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    • 1. Serviced Residences
    • Serviced residences are popular with foreigners who intend to stay on a long-term basis. The lease-based living complexes provide hotel-style service, but the rooms are generally much bigger than five-star hotels. They are often equipped with a kitchen, furniture, electronics, washing machine, and other appliances. Like hotels, room service, laundry, limousine, valet and messaging service are all available, but the rent is less expensive than staying in hotels.
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    • - DMC Ville : Tel. 02-380-4800 (365days, 24hours)  www.dmcville.co.kr
      - Fraser Suites : Tel. 02-6262-8282 seoul.fraserhospitality.com
      - Han Suites : Tel. 02-2280-8000 www.hansuites.com
      - Oakwood Premier: Tel 02-3466-7000 www.oakwoodpremier.co.kr
      - Somerset Palace: Tel 02-6730-8888  www.somersetpalaceseoul.com
      - Vabien: Tel 02-6399-0078  www.vabienseoul.com
    • 2. Apartments
    • Apartments are residences with five floors or more. As large numbers of people live in a relatively small area, commercial markets or public facilities such as supermarkets, post offices, schools, and administrative offices are usually located near an apartment complex. Apartments have good security and are convenient. Inhabitants may benefit from public sharing of utilities such as heating, gas and water; however these come at the expense of an administrative fee. The downside is the annoyance resulting from communal living, such as noise, shortage of parking spaces etc.
    • 3. Independent houses
    • Independent houses stand alone on a private property. Privacy is a merit, and one can plan his living to his own taste. The downside is that maintenance is wholly entrusted to the inhabitant, and independent houses may be harder to find in certain areas, such as downtown.
    • 4. Multi-family / row houses
    • These houses are smaller in scale compared to apartments, comprising four stories or less, and housing at least two families. There is usually no security guard, but many have parking lots. Rooms are usually smaller than apartments. Compared to an apartment of equal size, multi-family houses tend to be less expensive.
    • 5. One room / Studios
    • "One-room/Studios" in Korea are widespread, but concentrated around college vicinity and business districts, as students and unmarried adults are the main clients. One-room/Studios usually come with appliances and furniture (except beds, in most cases). Most are heated and air-conditioned on a single-room basis.
    • 6. Officetels
    • Officetels are combinations of office and living space. In addition to standard administrative fees, the inhabitant must pay additional maintenance fees required of commercial business buildings. Many are equipped with appliances and underground parking. Security is tight as a superintendent oversees the building. Officetels tend to be more expensive than one-room studios.
    • For more details, please refer to [Accommodation: E-book]
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