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Know-How for purchasing an Old House or Colonial Apartment in Shanghai.

If you’re about to purchase an old Lane House, Garden House or Apartment in Shanghai there is a lot of regulations and restrictions for non-shanghainese, non-mainland chinese, and foreigners.
On this page we list the most important things that you have to have checked out and consider before putting any money done for an object.

The most common miss-understanding and restriction why most deals fail is that the House is not registered on an Owner Ship Certificate ( Chan Quan) but on a Usage Certificate ( Shi Yong Quan).
The properties registered under a Usage Certificate (which was the standard and only certificate a while ago, and is the most common in old houses today) can only be purchased by shanghai locals.
In the late ninety’s the country offered a service to transfer the old houses and apartments Usage Certificates to Ownership Certificates for a 30k rmb fee (a lot of money at the time, considering most places didn’t cost more than this), and steady rose to a couple of Million Rmb.
By Now it’s impossible for most if not all Houses to transfer these into real Ownerships.
The Houses that have been transfered at the time are the old houses and flats that everyone can buy today.

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Presidents Mansion in Gubei with 1600sqm (17k sqft) floorspace and private indoor pool and sauna.

This huge Mansion on Kele Rd in the Gubei Villa Area is very unique and the exclusive property in the area (150Million Rmb to buy),
it’s large scale makes it an unprecedented rental opportunity in Shanghai.

The Villa is 3 storey high, has 2 basements (1st is the pool, 2nd is a 10 spot car park).
The Villa’s very bright, has lot’s of windows all around and 3.4m high ceilings. (3.0 in the 3rd floor).

Tang Gong Presidents Resort belongs to Shanghai’s elite Residential communities and has 24h security and concierges for every property in the developement.
Here is where the top CEO’s, Enterpreneurs, elite clans and Movie Stars stay.
The beautiful compound houses it’s own country club, minigolf, small lake and river, restaurant, cafe and other facilities that make the luxurious Fair Lake Compound (Jackie Chan’s Shanghai Home) across the street look puny.

The Mansion has a total of 16 Rooms, 3 Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, 10 Bathrooms, swimming pool (80m), 10 car spots and 900sqm Garden.

And all that just 10 min. drive from carrefour.

Schedule viewing 1 day in advance.
Can come renovated or unrenovated (largely discounted).
Live in Shanghai’s most exclusive community.
Call Oliver at 159 00 98 78 78

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Old Houses

Fantastic Loft Style Apartment on JianGuo Rd

Beautiful Loft Style Apartment available on the popular french concession rd Jianguo rd at the intersection WuXing Rd.
The Flat is super-nicely renovated in good quality, the landlord kept the original floors, and added double glazed thermal windows behind the steel windows from the 1930’s.
It’s got two very spacious rooms, with now decorative fire places and super high ceilings.
The Living Room features an open kitchen and a private staircase to the lower floors.
The Bathroom is modern, in art-deco black and white styles with tropical showers and bathtub.
2 Bedrooms, 1 Living Room and 1 Bathroom.
View any time. 120sqm.
Starting at 18000 Rmb.
Call Oliver at 1352-488-8815

 
Unique HengShan Rd Apartment with fantastic view

This unique 3 Bedroom, 2 living room and 2 bathroom Apartment is at the Famous Tennis Center, Regal Shanghai Hotel on HengShan rd.
The Flat is 170sqm large, has a loftstyle kitchen and living room, is very bright with windows facing south and west, a large balcony/relaxation area, 2 big modern bathrooms, storage space and idyillic views out of every room.

starting at 4000 US$

3 bedroom Garden Apartment on HuNan Rd

this is a beautiful old Garden House Apartment in the french concessions exclusive HuNan Rd near the emerald court and HuNan Villa.
The Flat is very spacious got nice high ceilings, a solarium and a super big garden.
It’s got two well sized bedrooms facing south and west, with lot’s of light and idyllic nature views.
The Apartment’s living room is nicely cut, with a hanging original wall and features beautiful corner moldings and a now decorative fireplace.
It’s Bathrooms are newly done with lot’s of room, and modern bathtubs and showers.

The Kitchen is bright, with a nice view and has an oven, double doored fridge, dishwasher, microwave and water filter.

