A reader wrote:

Hi,

I’ve been spending the last week looking for very similar apartments as it sounds you were. Around 700$/month. I’ve seen a wide range of quality and all of them seem to be the same basic size.

Could you post pictures or do you know the size of yours. I’m just wondering if bigger places are available at my price.

————————

For apartments in Seoul, quality is all over the map. Some apartments are big, some are small, some are palaces, and some are cesspools. When I was looking for a place in Sinchon I was introduced to the full range of apartments, many at inflated prices. I finally settled on this place, about 1/3 larger than other places I had seen, and included new cupboards: