oblivion, until in 1997 a decision was made to redevelop the Xintiandi area and restore its remaining shikumen arhcitecture. The idea was quite successful, and not surprisingly the area soon became one of the tourist attractions of the city.
Redevelopment was carried out by the Shui On Group, a Hong Kong construction company, whereas Benjamin Wood, an American architect, the Japanese Nikken Sekkei architecture firm and Shanghai Tongji University Urban Planning, Design and Research Institute were responsible for planning and design. Due to the fact that at the time when redevelopment of the area began many Xintiandi were in a run-down condition as they stood neglected for decades, it was not possible to restore all of the building, therefore some of the most dilapidated structures had to be demolished to create a more open composition and make space for new venues, some were rebuilt and restored according to the old plans and photographs, and some were touched up and refurbished. The redevelopment project was finished in 2002; its success received recognition in China and abroad – it was awarded national “Innovation China 2001 – Architecture Award“, “AIA Hong Kong Citation 2002” (American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter) and 2003 Award for Excellence from US-based Urban Land Institute.
2013年7月31日星期三
Remind on renting Shanghai apartments
How to avoid pitfalls intermediaries
With the hot Shanghai rentals market, how to avoid bad renters intermediary trap it, the city built in Yao Yuan Law Firm lawyers gave renters to avoid the trap of responses:
Trap one: unlicensed operation
Such agency rent a room, put a phone call, played on the opening operation of the ad. Can lie to lie, cheat do not go, the one place to another and then lied. Consumer acceptance of this service not only rent rooms, are also unable to pay the full cost recovery.
Solution: in the choice of intermediary companies must see if they have the approval of the business sector and the real estate business license issued by the department qualification certificates. The size of the company, with or without a fixed place of business, financial strength and status, prestige, etc. must have some understanding how.
Trap two: information to be false
Such intermediaries distributing flyers everywhere, according to ad renters find the door, the company clerk with renters Qukan Fang. To the scene and saw written on advertising decoration, furniture, nothing, salesman said it is renters had misunderstood. The essence of the agency false advertising to attract customers while throwing bait.
Solution: Do not believe the business staff made verbal commitments and seductive sounds of various words. In the field house before, do not blindly sign an agreement or pay a deposit. Intermediary for publishing false information can go to the business administration department report.
Trap three: random charges
Such agency for renters any request a promise, any room, facilities, commitment can be met, but before showings showings required renters to deliver a fee, also promised to visit the agency fee charges deducted, the results Renters house looked different sets found do not meet their own requirements, but was refused showings fee refunded.
Solution: According to the provisions of the city, the agency shall not charge "showings fee", "information fee" renters of these charges can be rejected. Inter mediation fee for the standard were renters and landlords pay half the rent, higher than this standard can also refuse to pay.
Trap four: Text deception
Such intermediary companies use deception renters agreement, such agreement on the provisions prohibiting private renters and landlords contact, or as a breach of contract. But business people but deliberately said: "I have reached an agreement with the landlord, I'll give you contact phone number, please contact." Or in front of the landlord's face lied in a hurry, an excuse to leave, but afterwards they shifted the blame to renters. " earlier breach of contract "as an excuse to cheat the commission fee.
Solution: In the signed agreements, payment, be sure to look carefully all the terms of the agreement clearly the content of some of the key terms of the agreement, there are questions or ambiguous, be sure to really figure out before signing in , payment. If you need to add some provisions must be implemented in letter and requested it on top seal of the company, in order to avoid a dispute that is not clear, so well documented.Hope you can choose the good Shanghai rentals.
With the hot Shanghai rentals market, how to avoid bad renters intermediary trap it, the city built in Yao Yuan Law Firm lawyers gave renters to avoid the trap of responses:
Trap one: unlicensed operation
Such agency rent a room, put a phone call, played on the opening operation of the ad. Can lie to lie, cheat do not go, the one place to another and then lied. Consumer acceptance of this service not only rent rooms, are also unable to pay the full cost recovery.
Solution: in the choice of intermediary companies must see if they have the approval of the business sector and the real estate business license issued by the department qualification certificates. The size of the company, with or without a fixed place of business, financial strength and status, prestige, etc. must have some understanding how.
Trap two: information to be false
Such intermediaries distributing flyers everywhere, according to ad renters find the door, the company clerk with renters Qukan Fang. To the scene and saw written on advertising decoration, furniture, nothing, salesman said it is renters had misunderstood. The essence of the agency false advertising to attract customers while throwing bait.
Solution: Do not believe the business staff made verbal commitments and seductive sounds of various words. In the field house before, do not blindly sign an agreement or pay a deposit. Intermediary for publishing false information can go to the business administration department report.
Trap three: random charges
Such agency for renters any request a promise, any room, facilities, commitment can be met, but before showings showings required renters to deliver a fee, also promised to visit the agency fee charges deducted, the results Renters house looked different sets found do not meet their own requirements, but was refused showings fee refunded.
Solution: According to the provisions of the city, the agency shall not charge "showings fee", "information fee" renters of these charges can be rejected. Inter mediation fee for the standard were renters and landlords pay half the rent, higher than this standard can also refuse to pay.
Trap four: Text deception
Such intermediary companies use deception renters agreement, such agreement on the provisions prohibiting private renters and landlords contact, or as a breach of contract. But business people but deliberately said: "I have reached an agreement with the landlord, I'll give you contact phone number, please contact." Or in front of the landlord's face lied in a hurry, an excuse to leave, but afterwards they shifted the blame to renters. " earlier breach of contract "as an excuse to cheat the commission fee.
Solution: In the signed agreements, payment, be sure to look carefully all the terms of the agreement clearly the content of some of the key terms of the agreement, there are questions or ambiguous, be sure to really figure out before signing in , payment. If you need to add some provisions must be implemented in letter and requested it on top seal of the company, in order to avoid a dispute that is not clear, so well documented.Hope you can choose the good Shanghai rentals.
Precautions on renting Shanghai apartments
Nowadays Shanghai rentals market is booming,but how can renters rent the suitable Shanghai apartments?Associate Professor of Politics and Law of the ZhuangJianwei give the Shanghai renters some attentions as follows:
First,lease contract can not less.
