http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/gallery/0000zrsf.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/gallery/0000zrsf Househunting in Taipei, as in most cities, can be a big pain in the ass. Rental advertisements contain a minimal amount of description, landlords are purposely ambiguous over the phone, and what you see is often NOT exactly what you get. This gallery contains photos of rental apartments from the great Taipei househunt of May 2005. http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00097swk.xml 30 ping, 16000NT. "3 bedrooms", 2 baths. 5th floor. http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00094r2b.xml 6ed2573281d2163ef9957cb38f1fc081 image/jpeg 400 300 32146 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00094r2b Very spacious living room area, with air conditioner http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00095sk7.xml 2a0fdf1de33773d027b6159854240f19 image/jpeg 400 300 24887 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00095sk7 one of two baths (this one gas heated, the other one, much smaller, electric-heated) http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009667r.xml 303b302f5ee99e4d8dcb016705c164be image/jpeg 300 400 35972 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009667r long balcony, directly overlooks a park (you see lots of treetops), can see mountains to the north, and planes lifting off from Songshan Airport. negative: you can hear all those planes, too. http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00097swk.xml 9bb9d0097b08317fa6eba7edbb41994a image/jpeg 300 400 47462 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00097swk 18ping, 20000NT + 850 monthly guard fee. 2 bedrooms, 1 common area. 2nd floor. Nice kitchen. http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00098f2s.xml aa6214d850fda847c285721f8c85bc7d image/jpeg 300 400 33639 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00098f2s living area included sofa, long table on the right side, shoe closet, broken clock... http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00099qfh.xml a2e87701a2e765b9de2fd0deb871d68f image/jpeg 400 300 32924 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/00099qfh Bedroom with air conditioner http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009at7p.xml dfb5408b8bdd741634ec9df6f6cdca67 image/jpeg 300 400 29157 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009at7p Smaller bedroom without air conditioner http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009bc8s.xml 63ce678ad20c64fd818656757199c20d image/jpeg 300 400 35922 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009bc8s Back balcony showing what makes this place the overpriced ripoff that it is: MRT construction, and a balcony that overlooks a drainage ditch. http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009cdr4.xml cc4f1da118c96154b58b2dd4c38aab0d image/jpeg 400 300 54359 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009cdr4 They did have a nice bathtub, though. http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009dy6e.xml f325a281eb304c573b6b4e6cc2197c78 image/jpeg 300 400 28360 http://pics.livejournal.com/woquinoncoin/pic/0009dy6e