Jakarta as a metropolitan city and also the biggest city in Indonesia has about 9,6 million people in it, while the area of 664 km2 might not fulfill the need of having your own home. Of course, nowadays it is quite hard to find an empty spaces in this populous city, it is even harder to buy any house since the price is always increasing crazily. Rent an apartment then can be one solution.

Some people who works in Jakarta prefer to have a house in the city surrounding it, like Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. But absolutely it is not efficient and tiring, when everyday you need to spend hours to reach the office and then coming back home. Not to mention the long congestion that will add the time needed on the road.

Therefore, for those people  who migrates to Jakarta, the best choice is to rent an apartment. Not only that it will save your time to reach the office (since a lot of apartment is bulit near to the business center) but also you will save some money if you know the tips. Below in this article, we will show you some tips to consider before renting any apartment in Jakarta.

  1. Location : Choose The One Near Central Business Disrict

Firstly, the most important thing to consider before you rent an apartment is choosing the perfect location. It will be definitely useless if you rent an apartment which is located far from your office. If you don’t know yet, the central business district in Jakarta mostly located in Central Jakarta and South Jakarta. Surely there are a lot of choice if you need to rent an apartment in these area. Therefore, we make some list of some best apartment in those area below.

  • Central Jakarta : The Boulevard, GP Plaza, Sudirman Park, Thamrin Residence.
  • South Jakarta : Tamansari Sudirman , Tamasari Semanggi, Ambassador Apartment, Puri Casablanca.

 

  1. Regular Maintenance

For instance, a good apartment is the one with a regular maintenance from the management. Before you rent an apartment, try to ask the management how frequent a maintenance held in that apartment. Of course the more often they did maintenance, it will be easier to solve when you have problem related to the apartment need of maintenance.

Before renting one apartment, you might also need to see first how the building management take care of the whole apartment. You can try to see by directly walking down the lobby, take a look at the facilities like the pool, sauna, or fitness center. If you think that all the facility is well-maintained, then the apartment is actually have a good management.

  1. Review From The Latest Tenant

Here in Jakarta, people surely will post anything to the internet when they don’t get what they deserve, especially when you rent an apartment. So before you pay the rent fee, make sure that you already give some times to read reviews from anyone who lives on that apartment.

If they feel comfortable living in the apartment, usually they will write a good review. Otherwise if they don’t feel that it is one good apartment, often they protest by posting a long story on their social media or even their blog.

  1. Tenant’s Obligation

Every apartment has a price list according to the area you rent. Sometimes, you find an apartment with such a teasing low prices, yet you don’t realize that there is another tenant’s obligation later, such as the parking fee, electricity fee, internet and TV cable that is usually not included in the renting price, and maintenance fee (which can be the landlord or tenant obligation depending on the negotiation). Make sure that you understand well what are included on the pricelist of the apartment.

  1. Parking Area Available

After you find the best location, the next step is to do a little survey about the parking area available on the perfect apartment. Never underestimate this step, since different apartment had different rule for a parking lot available. Moreover if you have more than one private vehicles, make sure that when you rent an apartment, all your vehicles also has a space to place on.

Also, don’t forget that sometimes you only got one space for parking your car, while you have more than one car. If this happened, then try to negotiate with the owner so that you can get more space, for example by paying some amount of additional fee.

Rent an apartment in Jakarta is not hard if you already know the tips above. Moreover, don’t forget to always check your budget before renting an apartment. If you have a pet, you will also need to ask the management whether your pet can have a space in your apartment. Lastly, let’s go get the perfect apartment!