Happy Valley with a kid - HKD50,000 budget?

[LittleOne76]

Hi - we're looking at potential budget and wanted to see if it'd be reasonable to assume that we could find a decent place to rent in Happy Valley for approx HKD50,000 pm.

We have a 2 year old and hope to have one more at some point - so ideally we'd want a three bedroom flat (min 1000square feet net space) with a room for live-in help in a building that might have some communal space/garden/playarea that'd be good for kids.

What do you think? Is this being realistic or should we be budgeting more per month? Would be grateful for your views.

[howardcoombs]

That is indeed very realistic. 50K is a very good budget but it does depend on your definition of "decent".

You will have a choice of some newer building (eg : Celeste Court) with facilities but smaller area
or
some of the older buildings (eg: Happy Mansion, Blue Pool mansion etc) with no facilities but larger area.

If you want higher luxury (eg: Leighton Hill), you will need a much more generous budget.