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News from CityHome and the RUNWAY 1331 village: applications, move-ins, events and what’s opening next.
When to start looking: the Hong Kong renting timeline
September intake, January exchange, a summer internship, a new job — how far ahead you should be viewing depends on which one you are. Too early costs you as much as too late.
Renting in Hong Kong: sort the options before you compare prices
Subdivided flats, flatshares, serviced apartments, halls, monthly youth apartments — five ways to live here, five different cost structures. Compare them properly or you're comparing apples to oranges.
A day without leaving the village
Courts, a skatepark and a 680-metre street downstairs; the sea out the front door. Not a piece about layouts — just what a day here actually looks like.
Your first month in Hong Kong: the order to do things in
SIM card, bank account, proof of address, Octopus, somewhere to live — arriving in Hong Kong is less about the tasks than the order. Get it wrong and you make the same trip twice.
Choosing co-living in Hong Kong: three things people forget to ask
Everyone compares rent and floor area. What actually decides whether you're comfortable is usually the bathroom, the washing machine and the door.
Kai Tak to the universities: which station you get off at
Kai Tak is on the Tuen Ma line. Hung Hom and Ho Man Tin are direct; Kowloon Tong needs one change. Here's the station for each university.
CityHome or the village hostel — which one do you want?
RUNWAY 1331 holds both a nightly youth hostel and monthly youth apartments. They get mixed up constantly, so here is the difference.
A guide to Kai Tak: once you're out of the door
CityHome sits on the old airport runway with water on three sides. Here's what happens past the gate — reaching the MTR, what's nearby, and where the weekend goes.
Classic Single A or B? It depends how you use the table
The two singles are priced closely and fitted identically. The difference is the plan. Here's how to decide in three minutes.
Before you move in: what's already in the room, and what to bring yourself
All four CityHome layouts come furnished. Here's what you don't need to buy, what's worth packing, and what to check on the day.
Two of you in one room: settle these four things first
Sharing with a friend is the cheapest option and the easiest one to fall out over. Four conversations to have before you move in, not after.
13/31: the runway you live on, and the aircraft that used to leave from it
RUNWAY 1331 takes its name from Kai Tak's runway 13/31 — a strip that ran out into Victoria Harbour, and a landing pilots still talk about.
A studio you can close the door on
Cafés you can't sit in all day, shared workspaces that shut at ten, calls taken with your bed in shot — that's what the Studio Office is for.