When you decide to rent a Shanghai apartments you need to make sure the qualifications of inspection lessor.You have to pay attention to check whether the landlord has ownership certificates and whether there is the official seal of the local real estate bureau on the certificates.
look at the landlord's identity and the "Real Estate Ownership",check whether they are the same, and you can go to the real estate registration department to get the information about rental housing registration status.
Shanghai renters also need to see whether the landlord has handled rental documents,such as "rental license", to see whether the landlord has rent their house to others.Before you rent Shanghai apartments you need to check these problems clearly,it can protect your power.
Renters preferably also can go to t the property sector to get more information about housing property status.
Second, know more information about the housing situation.
Before signing the contract, renters should view the house's basic conditions with landlord,such as room size,facilities and conventions are consistent.The landlord shall inform the renters about how to use gas appliances and showers safely.Shanghai renters must pay attention to security issues. For the housing wall seepage, toilet anti-Chung these failures,renters can ask the landlord to repair before you renting Shanghai apartments.
Third, signing of the lease contract formally.
When the rent and the landlord must sign a written rental contract to clarify the rights and obligations of both sides. Term of the lease contract to rent amount, payment method, housing purposes, such as to liability for breach of contract, in order to resolve disputes in future evidence-based. In addition to existing contract terms, we must move to the former state of water, electricity, coal bill paid by the landlord.
Zhuang Jianwei recommend renters use the municipal Bureau of Commerce and Industry Bureau to develop the premises of the "Shanghai rental contract" model text (The text can purchase real estate trading center to the county to take).
Fourth, for contract registration.
After signing the contract, renters should also be in a month and the landlord went to house the seat of district and county real estate agency registration procedure.
According to "the sale does not break the lease" principle, the registration period of the lease can be sure that even if the house sold to others, renters can continue to lease, to avoid changes in housing ownership and against the interests of renters.
These are reminding renters should note when they rent a Shanghai apartments,but renters should also pay attention to protect the interests of safeguarding the landlord after they live in the Shanghai apartments.
Admitted to the leasing of houses in after renters also need to pay attention to some things, such as housing renters may not be allowed to sublet, transfer, lent to others. "Shanghai Municipal Housing Leasing Regulations" also provides renters lease contract shall use reasonable use of the house.
Renters need decoration house or additional ancillary facilities are written consent of the landlord's consent.Otherwise, the landlord can require renters make restitution..
Landlord does not affect the normal use of the house renters under the premise,they can used to inspect the house, renters shall cooperate with landlord to check the house. The termination of the lease, the tenant shall lease contract and the houses returned landlord. Housing returned, shall conform to the original state or the state of the contract.
First,lease contract can not less.
When you decide to rent a Shanghai apartments you need to make sure the qualifications of inspection lessor.You have to pay attention to check whether the landlord has ownership certificates and whether there is the official seal of the local real estate bureau on the certificates.
look at the landlord's identity and the "Real Estate Ownership",check whether they are the same, and you can go to the real estate registration department to get the information about rental housing registration status.
Shanghai renters also need to see whether the landlord has handled rental documents,such as "rental license", to see whether the landlord has rent their house to others.Before you rent Shanghai apartments you need to check these problems clearly,it can protect your power.
Renters preferably also can go to t the property sector to get more information about housing property status.
Second, know more information about the housing situation.
Before signing the contract, renters should view the house's basic conditions with landlord,such as room size,facilities and conventions are consistent.The landlord shall inform the renters about how to use gas appliances and showers safely.Shanghai renters must pay attention to security issues. For the housing wall seepage, toilet anti-Chung these failures,renters can ask the landlord to repair before you renting Shanghai apartments.
Third, signing of the lease contract formally.
When the rent and the landlord must sign a written rental contract to clarify the rights and obligations of both sides. Term of the lease contract to rent amount, payment method, housing purposes, such as to liability for breach of contract, in order to resolve disputes in future evidence-based. In addition to existing contract terms, we must move to the former state of water, electricity, coal bill paid by the landlord.
Zhuang Jianwei recommend renters use the municipal Bureau of Commerce and Industry Bureau to develop the premises of the "Shanghai rental contract" model text (The text can purchase real estate trading center to the county to take).
Fourth, for contract registration.
After signing the contract, renters should also be in a month and the landlord went to house the seat of district and county real estate agency registration procedure.
According to "the sale does not break the lease" principle, the registration period of the lease can be sure that even if the house sold to others, renters can continue to lease, to avoid changes in housing ownership and against the interests of renters.
These are reminding renters should note when they rent a Shanghai apartments,but renters should also pay attention to protect the interests of safeguarding the landlord after they live in the Shanghai apartments.
Admitted to the leasing of houses in after renters also need to pay attention to some things, such as housing renters may not be allowed to sublet, transfer, lent to others. "Shanghai Municipal Housing Leasing Regulations" also provides renters lease contract shall use reasonable use of the house.
Renters need decoration house or additional ancillary facilities are written consent of the landlord's consent.Otherwise, the landlord can require renters make restitution..
Landlord does not affect the normal use of the house renters under the premise,they can used to inspect the house, renters shall cooperate with landlord to check the house. The termination of the lease, the tenant shall lease contract and the houses returned landlord. Housing returned, shall conform to the original state or the state of the contract.
Some problems in Shanghai rentals
After the Spring Festival, many "wage earners" appears in Shanghai coming from other fields, this person need to face the problem of Shanghai rentals. And some high school students in Shanghai want to take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools，some students are preparing TOEFL, GRE and other exams test,so they choose to rent rooms in Shanghai.
However,renting a satisfactory Shanghai apartments is a time-consuming, laborious, expensive thing.Especially the time after the Spring Festival, Shanghai rentals market has entered a peak period,you need to face the limited listings and varies real estate agents overwhelm on the market.Renters need to know about some basic knowledge and some noteworthy items on Shanghai rentals.So what factors that the Shanghai renters need to consider when they are renting? How to avoid the pitfalls renting? When you have already live in rented houses what you should pay attention to? I hope this topic about Shanghai rentals can help you.
