Home Sweet Home: eighteen share houses across Taipei

Home Sweet Home operates a large network of share houses in central Taipei, with properties in Dongmen, Daan, Zhongshan, Guting, Xinyi-Anhe and a dozen other districts. It is aimed at young professionals and foreigners, with all-inclusive monthly rent and a one month minimum.

What Home Sweet Home Does

• Around eighteen houses across the city. Each mapped to the MRT network, so you can choose by line and district.
• All-inclusive rent. One payment covering utilities and services, with no bill splitting.
• Private and shared rooms. A range of budgets within the same network.
• A one month minimum. Against a rental market that normally wants a year and a local guarantor.
• Multilingual support. The site runs in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese, which tells you who the residents are.

Why It Makes Sense for Nomads

Taipei is one of Asia's most comfortable cities: superb and cheap food, excellent public transport, fast internet everywhere, good healthcare, mountains and hot springs within the city limits, and a level of safety that surprises most visitors.

Housing is the one genuine obstacle. Standard leases run a year with a guarantor, and the short-term market is thin. A network of furnished share houses with monthly terms is the practical solution, and eighteen locations means you can pick a neighbourhood rather than accept whatever is free.

The community here is local and regional rather than a rotating international nomad crowd, which is the right trade if you want to live in Taipei rather than pass through it. Rates are not fully published, so expect an enquiry.

Pricing

Not published in full. All-inclusive monthly rents vary by house and room type, with a one month minimum.

Eighteen ways into Taipei without a guarantor or a year-long signature.