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大C姐 發表於 2012-11-9 11:02

Lived 3 years with 4 friends (rented a mini dorm) during HKU period.  Lived 2 years at dorm (1 person room, nice) during the HKUST period.  During the same period of time, there were many months my whole family was not in HK (they moved to Canada already).

After I moved over here, I lived with my family again until I got married.  Now live with my wife and our dog.

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I don't feel like I'm living by myself during those days either.  Because it was so much fun around the house.    5 young men living together in an apartment just had too many stories.

To start off the rental, I only know the other 2.  The other 2 were friend of friend.  And our roommates changed hands a few things during that 3 years.  鬧交, I don't remember any major one happened.  Maybe men were easier to deal with.

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From Holdom to Gilmore, there are so many choices.  There are few more low-rise around Canadian Way near Boundary too, a bit off from SkyTrain but it is cheaper also.

We looked around this area about 4-5 years ago when we were looking for our first apartment.  However, we ruled out this area pretty quick (although it is just mins away from my office).  I personally don't like the traffic around this section, always busy and skytrain is pretty noisy for apartment facing that direction.  Flooding was an issue along the HomeDepot area back then but they improved the road work in the last few years already.  Geographically it is located in a valley, which is another thing I don't like when compare to Metrotown or Highgate.  After all, the major factor was price.  Most apartments available at that time were new development and were overprice.

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Yes, facing away from Skytrain.  Then depends on whether you need to take Skytrain daily, you could exclude those that are too far away from the station.  I personally will stay as far away from Willington intersection as possible.  Too much traffic, plus the coming Brentwood reconstruction there.

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when there are choices, why settle with something that's not the best.  

Would I able to sit in a balcony 10 floors away from SkyTrain to enjoy a quiet afternoon coffee?  Probably not.

My friend lives in an apartment at Joyce and her place is exactly at 10/F 45 degree facing the Skytrain track.  Yes, it isn't super noisy but it is there.

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如果租我會揀近Renfrew/ Rupert station嗰度住（冇乜錢的話），交通放便又近大型grocery chains，不 ...
大C姐 發表於 2012-11-15 10:16

Renfrew / Rupert station??  There isn't any highrise or condo around these two stations bor.  Unless you're suggestion to rent a basement of a house.

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真係睇吓應唔應聲囉，如果買pre-sale就當然唔好搏啦，梗係面向另一面隔２０層樓啦。

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大C姐 發表於 2012-11-15 10:21

If you're interested, go to the new highrise next to Holdom station and have a look.  Their balconies are big enough to hose 3 MJ tables with excellent privacy.  That's what my wife said she will play MJ at the balcony if we purchase that place.  LOL.

I'm just stating my personal preference and I'm not trying to convince anyone to follow that.  Each of us have preference of their own anyhow.

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You mean the Varley (East of Brentwood along Lougheed)?  I have a friend lives there.

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Wood structure.  If you're a quiet person, better stay on the top floor.  Visitor parking sucks, I could tell u.  And that Beta Ave is steep.  Lots of Chinese.  My friend and her husband (non-Chinese) love that place.  If I remember, their rent was $1200, that was ~4 (or maybe 5) years ago when the building just finished.

From what I saw, the layout was just like any apartment finished in the last 5 years.  Getting smaller and smaller in everything.  They are on a 2-bedrooms, but the 2nd bedroom wasn't big at all.

Those facing Lougheed are pretty close and at the same level to the skytrain track.

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When I ask whether you're a quiet person, I mean whether you could live with noise coming from your surrounding apartments.  For wood structure, it could easily be the first complaint.  Even in concrete building, you could still easily hear your neighbors, especially from above.

That's why I said if you prefer quiet, you may want to live at the top floor.

If yourself isn't a quiet person, then expect your neighbors to hear you.  I used to in my  Stratra and I heard enough stories of people complaints.