When you prepare to rent Shanghai apartments,there are some factors you need to consider.And also you need to find some ways to rent Shanghai apartments.
From February, many leasing business of Shanghai rentals agents increased significantly.Advertisements about Shanghai rentals in newspapers and magazines increased significantly,more and more Shanghai rentals advertisements appears in the downtown, subway and many residential posting advertisements,this view mean that Shanghai rentals become booming.
For renters, when you start to rent Shanghai apartments,you need to consider your own situation. The first thing is to find the useful information.It is only one solution to find listings by housing agents,in fact, there are several ways:
First, you can get information from relatives, friends or classmates, they are not only able to provide useful information about Shanghai rentals, but also give you some suggestions and advice about renting.
Second,you can search some websites or release some questions on the Internet,as Shanghai Xuanmei(www.lintel-shanghai).com,Fuwei(www.rentome.com),Shanghai Rentals (www.shzf.com) etc.In these websites you can find large number information about Shanghai rentals.
Thirdly,it is a good way to find Shanghai rentals information in newspapers and magazines.
Next,you can consider the traffic situation. Undergraduates can choose the house around their schools,but if you has participated in the work, then you must consider the traffic around your house is convenient.When you select the house,you do not only consider the houses around the work,if the traffic is convenient and the commuting time is not long,you can also consider these houses. If there is a choice of houses,you need to examine the recent traffic site, what are the main traffic routes and bus lines.You need to make sure it is convenient for you to go for work.
Also depends on the comprehensive situation surrounding the renting house. Mainly you need to see the living cell populations,property management situation,health and sanitary status. Living facilities are also very important --- it can look a nearby supermarket, banks, restaurants, entertainment and other living facilities.You can make sure these are suitable for your level,and can bring you convenience.
However,renting a satisfactory Shanghai apartments is a time-consuming, laborious, expensive thing.Especially the time after the Spring Festival, Shanghai rentals market has entered a peak period,you need to face the limited listings and varies real estate agents overwhelm on the market.Renters need to know about some basic knowledge and some noteworthy items on Shanghai rentals.So what factors that the Shanghai renters need to consider when they are renting? How to avoid the pitfalls renting? When you have already live in rented houses what you should pay attention to? I hope this topic about Shanghai rentals can help you.
When you prepare to rent Shanghai apartments,there are some factors you need to consider.And also you need to find some ways to rent Shanghai apartments.
From February, many leasing business of Shanghai rentals agents increased significantly.Advertisements about Shanghai rentals in newspapers and magazines increased significantly,more and more Shanghai rentals advertisements appears in the downtown, subway and many residential posting advertisements,this view mean that Shanghai rentals become booming.
For renters, when you start to rent Shanghai apartments,you need to consider your own situation. The first thing is to find the useful information.It is only one solution to find listings by housing agents,in fact, there are several ways:
First, you can get information from relatives, friends or classmates, they are not only able to provide useful information about Shanghai rentals, but also give you some suggestions and advice about renting.
Second,you can search some websites or release some questions on the Internet,as Shanghai Xuanmei(www.lintel-shanghai).com,Fuwei(www.rentome.com),Shanghai Rentals (www.shzf.com) etc.In these websites you can find large number information about Shanghai rentals.
Thirdly,it is a good way to find Shanghai rentals information in newspapers and magazines.
Next,you can consider the traffic situation. Undergraduates can choose the house around their schools,but if you has participated in the work, then you must consider the traffic around your house is convenient.When you select the house,you do not only consider the houses around the work,if the traffic is convenient and the commuting time is not long,you can also consider these houses. If there is a choice of houses,you need to examine the recent traffic site, what are the main traffic routes and bus lines.You need to make sure it is convenient for you to go for work.
Also depends on the comprehensive situation surrounding the renting house. Mainly you need to see the living cell populations,property management situation,health and sanitary status. Living facilities are also very important --- it can look a nearby supermarket, banks, restaurants, entertainment and other living facilities.You can make sure these are suitable for your level,and can bring you convenience.
2013年7月24日星期三
Shanghai luxury apartment of rental on the rise
Shanghai rentals index was 1336 points in April, rose 4 compared to last month, annulus comparing rose 0.29%, up 0.05 percentage points over the expansion. In the sale of cold market in high-end housing, the rental market was active, the vacancy rate has dropped.April is always the season that the rental market is off, but the market in Shanghai rental began to heat up after the Lunar New Year and continued "warm spring", the performance of the tenant does not “finish”.The prospective buyers of Shanghai luxury apartments market is still a lack of confidence to continue renting the sidelines.Trading markets are sluggish, leading some owners to resell for rent when the landlord, but to raise the rent to ensure that short-term gains and pushing up the rent levels of Shanghai luxury apartment.
Shanghai luxury apartments in the round-of-season rise of outstanding performance, such as Jing'an Temple plate is located in the prime location in the city center, small apartment scarcity of supplying, after the listing of rental housing has always been favored fast, the landlord price increase is expected. As Shanghai luxury apartment hold property with higher cost, to ease repayment pressure, instigation to raise rents in the intermediary is a big thrust. Another Shanghai Grade A office area gathered Shanghai luxury apartments, office rents continue to push in the case of residential building rental prices also followed.
The price of Shanghai middle rental level has risen in 11 areas,is higher than the average, Hongkou rose 0.50 percent, up 0.42 percent in Jing'an, Zhabei rose 0.42 percent, up 0.36 percent in Yangpu. Although some rentals in low level will develop close to the middle level apartment, but there is a more stringent standard for remote location,it promotes some customer base into the middle level apartment.For example,Parkview is located in Yangpu public rental mansion still gathering new Bay City, at the junction of the two districts with three bedroom 80 m2 rent of 3,000 yuan, while the adjacent Baoshan Songnan plate sale 90 m2 with two bedroom rents but in 2500-3000 yuan, April Baoshan Songnan sector rents rose 0.42 percent. With the influx of a large number of requirements,middle level apartment there is a general rise.In addition,some areas of low-level and mid-level housing renting gap gradually narrowed,making some low-rent opting for rail passenger convenience, more comfortable living environment, such as Baoshan and Minhang were up 0.35%.
