Our Home in Foshan

We are now currently living in a two bedroom apartment (aka Singapore 3-room flat style).

We had chosen to rent an apartment by the developer Vanke (万科). This is a very popular developer in China, and usually expatriates who come over to China, will choose to set up home in these estates. Reason being that the standard of work on the overall construction of the buildings, the amenities, security and service standard are all relatively higher than those of other real estate developers here.

That being said, of cause the cost of purchasing an apartment in Vanke is also higher than those of other developers. We are currently paying slightly more than 2,000RMB in rental every month (not including utilities), and that's considered high-cost living for the locals here. Many of them are staying in homes which cost them 300-500RMB a month in rent. Previously, we had rented a one-bedroom apartment (about 55sqm, and had found it a tad too small for the two of us as there was insufficient storage space. Imagine, some of the similar sized apartments here are sectioned to create additional rooms, and there could be between 4-8 people sharing the small 55sqm house!


View of our main door, and the shoe rack behind it


Our shoe rack


View when standing at our main door. Here, you see our living room, dining area, and walkway to the bedrooms


TV area with Marcus' speakers and amplifiers, and Sheryl's wii


Door to the kitchen. Our kitchen in like a narrow U-shape with the sink area in the centre of the U.


Kitchen stove, rice cooker etc on the left of the sink


Drying rack, water boiler, microwave oven, fridge etc on the right


Contact numbers of delivery outlets stuck on our fridge


Magnets that we had bought from all around


Toilet sink with our toiletries


Our bedroom


Study room


Marcus' collection of tea pots


Our balcony (entrance from our living room, and our bedroom window opens into this balcony) and relaxing bench


View from our living room and bedroom balcony


View from our service balcony (at the back. Entrance from study room)


Huge convenience store located just a block away.


Side view from our service balcony

And yes. This is where we call home now when we stay in China. :D