180sqm, plus garden and private staircase.
Starting at 5000 US$

Beautiful GaoAn Rd apartment with huge balcony

this beautiful GaoAn Rd Apartment has a supernice view, over the communal garden, a big living room, master bedroom with built in closets and bathroom, and a huge guestroom with directly connected balcony.
The Apartment is very bright with a lot of natural light falling in through the big windows facing south and west.
The Kitchen is facing north-west and is very bright during the afternoon and evening, it’s fully equipped and spacious with sliding doors to directly open it into the living room.

The Apartment is not only beautiful with it’s original repolished floors, wooden frames and high ceilings, it’s also very convinient, just 5 minutes or exactly 1 intersection away from the No 1 Metro Station HengShan Rd.
The nearby Bars, and Restaurants are making sure that you’ll never be bored at home.

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Exclusive Villa Beau Rivage Apartment for rent

This is a beautiful Apartment in the desired and highly exclusive Villa Beau Rivage Building on Changle Rd across from the Center in the famous French Concession.
The Apartment is wonderfully cut, has two large bedrooms with built in closets and smart storage space, private bathrooms and big windows that let in a lot of sunlight.

The Flat’s of fantastic quality and very elegantly renovated, with exquisite marble floors at the entry area, a qi dividing chinese window like wall, modern furniture and good indirect lighting in the ceilings.
The Flat’s kitchen is spacious, with roomy pantry space and modern high quality equipment. (oven, microwave, intelliget refridgerator and sterilizer)
The Apartment comes furnished, in a modern, light and comfortable desigener style, it’s got flatscreen TV’s, DVD Player, Compound Sattelite Channels, High Speed Internet and WiFi Connection.

Villa beau rivage truly stands out from the french concession as a central (across from the center, minutes to the Changshu Rd Metro Station, Huaihai Rd and Yanan) and exclusive residence for shanghai’s elite.

View any time.
1 of only 19 Units.
Comes with Club Membership in Ambassy Court.
Starting at 28000 Rmb (includes tax, club membership and management fee’s as well as cleaning services, adsl and sattelite TV)
Call Oliver at 1352-488-8815

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Beautiful and affordable Apartment right behind Metro City in Xujiahui

this is a beautiful and modern apartment right behind the Metro City Shopping Mall and Electronics Centres in Xujaihui.
The Apartment has 2 full sized bedrooms, with the master bedroom having an open walkable closet and a private and spacious bathroom,
the guestroom also comes with built in storage and great view over the snow-mountain like shanghai stadium rooftop.
The studyroom is facing north and has a great view over the xujiahui commercial skyline.

The spacious kitchen is very modern, with lot’s of pantry space, water filter, built in microwave and dish sterilizer.
The Bathrooms are modernly designed, with stone and glass features.

The Apartment’s modernly furnished and renovated in warm and modern colors, the friendly landlord’s are also willing to make adjustments for the new tenants.
Of course it comes including: ADSL and WiFi, central airconditioning, Sattelite Channels, Washing Machine, Dryer, LCD Flatscreen TV’s, DVD Player, and Home Cinema system.

The Flat’s great location makes it easy for you to reach the No 1 Line Metro Station Xujiahui, 100’s of Cafe’s and Restaurants (i.e. Pizza Hut, Brazilian Barbecue, Costa Cafe, Starbucks (shanghai’s coolest at the MC Mall), Blue Frog, Craze Burgers, Saizeria, and many others), Physical, Metro Fit and other Health Clubs, the Shopping Malls with all major brands and others, Century Mart which features many foreign products and is one of shanghai’s most modern and best organized international supermarkets, office towers and headquarters of many fortune 500 firms (like Microsoft, KFC, Yum, Swatch Group, Exxon Mobile, IBM, Lenovo, Citi, HSBC etc.), and easy Highway access to ZhongShan Rd, YanAn Rd and Humin Highway.

View at any time.
150sqm, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Living Rooms, 2 Bathrooms.
Starting at 10000 Rmb.

