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[SPIDERMAN]

you can live like a king....  probably a stand alone house somewhere ( near pusan anyway, seoul..not so much)...
or one hell of a nice apartment, well furnished and very modern
very fancy car, maybe  a driver

maids are easy

excellent electonics in the home

first class international travel to exotic destinations

buy a nice Road King or something in seoul 

zat help?

Any guesses on cost for a 1,500 sq ft apartment with daily maid service. Yes on the car with driver but on call as opposed to continuous. 1st class air is a given.

[REGGAB]

I'm sitting this one out.  I lived on post at Camp Page, or whatever dry rice paddy we happened to be in at the time.  From what I've seen, there are some nice homes over there if money isn't the issue.

[cuthbertss]

Any guesses on cost for a 1,500 sq ft apartment with daily maid service. Yes on the car with driver but on call as opposed to continuous. 1st class air is a given.

sorry...cant help you much  it'd be a guess

mine was a little smaller than that in seoul.... they use a different measurement and im drawing a blank on it..trying to google Busan real estate and not much luck dude



pyong? something like that

for most people ( non mil)
they require a huge deposit ( "key money") and the monthly rent is actually relatively small

getting the key money back when you leave can be a bitch  im told

[cuthbertss]

i have a good friend who is an ex-pat living on Cheju Island..she can probably help...i'll query her

[REGGAB]

I have a friend in Seoul who might be able to help as well.  I'll try to reach him...................but, he works for the Army, and might be deployed.

[cuthbertss]

50 pyong is about 1800SF  that gives you a reference point

[SPIDERMAN]

OK 

Thanks for all the input.

 Lets see where this leads before I get into the weeds too far.

B B

[cuthbertss]

this may help as a housing idea

http://britishexpats.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=616&cat=12

[REGGAB]

Brian,
You have a PM.

Henry

[mr_magoo]

Brian I have a son stationed at Kunsan air base in South Korea that will be there till August 3,  I can forward questions to him or give you his phone # and you could give him a call (its a computer phone so its a local call) PM me.

[SPIDERMAN]

Thanks Magoo.

This is all very preliminary at the moment. I made the post so I'd have some basic info to share with Mrs B B

Thank you all again

[CVOJOE]

BB,
Tell me it isn't so man! You living in Kimchee land and not being able to ride LD or Elvis!

I was there (KR) for just over a year, but a long-long time ago so some things have changed of course.
But concerns:
1. Heating & cooling. It's colder and damper than most other places and humid as hell in the summer.
2. If you're not on the right kind of (govt) contract  you most likely won't have (legal) access to US govt/mil facilities for shopping or medical care. Big issue is medical care, you can always buy most things on the economy I expect but medical treatment and any Rx's could be an issue maybe.
3. Stay away from the winter kimchee, it's awful smelling and tastes worse. Summer kimchee is OK. (see #4)
4. O.B. beer is OK in large quantities.  Sochu is terrible, as far as sake type of stuff.
5. Lots of LAFM's there, but you're married so that recreation is out huh? Great massages are available.
6. Makalee (sp?) houses where you get the homemade wine and cook at the table on a hibachi are fun.
7. You'll need some heavy duty furniture as most of the local stuff is made for their frames.
8. "Honeybucket" carrying old guys are to be seriously avoided , especially after drinking and in any narrow alleys.
9. You're gonna need some serious SATV there, so put that in your package if you can.
10. Don't drink the tap water, at least when I was there it was a painful aftermath on the ceramic throne.
11. Lots of gastonomical adventures there to be sampled, but some unidentifibale. (See #10)
12. Go to a local moviehouse and enjoy the raw squid being passed around on sticks.

We can talk about more over a beer and Maker's my next trip down to SD.

 
Joe