Recruits undergo a quarter after the peak, foreign workers and young recruits and other customer groups gradually stabilized, especially this group of tourists prefer the low end homes, rental momentum began to subside. In addition, the listing of public rental housing for low-level price of the landlord is also vane up on pricing no longer easy to rent. April low-level market in a consolidation stage, some landlords wait for further public rental nearby rental information in order to implement the next action. Shanghai luxury apartments market is off-season, indicating that regulatory context rental ratio imbalance is still outstanding. Landlord's return on investment can not be met in the case of only raise rents to make up for the expected return. Shanghai rentals market is expected to remain stable transition can affect them or be listed as well as public rental reaction to the rental housing rent policy.
Shanghai luxury apartments in the round-of-season rise of outstanding performance, such as Jing'an Temple plate is located in the prime location in the city center, small apartment scarcity of supplying, after the listing of rental housing has always been favored fast, the landlord price increase is expected. As Shanghai luxury apartment hold property with higher cost, to ease repayment pressure, instigation to raise rents in the intermediary is a big thrust. Another Shanghai Grade A office area gathered Shanghai luxury apartments, office rents continue to push in the case of residential building rental prices also followed.
The price of Shanghai middle rental level has risen in 11 areas,is higher than the average, Hongkou rose 0.50 percent, up 0.42 percent in Jing'an, Zhabei rose 0.42 percent, up 0.36 percent in Yangpu. Although some rentals in low level will develop close to the middle level apartment, but there is a more stringent standard for remote location,it promotes some customer base into the middle level apartment.For example,Parkview is located in Yangpu public rental mansion still gathering new Bay City, at the junction of the two districts with three bedroom 80 m2 rent of 3,000 yuan, while the adjacent Baoshan Songnan plate sale 90 m2 with two bedroom rents but in 2500-3000 yuan, April Baoshan Songnan sector rents rose 0.42 percent. With the influx of a large number of requirements,middle level apartment there is a general rise.In addition,some areas of low-level and mid-level housing renting gap gradually narrowed,making some low-rent opting for rail passenger convenience, more comfortable living environment, such as Baoshan and Minhang were up 0.35%.
Recruits undergo a quarter after the peak, foreign workers and young recruits and other customer groups gradually stabilized, especially this group of tourists prefer the low end homes, rental momentum began to subside. In addition, the listing of public rental housing for low-level price of the landlord is also vane up on pricing no longer easy to rent. April low-level market in a consolidation stage, some landlords wait for further public rental nearby rental information in order to implement the next action. Shanghai luxury apartments market is off-season, indicating that regulatory context rental ratio imbalance is still outstanding. Landlord's return on investment can not be met in the case of only raise rents to make up for the expected return. Shanghai rentals market is expected to remain stable transition can affect them or be listed as well as public rental reaction to the rental housing rent policy.
Historic Shanghai Luxury Apartments brings 1930s luxury living to life
Seen from the Yan’an Lu highway, the nine-story art deco facade of the Cosmopolitan Shanghai luxury Apartments, called "Building 173," stands against the glass and steel skyscrapers along Nanjing Xi Lu. Nevertheless, the 76-year-old building still projects the grandeur and grace of historic Shanghai at its heyday, a history often far more intriguing to us than its futuristic backdrop.
Currently occupied by both local families and expat residents, Cosmopolitan Shanghai luxury Apartments’ legendary past has attracted quite a few visiting fans to follow its historic happenings. Among them are Kent Jue, the grandson of the building’s designer Poy Gum Lee, and Petter Eldin, a Shanghai-based Swedish filmmaker who made the documentary "Building 173" in 2009.
Shanghai luxury apartments of the past
Building 173 is easy to find: Enter from the long tang -- housing that is particular to Shanghai that mixes Western row houses with Chinese-style courtyards -- next to Zara on Nanjing Xi Lu. Go straight ahead, and it's right there.
Finished in in 1934, the Spanish-style art deco Shanghai luxury Apartments were built to satisfy the booming needs for high-end homes for the city's ever-increasing international population. It was owned by Tan Jing, the Canton-born tycoon famed for his collection of arts and antiques. His daughter Linda Tan was later married to Roger Du, the son of the 1930s gangster Du Yuesheng. After the building’s completion, Tan and his family lived on the eighth floor and put all the other rooms on lease.
The building was designed by Poy Gum Lee, an American-Chinese architect who graduated from the Pratt Institute and embarked on his Shanghai adventure in 1923. Lee was famed in Shanghai for his works including the YMCA, YWCA and Mary Farnham Middle School. He was also the finishing architect of the Sun Yat-Sen mausoleum in Nanjing.
Walking around Shanghai luxury apartments and seeing most of it left abandoned or empty, it’s hard to imagine it was one of the most luxurious apartment buildings in the city. Lee equipped every room with an art deco -- the fashion of the day -- interior and state-of-the-art technology like radios. The tenants could play tennis on the terrace. Occasionally the Tan family would host a ball or movie screening in the spacious corridor on the eighth floor.
“Visually, [Building 173 is] very interesting because it possesses that unique Shanghai feel where old beauty is being neglected, ignored and almost forgotten,” says Petter Eldin, the co-director of Building 173. “Wipe the dust off and it shines. There's so much history between the walls that was staring right at us. We probably only scraped the surface [with our film], but it took us across the Pacific to Roger Du, the son of Du YueSheng.”
Talking about Shanghai apartment
Rising energy costs and a slow residential resale market throughout most of the China,especially in Shanghai.most people think that rent an apartment is better than buying a new home.
When you decide to rent an apartment after at least three topics, you and your landlord should be discussed in order to achieve energy savings and to create the life you want.
Your expectations are realistic?
In Shanghai, when renting a house first thing to note the location of the traffic situation, try to choose a subway or train to commute to work; second look at the case of property, try to choose the matching furniture home appliances house; Third depends Rent , a man best rental expense control one-third less in wages, the high will affect the quality of life, so pick Shanghai apartment when we must consider their own economic situation, not to the pursuit of comfort it must be to live the high life of luxury upscale Shanghai apartment, to avoid overspending situation.
