[寬敞露台] 2 間客房 + 新開售 [Wave House] 歡迎自我隔離

I liked the neighbourhood - it was quaint, with lots of cute shops and cafes/bars scattered around. It is about an 8-min walk to Hongik Univ Station and about a 15-min walk to Hongdae Shopping Street.

One con is the lack of cleanliness of the place. When I first arrived, the apartment had many flies and bugs (luckily, the apartment had some bug spray and I killed at least 20 bugs). The bedroom floor was also dirty (they don’t clean the floor under the beds and it is filled with dust and other litter from previous guests). The bath towels provided had yellow stains on them and also kinda stunk so I would recommend using your own towel.

Also, by the looks of the size of the apartment, there is no way that 8-10 people can stay comfortably (as indicated on the listing). I would estimate the maximum to be 4 pax (there are 2 queen-sized beds in a bedroom), 1 small toilet, 1 kitchenette and 1 dining room (with a dining table and 4 chairs). There is also a small sofa which can seat 2 pax at most.

During my stay, I was also interrupted under very short notice (the host literally texted me to open the door and they were outside waiting already) by the host and some other man who said something about a leakage from the bathroom to the apartment downstairs and made some checks for repair. So just be aware that the apartment may require some maintenance here and there and your stay may be disrupted.

Another thing of note.. I was under a quarantine order and the hotel I originally booked did not allow me to stay there and I had to check out at 11am. As such, I requested for an early check-in. However, please note that if you request for early check-in or late check-out, you will have to pay extra. Initially, it was indicated to me that the cost would be 15,000 KRW each which I paid but then the host asked for extra payment and I ended up paying about 60,000 KRW for early check-in at 1pm and late check-out at 1pm. I also made a mistake of missing my check-out time (this is admittedly my fault as I mistakenly thought the check-out time was 2pm) and I apologised to the host and explained that I was stuck in traffic and she simply said “It's the weekend, so of course the road is closed. You have to pay an extra fee.” I don’t think foreigners would know that on weekends, the road is closed in Seoul, at least I didn’t. So in the end, I checked out at 140pm (40 minutes late) and was asked to pay an additional 33,000 KRW. In total, I paid an additional 93,000 KRW on top of the standard accommodation cost (which was 772,800 KRW for 5 nights).

The host also informed me that if I do not separate the trash / recyclables properly, I will need to pay extra.

Essentially, be prepared to make extra payments for any additional requests or things that you may not be aware of as a foreigner and the host will not be sympathetic towards you at all.

The price of the stay is also more expensive than the hotel I originally booked (i.e. Hotel28 Myeongdong) even though the stay at the hotel was much more comfortable with way better service and a convenient location in Myeongdong. For comparison, the apartment costed 772,800 KRW for 5 nights (about $170 per night) while a night at the hotel costed about $140.

I would only recommend this place if you have no choice and are placed under quarantine as many places in Seoul don’t allow for quarantine stays. Personally, I will not choose to stay here the next time I am in Seoul.

我喜歡這個街區——它很古色古香，周圍散佈著許多可愛的商店和咖啡館/酒吧。步行至弘益大學站約8分鐘，步行至弘大購物街約15分鐘。一個缺點是這個地方缺乏清潔度。當我第一次到達時，公寓裡有很多蒼蠅和蟲子（幸運的是，公寓裡有一些殺蟲劑，我殺死了至少 20 隻蟲子）。臥室地板也很髒（他們不清潔床下的地板，上面充滿了以前客人留下的灰塵和其他垃圾）。提供的浴巾上有黃色污漬，而且有點臭，所以我建議您使用自己的毛巾。另外，從公寓的大小來看，不可能讓8-10人住得舒適（如房源上所示）。我估計最多可容納 4 人（一間臥室有 2 張大床）、1 個小衛生間、1 個小廚房和 1 個餐廳（配有一張餐桌和 4 張椅子）。還有一個小沙發，最多可坐2人。在我住宿期間，我也被房東和其他一些人在很短的時間內打斷了（房東確實發短信讓我開門，他們已經在外面等著了），他們說浴室漏水到樓下的公寓，進行了一些修復檢查。因此請注意，公寓可能需要進行一些維護，您的住宿可能會受到干擾。另一件值得注意的事情是……我正在接受隔離令，而我最初預訂的酒店不允許我住在那裡，我必須在上午 11 點退房。因此，我要求提前入住。但請注意，如果您要求提前入住或延遲退房，則需支付額外費用。最初，我被告知費用為每人 15,000 韓元，我支付了，但後來房東要求額外付款，最終我支付了約 60,000 韓元，用於下午 1 點提早入住和下午 1 點延遲退房。我還犯了一個錯誤，錯過了退房時間（這確實是我的錯，因為我誤以為退房時間是下午2 點），我向房東道歉並解釋說我遇到了交通堵塞，她只是說“這是週末，所以路當然封閉了。你必須支付額外的費用。”我想外國人不會知道首爾週末封路，至少我不知道。所以最後，我在下午140點退房（晚了40分鐘），並被要求額外支付33,000韓元。總共，我在標準住宿費用（5晚772,800韓元）的基礎上額外支付了93,000韓元。房東還告訴我，如果我沒有正確分類垃圾/可回收物，我將需要支付額外費用。本質上，準備好為任何額外的要求或你作為外國人可能不知道的事情支付額外的費用，而主人根本不會同情你。住宿的價格也比我最初預訂的飯店（即Hotel28明洞）貴，儘管飯店的住宿更加舒適，服務更好，而且位於明洞的便利位置。相比之下，公寓 5 晚的費用為 772,800 韓元（每晚約 170 美元），而酒店一晚的費用約為 140 美元。如果您別無選擇並且被隔離，我只會推薦這個地方，因為首爾的許多地方不允許隔離。就我個人而言，下次來首爾我不會選擇住在這裡。