Moving to Chengdu Soon, Looking for Roommate

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Hello all,

I am an Indian moving to Chengdu during late February/early March

I am looking out for an apartment somewhere near downtown and heard the rents are a bomb there, so it would be great if anybody is ready to share an apartment or if there are vacant rooms in your apartment so that I can move in.

And I would be happy to join my fellow Indian expats working in Chengdu on long term assignments… (just a preference, not insisting,,,,any nationality , I am OK)

Anyways, bottom-line: I do not want to stay alone and feel home-sick , so I would be happy to have company…

 

[Rick in China]

Is your company located downtown? I don’t know many people who live downtown so to speak, but lots of expats live in the south between 1st/2nd ring road as well as farther south towards software park – aside from work, there isn’t a huge motivation to live downtown in my opinion 😀 when picking area, what’s your goal?

I’ve seen some postings looking for roommates here recently, suggest contacting those posters too..

[tinku_400_21]

Hey Rick,

 

My company is located in Hezuo Road (far far away from downtown)

I am looking for a good area which is clean,lively and close to all the HotSpots of the city where I can find a lot of expats…

You said South and software park, please let me know the name of the locality..

 

 

[Rick in China]

Is that.. um, in PiXian? That’s a LONG COMMUTE from Chengdu 😀 Rough, because, PiXian – while being heavily developed, is pretty remote, only reason I go there is traffic police ish and passing through to qingcheng mountain!

That being said, most expats favour the south between 1st/2nd ring like I mentioned. Typically you can get a reasonable apartment by yourself for around 2000rmb/month in that area, maybe near SiChuan University. Lots of expats around and lots of foreign bars/restaurants in the area, relatively convenient travel (subway/etc) and lively enough to keep you busy. But, like I mentioned, if your Hezou Road is in PiXian, and you go to work every day, that is *ROUGH* buddy. I hate to say it but you may need to go far west _at least_, and more likely, just bite the bullet and live in PiXian during weekdays and find a way to stay in Chengdu on weekends or something.

[tinku_400_21]

Hey Rick,

Yup, Pixian it is 🙁

And yes, I am ok with the long commutes (takes around 40mins to 1hr)

Thanks alot for your suggestion, I would look out for apartments at the places you suggested and this forum is THE place I guess where I can land myself a good deal of a n apartment !!

[Rick in China]

Ok – if it’s the PiXian place, then you should also consider up near Qing Tai Lu. It’s got some bars and expats (lots of Portuguese and Israeli go to a chinese medicine school there at least) and is near a nice little area called “Narrow Wide Alley”, it’s a little less busy in terms of expat community but it’s *way* closer to PiXian (located directly west of city centre). Apartments out there rent for cheap too.

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I am finally heading to Chengdu early April !!

@Rick: Thanks a lot for your suggestion, I spoke to my future colleagues and they recommended me Jinsha (happy space) and Tongzilin Road and yeah, they also warned me about the *rough* travel time to my workplace..Tongzilin caught my eye though…

Hello All,

Anybody ready to share an apartment at Tongzilin or Jinsha (and the surrounding areas) ?

 

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