Choose the best aspects of housing quality management district or compound, try not rented village house because security and fire safety can not be guaranteed. So on your life play a role in protection, relieve worries.
The choice is Shanghai apartments affordable?
Put a practical method. Begin by asking what suits your particular home and your lifestyle. For example, wage income is not very high people can choose renting a place away from the city center, but try to choose a convenient place. University graduates can choose shared with my classmates, both to reduce the burden on flat rent, you can also look after each other.
Some people with higher incomes, personal feel you can choose Shanghai apartment which is closed from the company, you can consider the cell environment, housing inside the equipment and check the comfort.
Fully furnished villa in Shanghai for wealthy foreigners or supervisor Shanghai multinationals usually a second home. These Shanghai luxury villas often with sparkling fountains and manicured lawns, private swimming pool, tennis courts and everything you can imagine.
You use a contract negotiation process?
The signing of the contract, in addition to rent and pay the rent stated time, pay attention to the rights and obligations of the contract clarity, such as property charges, garbage fees, who should pay, housing facilities or natural aging problems who bear maintenance costs and so on. I said rumor, the text should be reflected in the contract. Contracts should annex detailing the number and condition of the house facilities acceptance inventory list, checking each one there is no problem after the two sides signed confirmation.
In addition to beware of tenant fraud, remember to show property owners permits and identity cards, identity verification. Find an intermediary to rent, then the best choice brand intermediary, they can distinguish between true and false certificates of title. The tenant can be found online bureau qualified intermediary and broker, this is more secure.
If it is not through intermediaries but directly to landlords renting to the Housing Authority can search archives, preferably with the owner. Currently requires 40 yuan for search fee.
At this point, you can make an informed choice, because you have these three topics in your selection process, you will have a good start to rent Shanghai apartments.
2013年7月22日星期一
Tips to rent high quality Shanghai villas
A high quality villa for rent in Shanghai can be typicallly second home for the well-heeled expat executives in Shanghai and other exotic China’s places. Each quality Shanghai villa for rent is often with a full staff, sparkling fountains, well manicured lawns, private swimming pools, tennis courts and everything you can imagine. If you are looking to rent a villa in Shanghai, then you obviously are pretty well-heeled yourselves. First, I would like to caution you against renting directly from Shanghai villa owners. The reason is that Shanghai villa owners are also really well heeled and do not really have the time or energy to deal with you. They delegate it to a real estate agent.
Almost every Shanghai villa owner wants his or her place to be maintained immaculately for the few weeks in the year that he or she will spend there. Shanghai villa owner wants all the trappings including a full-time cook, maid service, gardener, etc. Renting the villa when she is not there is a way to pay for all of this. Most high end Shanghai villas will have this available and we suggest that you insist on it. After all, you do not want to be cooking on your villa vacation, do you? Transportation is another area that you can insist that you be picked up at the airport and driven to the Shanghai villa. And the real estate agency in Shanghai can provide you with airport pick up service. You should not bother about renting a car and getting lost in a strange area. Most of these luxury Shanghai villas have the assigned real estate agent to pick you up and drop you off. After all,Hongqiao Golf, when you are paying in this price range, you might as well live it up like a queen.
Getting a good price is an art while renting a Shanghai villa. We often find that folks will try to bargain a $50K/month Shanghai villa down to $30K/month or even less. Typically, this is just not going to happen because the Shanghai villa owner does not really need the cash and does not want to rent his or her Shanghai villa to someone who cannot afford close to the asking price. Instead, try to get other amenities that you will be paying for bundled into the price. Renting a Shanghai villa gives you the luxury and the privacy to enjoy a truly quality vacation. Work with high quality professional real estate agency to enjoy the rent Shanghai villa of your dreams.
Almost every Shanghai villa owner wants his or her place to be maintained immaculately for the few weeks in the year that he or she will spend there. Shanghai villa owner wants all the trappings including a full-time cook, maid service, gardener, etc. Renting the villa when she is not there is a way to pay for all of this. Most high end Shanghai villas will have this available and we suggest that you insist on it. After all, you do not want to be cooking on your villa vacation, do you? Transportation is another area that you can insist that you be picked up at the airport and driven to the Shanghai villa. And the real estate agency in Shanghai can provide you with airport pick up service. You should not bother about renting a car and getting lost in a strange area. Most of these luxury Shanghai villas have the assigned real estate agent to pick you up and drop you off. After all,Hongqiao Golf, when you are paying in this price range, you might as well live it up like a queen.
Getting a good price is an art while renting a Shanghai villa. We often find that folks will try to bargain a $50K/month Shanghai villa down to $30K/month or even less. Typically, this is just not going to happen because the Shanghai villa owner does not really need the cash and does not want to rent his or her Shanghai villa to someone who cannot afford close to the asking price. Instead, try to get other amenities that you will be paying for bundled into the price. Renting a Shanghai villa gives you the luxury and the privacy to enjoy a truly quality vacation. Work with high quality professional real estate agency to enjoy the rent Shanghai villa of your dreams.
2013年7月16日星期二
Shanghai apartment
More and more workers in Shanghai want to buy an apartment,but the price of house is high in Shanghai.According to your choice,our company will introduce some apartments suitable for person in different industry.
In shanghai,there are many people become"Just be family".According to their requirements,we need to consider four conditions:the small size, low price, convenient transportation and the environment.When you buy a house,these labels is the real thing that we need to consider.
First,small apartment is suitable for newly married and single person.Because these people does not require too much area of the house,a small apartment can meet their requirement and can save their money.
Secondly, we need to consider low price,because some white collar start work for a short time,they do not have enough money,it is necessary for them to measure the economic capacity.If the white collar spend most of salary in his or her apartment,it will be a big problem in his or her life.Even though,it can drive them use money from their parents.Our company think the price of Shanghai apartments must be low.
