[edit] Acquiring Living Conveniences 생활 편의시설 갖추기

[edit] Applying for a Telephone Connection 전화신청

If you would like to have a telephone connection installed in your home, go to the business window (영업창구) of the nearby telephone company office (전화국). You may apply using your passport and Alien Registration Card (외국인등 록증). The cost of having one installed should be around 60,000 won and the basic fee (기본요금) that must be paid each month is 5,200 won. You must purchase the actual telephone by yourself.

Contact the telephone company approximately one week before moving. You may apply at the telephone company office directly, or dial 100 and do so over the phone. If you move out of the area you live in currently then you will be given a new telephone number.

[edit] Applying for Electricity, Gas, and Water 전기, 가스, 수도 신청

Electricity, gas, and water services come with the house, and so there is no need to apply for these separately. If the gauge used to measure how much of each item is used each month is shared by more than one household in the building, make sure there is agreement on how everyone will calculate the amount they will need to pay each month, depending on how many people live in each household. Make sure this is understood before moving in so there is not room for disagreement later.

[edit] Furniture 가구

It takes some work to find inexpensive and quality items. If you would like used furniture, for example, go to a store that deals only in furniture that is used. If you look through the classified ad publications (saenghwal jeongboji 생활정 보신문) that are distributed for free on the street, you will be surprised at the fine items you can find.