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Jing An Temple

The Jing An Temple area is becoming a more and more popular hotspot in downtown shanghai, previously with the kerry
centre and portman a business exklusive it has added exklusive restaurants (muse, blue frog, burger king, brazilian
barbecue, teppanyaki and many others), bars (judy’s, the spot, big bamboo, M, classic Windows Too and many others),
a fresh mart, exklusive shopping malls, No 2 Line Station and of course the newly restored Jing An Temple.

for more info on the area contact us here http://www.shplace.com/?page_id=33

beautiful One Park Avenue 2 Bedroom Apartment available.
This nice 2 Bedroom Apartment is in JingAn’s famous and very popular One Park Avenue Compound at XinZha Rd and ChangDe Rd.
It’s modernly furnished, nicely and elegantly renvoated and has a great view from the 30th+ storey.
Of course ADSL, WiFi, TV, DVD, and other electrical appliances are already included.
More can be added to your request.
View any time.
11000 Rmb/month.
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 100sqm.

2 Bedroom 8 Park Avenue Apartment

This Flat is in the brand new one park sister compound 8 Park Avenue on Xikang Rd.
It’s beautifully furnished, modernly renovated with double glazed windows, extra water heaters, insulated walls, in-house sattelite TV, plug-and-go ADSL, WiFi,
large LCD screen TV’s, built in closets and central airconditioning (changable filters).
2 equal sized bedrooms, both facing south, very bright and with lot’s of storage room and 2 spacious bathrooms, with shower rooms and towel dryers.
starting at 14000 Rmb.
View any time.

Beautiful 3 Bedroom 8 Park Apartment coming out after chin. New Year.

This is also an Apartment in the newly finished 8 Park Avenue Apartment Complex near Jing An Temple, JiuGuang, Plaza 66, the Kerry Centre, Portman and NanJing Rd.
The Flat has 3 Bedrooms, a big Living Room, flower balcony (to put flowers and plants), a big modern kitchen, two baths and a small storage at the entry area.
All rooms have built in storage, central airconditioning and ADSL connection.
The Landlord’s tastefully decorated the apartment with warm and natural colored furniture.
Additions or changes can be discussed with the open US landlords.
Viewable on wednesdays afternoon only.
150sqm, 17000 Rmb.

4 Bedroom Apartment at One Park Avenue

This is a partially furnished, spacious and very bright 4 Bedroom Apartment in the One Park Avenue Compound at Jing An temple.
It’s warmly renovated and on a very high floor with a great view south.
3 bedrooms, 1 Study and 2 Living Rooms on 170sqm.
The new tenant’s will have choice of furniture.
Starting at 22000 Rmb.

Many other great places in the Jing An Temple area are available, call Oliver at 1352-488-8815 and get informed about wha’ts available for you.

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Brand new, modern Fountain Garden Apartment, great view and very bright.

This is a beautiful new Apartment in the popular Xujiahui Compound Fountain Garden.
The Flat has 2 Bedrooms, 1 Study, 2 Living Rooms and 2 Baths and is a 160sqms spacious.

The Flat’s wonderfully renovated in a light and easy coming style, it’s got a lot of indirect lighting, big windows, simple window treatments, and a nice open cut.

The Apartments high up and has a nice view over the Xujiahui Skyline all the way to the white snow mountain like Shanghai Stadium roof.

It’s Living Room has a connected dining area and is open from north to south for a good breeze.
The Kitchen is stylish and very modern, with water filtring, built in microwave and new high-tech fridge.

The Master Bedroom is roomy, facing south, has a nice sitting area, lot’s of closet space and a generously sized elegant and clean bathroom with good lighting.

Comes fully furnished and equipped with 2 LCD Screen TV’s (42 and 29″), DVD Player, in-house sattelite channels, ADSL and Wifi, Radiator, Alarm System, Washing Machine and Dryer.

Fountain Garden is built on the newest standards and of course has double glazed windows, insulated walls, 24h security, maintanance crews and concierge service.
Located at Tian Yao Qiao Rd and Nan Dan Rd it’s in Xujiahui’s busiest and most convinient area with Saizeria across the street as well as Blue Frog, City Shop, Paris Bakery, Kraze Burgers, HangSeng bank, ICBC and others less than 300m walk away.
The Subway Line 1 Station Xujiahui is reachable within 5 minutes and less than one block from the Compound.
There also are plenty of fitness centers like Physical, Will’s Gym, Clark & Hatch and the in-house Alexander Club around.

View at any time.
Call Oliver at 1352-488-8815
Starting at 13000 Rmb.

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