Thirdly, convenient transportation is also important.”Just be family”are city's commuters, so they must consider commuting traffic conditions.The traffic around the house is also very important for them.Our company consider that there must be subway or bus stop around the apartment,it is convenient for commuters go for work and save their time.
Last but not least,the environment around the Shanghai apartments is we need to consider.Everyone want to live in a good and comfortable environment,it is useful for our healthy.The environment must be quiet,because commuters want to relax themselves and have a good dream after a whole day work.Also,it is better to have a little more green in the environment.If commuters live here,they must feel comfortable and relaxed.
Consider these consolidated conditions, our company want to recommend some apartments in high cost performance.
With the Progressive ideal city located in the Putuo taopu from the 11th line taopu Village Station 2.2 km, 1.5 km from the Nanxiang Station. Project is 50-year property projects, planning has 8 9 story high-rise, two ladder 12, the flagship product for 40-55 square meters LOFT, 5.35 m high ceiling, rough delivery. A total of about 60-90 million / sets. Same into the ideal city to build another one kind is different from the traditional style LOFT "light luxury" innovative products.
Project Description: The project is located with the Progressive ideal city Putuo District taopu plate, Ying Lu Jin Kim pathway junctions. LOFT by the eight or nine floor Shanghai apartments and commercial facilities dedicated community composition.
In shanghai,there are many people become"Just be family".According to their requirements,we need to consider four conditions:the small size, low price, convenient transportation and the environment.When you buy a house,these labels is the real thing that we need to consider.
First,small apartment is suitable for newly married and single person.Because these people does not require too much area of the house,a small apartment can meet their requirement and can save their money.
Secondly, we need to consider low price,because some white collar start work for a short time,they do not have enough money,it is necessary for them to measure the economic capacity.If the white collar spend most of salary in his or her apartment,it will be a big problem in his or her life.Even though,it can drive them use money from their parents.Our company think the price of Shanghai apartments must be low.
Thirdly, convenient transportation is also important.”Just be family”are city's commuters, so they must consider commuting traffic conditions.The traffic around the house is also very important for them.Our company consider that there must be subway or bus stop around the apartment,it is convenient for commuters go for work and save their time.
Last but not least,the environment around the Shanghai apartments is we need to consider.Everyone want to live in a good and comfortable environment,it is useful for our healthy.The environment must be quiet,because commuters want to relax themselves and have a good dream after a whole day work.Also,it is better to have a little more green in the environment.If commuters live here,they must feel comfortable and relaxed.
Consider these consolidated conditions, our company want to recommend some apartments in high cost performance.
With the Progressive ideal city located in the Putuo taopu from the 11th line taopu Village Station 2.2 km, 1.5 km from the Nanxiang Station. Project is 50-year property projects, planning has 8 9 story high-rise, two ladder 12, the flagship product for 40-55 square meters LOFT, 5.35 m high ceiling, rough delivery. A total of about 60-90 million / sets. Same into the ideal city to build another one kind is different from the traditional style LOFT "light luxury" innovative products.
Project Description: The project is located with the Progressive ideal city Putuo District taopu plate, Ying Lu Jin Kim pathway junctions. LOFT by the eight or nine floor Shanghai apartments and commercial facilities dedicated community composition.
2013年7月12日星期五
The Travel Guide of French Concession
Shanghai French Concession used to be the foreign concession of France in Shanghai, China from 1849 to 1946, and it was progressively expanded between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. and now is a district in the city. It covers the Xuhui District and Luwan District, occupying the center, south and west of urban Shanghai, and its central Huaihai Road is a busy shopping street. Its tree-lined avenues and their many Tudor mansions still retain an air of the "Paris of the East".It is a good place for foreign people to visit,you can see different views from Shanghai.There are some place I choose to introduce you to visit.
Some of the French Concession's delapidated villas and crowdedshikumen (stone gate) warrens have fallen to the wrecking ball, others have been renovated and reimagined, creating vibrant new streets full of restaurants, boutiques and galleries where only a few years ago metal-working shops and local produce markets did their business. The good news for tourists is that the trend has been as much toward renovation as toward demolition and new construction, allowing entrepreneur-driven hives of nascent hip like Tianzifang in the south to develop as a solid alternative to the glitz of Huaihai Zhong Lu to the north, the mega-mall mania of Xujiahui in the west and the theme-park historicism ofXintiandi at the eastern end of the old French Concession.In between the above-mentioned points on the French Concession compass, numerous small streets hold surprises for the strolling urban explorer, from the cafes on Shaoxing Lu to the shady nooks of Fuxing Park; from the Art Deco grand dames standing watch over Fuxing Lu as it heads west to meet Huashan Lu to remaining shikumen like Cité Bourgogne.
Covering what are now Xuhui and the western part of Huangpu—formerly Luwan—districts, the French Concession was established in 1848, following the establishment of a British and later an American settlement after the opening of Shanghai as one of the treaty ports named in the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) that ended the First Opium War. The puppet government of Vichy France signed the area over to the Empire of Japan in 1943. The area returned to Chinese control after the end of World War II.
If you want old-Shanghai romance with the convenience of downtown living, look no further than this enticing network of tree-lined streets, stretching from Yanan Lu (road) in the north, Zhaojiabang Lu in the south, Huashan Lu in the west and Xizang Nan Lu to the east.
2013年7月10日星期三
About French concession
The Shanghai French Concession was a foreign concession in Shanghai,China from 1849 until 1946, and it was progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The concession came to an end in practice in 1943 when the Vichy French government signed it over to the pro-Japanese puppet government in Nanking. The area covered by the former French Concession was, for much of the 20th century, the premier residential and retail districts of Shanghai, and was also the centre ofCatholicism in Shanghai. Despite rampant re-development over the last few decades, the area retains a distinct character, and is a popular tourist destination.
The French Concession was established on 6 April 1849, when the French Consul to Shanghai, Charles de Montigny, obtained a proclamation from the Governor (Daotai) of Shanghai, which conceded certain territory for a French settlement.
