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| posted by gladyswly 386 days ago |
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Do anyone of you live there? How is it as a place to live?
Any opinion is welcomed, thanks. 
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| posted by Load Toad 386 days ago |
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Apart from falling cable cars it's boring apparently. But BB lives there so you will never go short for a top class sandwich.
You used to speak the truth.
But now you're clever.
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| posted by spannermonkey 386 days ago |
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Lots of CX work colleagues live there and plenty of cabin crew. Only one real pub, and the shopping is rubbish. Rental is peanuts though - 12K for 1200sqft. Aircraft noise is present, but not as bad as people make out. Pollution is a widely talked topic, but I dont reckon its any worse than most of HK.
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| posted by adfundum 386 days ago |
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Agree with Spanner's take on this.
It's pleasant enough, the facilities are good, and the rents reasonable.
The concentration of expats is increasing as more and more people flee from the ever skyrocketing rents in Disco bay.
Major disadvantage: Getting home after 12:30am, having enjoyed a night on the town...
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The problem with instant gratification is that it takes too bloody long...
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| posted by Lola 386 days ago |
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Which part's the disadvantage, Fundy? The night on the town? The journey home? Or getting home?
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| posted by adfundum 386 days ago |
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Erm. trying to get home if you have just missed the last MTR by the proverbial **** hair.... 
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| posted by xpat-Aussie 386 days ago |
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Yeah I know some Cathay blokes that live out there... always a pain in the arse for me to get there and back though... you know the saying "slow boat to china"?
Well, for Tung Chung visitors who are used to no journey taking more than 20 minutes, it's the slow traing to TC :)
Nice enough spot though... but I prefer where I am. If you work on the island, it's a long way to travel every day.
"...and once you have tasted flight,
you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you long to return...."
-Leonardo DaVinci
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| posted by smog 386 days ago (edited 386 days ago) |
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Originally posted by adfundum
people flee from the ever skyrocketing rents in Disco bay.
Really? I'm just in the process of considering a move to DB to get away from the rising rents in the mid-levels! DB seems really quite cheap - a nice 2 bedroom place in Chianti (a brand new block, with "5* facilities/decor) for $15K inclusive seems pretty good to me. Older places of similar size are only $11-12K
I'm still trying to come to terms with going back to a 1 hour commute rather than 15-20 minutes though.
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| posted by ServerGuy 386 days ago |
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Smog, you get used to the commute after a short period and it can actually be quite enjoyable have twenty odd mins in the morning to read the paper and the like.
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| posted by geraldo 386 days ago |
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smog, danger, make sure you check chianti 45 times over before making your next move
tip 1: how to get into the lobby ...
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| posted by spannermonkey 386 days ago |
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It takes me over an hour to get to work, door to desk. Sometimes I dont mind, but most of the time its a pain. A pain I'm happy to endure to live cityside rather than TC, and save myself the horror of seeing the office from my bedroom window.
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| posted by adfundum 386 days ago |
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Smog> How many square feet do you get for 15k? And how much is left in Net space?
I hear on the grapevine that there are major quality issues with Siena II and Chianti, but no personal experience with these particular developments.
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| posted by geraldo 386 days ago |
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compare to mid levels: huge difference!
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| posted by smog 386 days ago |
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adfundum,
900-odd gross. Which is about what I have now in mid-levels for 19K (My mid-levels place is overlooked to the extent that I never open the blinds). The net seems big enough from the plan and from Mrs smog's description. I will be visiting this evening to check it out.
Geraldo,
What's the problem with the lobby? Mrs smog says it is like a posh hotel.
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| posted by bunthorne 386 days ago |
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You realise that could seriously cramp your quizzing activities.
Is it really worth the sacrifice for a few thousand $?
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| posted by smog 386 days ago (edited 386 days ago) |
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Why would it? All it might do is encourage me to get the last MTR (TC) / a specific ferry (DB) home, which would probably be good for my liver.
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| posted by geraldo 386 days ago |
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yes, but you have to get the escalators up to make it there. If they're operational of course.
If you get home after 8 or 9pm you have to ask the guard to activate it, considering you find one of course.
Coming down will always be stairs.
For a 900sqf you could get a nice one in siena two as well, with a good view over the bay as well, think they go about 12k for the moment.
give a shout, I live in siena two
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| posted by smog 386 days ago |
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Thanks for the tip on the escalator - how many steps up is it? And why oh why for a prestige apartment block can't they make the escalator auto start?
All the agents are saying there are very few properties around at the moment (they would say that wouldn't they?) but residents seem to be saying that half the flats in DB are empty! I wish I knew who to believe.
Siena Two 900sq.ft is 2 bedroom (which in practice means one for Mrs smog's wardrobe / dressing room)?
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| posted by adfundum 386 days ago |
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They always say that...
The agent is never really on your side, as their commission benefits by getting the best deal for the landlord, not the tenant.
Normally a good idea is to chat with a few friendly faces on DB plaza and find out the real story on current rents etc...
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| posted by smog 386 days ago |
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quote:
Originally posted by adfundum
The agent is never really on your side, as their commission benefits by getting the best deal for the landlord, not the tenant.
I realise that which is why I have an agent with whom I always make either a fixed price deal or one which incentivises her to get the price down (e.g. $7.5K + $1K for every $1K below $15K in rental).
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