Guest: Six French Students

    Nationality: France

    February, 2011

It might be one of the chilliest winters during the past 10 years. Six young French students, 4 boys and 2 girls, who will study six months in Shanghai Normal University , arrived in Shanghai when it was still in the Chinese New Year holidays. They were full of curiosity to this oriental legendary city and wanted to settle down as soon as possible to enjoy new life. They were quite smart as they had contacted some real estate agents before departure. What they need to do was only calling them and arranging visit to the apartments which were provided by the agents.

As agreed, Lea, a girl of this group, who had contact with HSG Team by email, informed their arrival and left a mobile phone number in her mail. A HSG Team member called and confirmed the visiting time with them.

During the following 2 days they visited lots of apts. Though their budget was deduced for some reason sharply, as a professional service provider, HSG Team were still able to provide them with some suitable apartments. As a result, 3 students made a decision and signed a 3 bedroom apartments in a high-level residential area located in Xujiahui. The day was happen to be Valentine's Day, so all the girls and boys took it as a special lucky day.

After seeing this, the other 3 young students entrusted HSG as the only representative for their housing. They hope to live more close to People's Square, the real downtown of Shanghai though it was more difficult. Finally it took them only 1 more day to find a satisfied apartment thanks to the assistance offered by HSG Team.

After their settlement, this group of young men has established friendship and kept contact with HSG. During the later months they have recommended 6 new guests including another group (3 students) to HSG Team.

Why successful ? Our tips:

If you come with some friends, you can find an apartment to be shared with each other in order to control the budget and you can take care of each other as well.

If you're in a group, you may choose one as a main representative communicating with the owner and paying the rent.

Make a plan and early positive action are more important.