Its borders were expanded twice, in 1900 and 1914. During the 1920s, the French Concession was developed into the premier residential area of Shanghai. In 1943, during World War II, the government of Vichy France announced that it would give up its concessions in China. The French concessions of Tianjin, Hankou and Guangzhouwere handed over to the Wang Jingwei Government on June 5, and the last, the Shanghai French Concession, was handed over to the Wang Jingwei Government on July 30. After the war, neither Vichy France nor Wang's Nationalist Government were universally recognised as legitimate, but the new post-war government of France acknowledged that it was a fait accompli in the Sino-French Accord of February 1946. This accord, signed by Chiang Kaishek's ruling Kuomintang led to Chinese troops pulling out of the northern half of French Indochina in exchange for France relinquishing all its foreign concessions in China as well as the colony ofKwangchowan.
In 1902, the Concession introduced platanes (London Planes) as a roadside tree onAvenue Joffre. Because this tree, now popular as a roadside tree throughout China, was first introduced in the French Concession in Shanghai, it is known in Chineseas the "French Plane".
The French Concession remained largely unchanged in the early decades of Communistrule in China. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s, however, largely unregulated re-development of the area has torn apart many neighbourhoods. For example, the London Planes that graced the former Avenue Joffre (now Huaihai Road) were removed in the 1990s, only to be later replaced after public outcry. The old French Club building and its gardens, which used to be a sports field in the early days, were gutted and became the base of the high-rise Okura Garden Hotel.
After the 2000s, the government enforced more stringent development and planning controls in this area.I think it is a wise choice to visit the French concession,if you travel in Shanghai.
2013年7月8日星期一
Top 5 good places in Xintiandi
Xintiandi is a car-free shopping, eating and entertainment area of Shanghai, China. It is composed of an area of restored traditional shikumen (stone gate) houses on narrow alleys, a modern shopping mall with a cinema complex, and some adjoining houses which now serve as book stores, cafes and restaurants. Most of the cafes and restaurants feature both indoor and outdoor seatings. Xintiandi has an active nightlife on weekdays as well as weekends, though romantic settings are more common than loud music and dance places. Xintiandi means "New Heaven and Earth", and is considered one of the first lifestyle centers in China.
Xintiandi is a Shikumen buildings as the main body, has a European style of leisure and entertainment centers, a collection of formatting bars, restaurants and nightclubs, is the Shanghai new landscape,next,I will choose the top 5 good places in Xintiandi for you to visit.
Around the Xitiandi,you can feel atmosphere of European.During the day, you can see a lot of foreign tourists coming new world tour, take pictures.If you like you can talk with them and exchange mind with foreign people.It will be a wonderful experience.In Xitiandi,it is not strange to see that the number of foreign people is more than Chinese people.
Approaching evening, here is filled with romantic European style. Open-air bars, coffee bars most young family and foreigners are welcome. Foreign people and Chinese all like going here for a relax.In open-air bars or coffee bars,they can have a quiet evening and talk with dear friends,share their time and feel comfortable.I think it is very enjoyable.If you want to meet friends and have a good time in a day,I advice you to invite them to meet in the coffee bars in Xintiandi.
There are many special restaurants in Xintiandi,you can eat food different from other places.Some restaurants make a home ablaze,some restaurants make a romantic atmosphere using a faint light.Most old people like to choose restaurants that can provide delicious and cheap food,young people is different from oldest,they pay more attention to the good environment,most of them like to choose some restaurant can provide delicious food and romantic atmosphere.Anyone can find the food you want to eat in Xintiandi,enjoy yourself!
Stroll around in there, you can also go to the nearest Taipingqiao green, enjoy another style.Xintiandi is famous of its history and culture, modern silhouette and interior space, as well as international business content, so the elderly feel Xintiandi is very nostalgic,that young people would think that fashion, into the new world of foreigners feel it's "China", Chinese people will feel very Western style, leisure and culture in Shanghai soon become tasteful consumer sites.
In Xintiandi district, there is a cultural tourist attraction: A major Memorial Hall.It is open for free,after shopping or eating,you and your friends can visit it.
The area was developed by the Shui On Group during the re-development of the surrounding area, when similar shikumen houses were demolished wholesale. The houses in Xintiandi were then restored, and now house an art gallery, cafes, and restaurants. The marketing of xintiandi is mainly targeted towards overseas visitors, especially visitors from Hong Kong, who seek to experience the romanticised atmosphere of old Shanghai. As a result, prices in this area are high, even by international standards. Eating or shopping in this area is seen as a status symbol by affluent local residents. Many tour groups both domestic and from abRd. also visit Xintiandi as one of the main attractions in Shanghai.
2013年7月4日星期四
How to find good villas in Shanghai
Shanghai villa rentals are an ideal manner for adding privacy and luxury quotient in your living. In fact, it is possible to save a lot of money by relinquishing the luxurious hotels and stay like a resident by leasing a private Shanghai villa.Villas for all tastes are present in Shanghai whether one wants to experience the Chinese culture or western style like French, Italy, etc. For those who want to try the metropolitan spots may go ahead with downtown villas are located in the center or busy area of Shanghai.There are a number of choices you have to make when selecting a suitable home for your lifestyle in Shanghai.
The Independent Villas
Usually called Houses in the West these may take the form of stand alone or semi-detached. Often townhouses or row houses can be found in many of the same developments, offering access to the same facilities but without the size or cost of an independent villa.There is limited supply downtown, usually on the small side and aging. One or two newer redeveloped older housing developments are beginning to appear on the market.
Villas in Local Compounds
Expats who choose to live in local compounds usually select high end local enclaves, usually in the western suburbs. These are also standalone or semi-detached houses with gardens, but facilities are usually not provided and English may not be spoken.
Historic Housing
You may be tempted to live downtown in traditional Lane Houses or older independent villas usually from the 1920’s and later. These are commonly called ‘Lao Yang Fang. See Housing Market Residential Areas
Some are outstandingly beautiful places, however we advise caution and having a year of two living in Shanghai before being tempted by the romance of this style of living. Although the villas may be beautiful on the outside beauty is very often only skin deep.
