Join me on an apartment tour in Kunming, China, as I show you this modern loft and share what it’s like living in China. We’ll talk about the layout, features, and the monthly cost. If you’re curious about life in China and the cost of living, this video’s for you!
Lizzy tours a friend's modern Kunming loft apartment in China, showing the stylish layout, 2,900 RMB monthly rent, and useful tips about renting and moving.
A modern Kunming loft with 11th-floor views, a terrifying attic, and a monthly price tag of 2,900 RMB? Lizzy is on a mission to show exactly how China's apartment rentals work. From open kitchens and hotel-like bedrooms to affordable moving services and furnished rentals, this tour is full of practical surprises—plus a Formula 1 rivalry that makes it even more fun.
Join me on an apartment tour in Kunming, China, as I show you this modern loft and share what it’s like living in China. We’ll talk about the layout, features, and the monthly cost. If you’re curious about life in China and the cost of living, this video’s for you!
Kunming Loft Apartment Tour: Cost, Layout & Living in China
Lizzy takes you on a captivating tour of a modern loft apartment in Kunming, China. Discover the unique features and layout of this stylish home while gaining insights into the cost of living in China. A must-watch for anyone curious about life in the vibrant city of Kunming!
In this episode, Lizzy takes viewers inside a friend’s newly rented loft in Kunming, China—one she calls the biggest and nicest she’s seen among the lofts her friends have lived in. The apartment sits in a busier, more secure area, surrounded by good kindergartens, schools, a large shopping center, and a supermarket. That convenience, she notes, explains why the rent is a little higher than usual. This is her first loft video, and she seems genuinely excited to explore the space from the entry hall to the rooftop storage.
The tour begins with practical details: the building has a secure gate, elevators, and the friend lives on the 11th floor—the same floor where Lizzy lives, so she jokes she’s biased. After entering with a door code, the first thing she notices is how much space the loft has. The ground floor includes a stylish bathroom with a normal toilet and a good shower head, an open kitchen with plenty of cupboard space, a small separate laundry room, a TV area with a mirror she loves, and a bright sitting nook perfect for reading. She keeps pausing at details like a small appliance she cannot identify, framed pictures, and the enormous windows that flood the room with Kunming’s famous blue-sky light.
Walking upstairs, she shows more rooms: a chill room whose owner is a Formula 1 fan (unfortunately on the wrong side of the McLaren rivalry), a guest room with a bed, and a large cupboard—a reminder that about 90 percent of rented apartments in China come furnished. The main bedroom feels almost hotel-like, with a TV cabinet, a chair for relaxing, another bathroom, and a makeup area with beautiful natural light. The tour also climbs to a small attic-like storage space above the bathroom, where boxes and clutter can be hidden away. She admits it is a little scary and that she would be too afraid to live in a loft, but she clearly admires the quality and style.
The practical money details are a big part of the video. This loft rents for 2,900 RMB per month, and the tenant signed a six-month lease. In China, apartments are typically rented for three, six, or twelve months; longer terms lower the monthly cost. Moving is also affordable: the friend paid 500 RMB for workers to bring all her boxes into the apartment. She explains that you can pay extra for the movers to unpack, but unpacking yourself helps you remember where everything is. Since the friend had only lived there for a week, the boxes were still everywhere.
Lizzy closes by saying she loves making apartment tours and plans to take the series beyond Kunming in the future—maybe to bigger cities, smaller cities, or even the most expensive apartments in Shanghai and Beijing. She invites viewers to ask questions and requests thanks for her friend, who trusted her with the door code just one week after moving in.
