Housing types in Korea

1. Officetel

The name of this type of housing comes from "office" and "hotel". An officetel is a furnished apartment that is usually built into an office/multi-use building. It's generally new and modern, including amenities like a refrigerator, freezer, and a gas stove. It will have a Western-style bathroom (with a shower stall in it), a designated parking space and a security guard on the first floor. Often times, there are convenience stores and/or restaurants located on the main floors along with other businesses dispersed throughout the building. These types of amenities are very attractive to instructors with South Korean teaching jobs.

Officetel

2. Apartment

Korean families typically live in apartment complexes with several large apartment buildings (over five stories) and with a centralized management office which controls maintenance and security. The apartments usually contain a kitchen, a living room and multiple bedrooms. These apartments are not furnished by the owner of the apartment complex; however, if you are an English teacher in Korea, the school will furnish the apartment for you. As these apartments have two to four bedrooms, these apartments are usually provided to English teachers requesting shared housing. Each ESL teacher will get their own room and will share a common living room, kitchen and bathroom. The monthly maintenance fee and utilities will be divided equally among all the ESL teachers living in the apartment.

Korea Apartment

Villa

Also called a villa or yeon-lip, this type of apartment is in a smaller building (usually under five stories) and does not come furnished (the school will furnish it for its English teachers in Korea, not the building manager). These villas range from typical one room, studio apartments to two or three rooms and usually there are no maintenance fees. Unlike other types of apartments, there is no central management for security or maintenance. Some villas may have underground or designated parking areas.

Korea Villa

Single family house  Single Family houses stand alone on a private property. Often has a private garden so. it's freedom of privacy is key advantage and great for a family with kids.

However, because its land capacity, single family houses is located in away from central business district, mostly located areas such as, sungbuk, pyeongchang, and itaewon.

Services residence

Serviced apartments are similar to hotels available for both short-term as well as long-term stays, providing all the hotel-like amenities. They are fully furnished spaces that often have cleaning services and slightly more priced than regular apartments.  The buildings which house the apartments will also have convenience stores, gyms and/or restaurants and provide house keeping. 

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