Semi-Detached Houses
A single building structure that has been designed to house two families. From the outside it looks like a very large single home but in fact has two homes, mirror images of each other. Separate entrances and usually gardens mean this is usually a lower cost option than a single villa home. Not many are to found in Shanghai with the preference being for single villa homes and townhouses.Usually having 3 or 4 floors, townhouses have separate entrances and often gardens too, offering a lower cost option than a single villa or semi-detached home.
Many developments are offering this option as the popularity of having the facilities and living in the green space that a villa development offers, gains in popularity amongst the local affluent population in addition to developer’s recognizing that not all expatriate families have large or unlimited housing budgets.
These take many different forms from a small one-bedroom apartment to a huge 4 or 5 bedroom duplex penthouse and rents can run from around US$1,000 for a small unit in a decent expatriate oriented Shanghai villas to US$15,000 for the best Shanghai has to offer. Luxury apartments are popular because of the host of on-site services they offer, from restaurants to post offices, gyms, pre-schools and in some cases, office towers and five-star hotels on the premises.
2013年6月28日星期五
Shanghai rentals
Buy passengers turned off renting person,the phenomenon lead to the price of Shanghai rentals is continue to rise.
Shanghai rentals index for 1244 points, up by 9:00, up 0.73 percent, or 0.08 percentage points last month to expand. High, medium and low-rise high again, especially in the high-end market was the most prominent.
Shanghai office rentals index that since the implementation of the New Deal, falling prices does not meet buyers expectations due to a rigid demand for home buyers continue keep money to purchase and change purchase to rent, further exacerbating the rental market supply and demand imbalance, resulting in rents continued to rise. In addition, the September semester approaching, arriving in college graduates, such as children's education and renting new demand increase, rising rents a subsequent new motivation.
High-end rents rose to accelerate market
Demand for and rentals of high-end residences in Shanghai have risen sharply in the first five months of 2013 as more expatriates came to work at multinationals' regional headquarters in the city.
In 10 tracked areas the amount of rented residences costing at least ¥10,000 ($1,630) per month rose 11% between January and May, while the amount of rented residences costing between ¥5,000 and ¥10,000 per month rose 17%, according to real estate agency Hanyu Property.
The rentals of high-end residences-classified as those rented for ¥10,000 per month or above -rose 10% to 20% in May from a year earlier. The growth rates in expat-intensive neighborhoods in Pudong district were all above 15%, according to Hanyu Property. 60% of high-end renters were foreigners.
"The rising rentals followed strong demand after more foreigners began working in the new office buildings near those communities," Hanyu Property analyst Fu Wei said. "Another reason is there is enough room for rental to rise rapidly as the rental-to-price ratio of luxury residences is fairly low at 1.5% to 2% in Shanghai."
The ratio is a residence's 12-month rental divided by its price.
Mid-market rising trend
Shanghai mid-market rentals rose 0.75%. Which rose 0.76 percent two-bedroom, three-compartment rose 0.75%. Monitored by mid-market rents rose 12 districts more than 0.5%.
Mid-market gainers plates have Zhabei, Minhang, Hongkou, Baoshan, August were up 0.91%, 0.89%, 0.89% and 0.8%. Rent for several months in the broad end, for the following reasons: First, just need to increase. Market regulation this year, many investors in order to avoid the risk of future policies and focus on selling houses, but many buyers to postpone the purchase plan, select the mid-market rent over this part of the population in the management of small and medium enterprises, proportion of white-collar workers more, led the rising rents. Second season features. 7,8,9 months each year is usually the traditional peak season leases, rents during this period will be raised.
Trends in the low-end market remains closed up
August, Shanghai low-end market rents rose 0.46 percent. Respectively, one and two bedroom rents rose 0.5% and 0.4%.
Shanghai rentals index for 1244 points, up by 9:00, up 0.73 percent, or 0.08 percentage points last month to expand. High, medium and low-rise high again, especially in the high-end market was the most prominent.
Shanghai office rentals index that since the implementation of the New Deal, falling prices does not meet buyers expectations due to a rigid demand for home buyers continue keep money to purchase and change purchase to rent, further exacerbating the rental market supply and demand imbalance, resulting in rents continued to rise. In addition, the September semester approaching, arriving in college graduates, such as children's education and renting new demand increase, rising rents a subsequent new motivation.
High-end rents rose to accelerate market
Demand for and rentals of high-end residences in Shanghai have risen sharply in the first five months of 2013 as more expatriates came to work at multinationals' regional headquarters in the city.
In 10 tracked areas the amount of rented residences costing at least ¥10,000 ($1,630) per month rose 11% between January and May, while the amount of rented residences costing between ¥5,000 and ¥10,000 per month rose 17%, according to real estate agency Hanyu Property.
The rentals of high-end residences-classified as those rented for ¥10,000 per month or above -rose 10% to 20% in May from a year earlier. The growth rates in expat-intensive neighborhoods in Pudong district were all above 15%, according to Hanyu Property. 60% of high-end renters were foreigners.
"The rising rentals followed strong demand after more foreigners began working in the new office buildings near those communities," Hanyu Property analyst Fu Wei said. "Another reason is there is enough room for rental to rise rapidly as the rental-to-price ratio of luxury residences is fairly low at 1.5% to 2% in Shanghai."
The ratio is a residence's 12-month rental divided by its price.
Mid-market rising trend
Shanghai mid-market rentals rose 0.75%. Which rose 0.76 percent two-bedroom, three-compartment rose 0.75%. Monitored by mid-market rents rose 12 districts more than 0.5%.
Mid-market gainers plates have Zhabei, Minhang, Hongkou, Baoshan, August were up 0.91%, 0.89%, 0.89% and 0.8%. Rent for several months in the broad end, for the following reasons: First, just need to increase. Market regulation this year, many investors in order to avoid the risk of future policies and focus on selling houses, but many buyers to postpone the purchase plan, select the mid-market rent over this part of the population in the management of small and medium enterprises, proportion of white-collar workers more, led the rising rents. Second season features. 7,8,9 months each year is usually the traditional peak season leases, rents during this period will be raised.
Trends in the low-end market remains closed up
August, Shanghai low-end market rents rose 0.46 percent. Respectively, one and two bedroom rents rose 0.5% and 0.4%.
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