House Hunters International September 29, 2021 "Lifestyle Upgrade in Vietnam"

whoa that's super tall like the buildings are going to be in yeah newly engaged eduardo and delaney are leaving china to teach at international schools in vietnam this city is booming and 65 of the population are under 30. this is the building when it comes to the house hunt delaney's focused on the big picture we need to save for the wedding but eduardo wants to have his cake and eat it too we need three bedrooms with our balcony not bad right there's a lot of funking and i don't like noise let's get real ho chi minh city is very busy this is not going well [Music] it seems like the sunset is going to be a nice one i really like this river i grew up in ecuador and then i live in quito most of my childhood i grew up in michigan pretty much the whole time in michigan i started traveling more internationally after college i was doing my master's thesis in ecuador studying primates in the amazon i had a little bit of a break and i wanted to get out of the jungle and go to the city we met at a club i was in love with first sight we decided that we wanted to be together and rather than having him come to the us or me go to ecuador and we thought let's move somewhere together where neither of us know anyone like start a new life we figured we could teach english abroad so we applied to some places in china and the first place that offered us was like okay we'll go there so we went to changchun i proposed to kara there then it was really sweet but northeast china wasn't a long-term fit we got to know each other really quickly i taught him how to snowboard maybe because she was like an instructor before but it was quite cold and there wasn't a lot to do so they began to look for places with a better climate and larger expat community we had the chinese new year vacation so we traveled to ho chi minh for one month and we both loved it and the cost of living is super cheap and then we found this job in an international school it was great we're excited to have a better standard of living than what we had in china there's gonna be a lot more to do here than just the nature around us palm trees and flowers it's gonna be beautiful yeah but at the same time i'm very anxious about our relationship because at the beginning it was a very intense connection but with all this kind of like uncertainty i'm scared what is going to happen with us for sure i worry about it stay on the right let him pass you don't get in front of them i'm super excited about being here but one thing that does scare me is the amount of traffic and motorbikes like i don't have any experience driving a motorbike oh get careful careful careful careful i had experience before at home driving a normal motorcycle but tour delaney will be very important to learn how to drive i've noticed that taudion seems to be an area with less traffic bigger roads so i think i'd be more comfortable in a place like district 2 even though school is in district 1. with much of downtown district 1 built up tao diane has experienced a tremendous housing boom in recent years and developers know there's value in escaping the gridlock we want to live in taobian but it's one of the most expensive areas here in ho chi minh i want to feel comfortable but i also want to be able to save the wedding the thing is you're not good with money how long have you guys been here um just a few days so far yeah like any new couple looking accommodation for the first time there's lots of expectation we don't want to spend more than 800 okay so you went straight in to talk about price i think may need a little more to get maybe a bigger space three bedrooms would be great okay i think two bedrooms should be enough two bathrooms you really want a balcony yeah to be able to meditate and also to have like some barbecue it would be really great if we could get like a river view um i think the problem here is for the price they want everything hi delaney i'm gonna take you to the outskirts of town yet there's lots of expats that live there there's lots of coffee shops and bars yeah sounds good baby good okay but more importantly the apartment is great i think you're gonna love it now i know what you're thinking it's a little bit on the outskirts but it is very close to get into district one from here it only takes 10 minutes oh perfect there's big wide roads here you can learn to drive that's a very good okay and this is the property here there's 40 floors here the apartment's on the 27th two bedroom two bathroom and best of all it is 775. that's perfect okay cool oh wow welcome big living room yeah it's like a very nice we're having people over and it comes with the tv yes nice baby what do you think about the balcony yeah it's pretty spacious i think yeah for an apartment open this door here [Music] we could have a lot of people out here but i was hoping we'd get like a river view yeah it's not the best just looking at your neighbors and the noise is a little bit intense sometimes i would like to meditate so i really don't like noise yeah i definitely think that that's a huge problem for eduardo maybe the views not so great but for their price they need to get a bit more realistic i like the kitchen i like this countertop here could be mixing drinks yeah it could be big fridge lots of storage space does it have any oven just the microwave and the induction vietnamese cooking often done on the stove okay main bedroom just this way here oh yeah like that here you cannot hear the noise outside same kind of view though just the streets it seems like yeah space is a little bit limited here imagine getting ready in the morning the bedroom is a bit cramped we need some room for our relationship to work it has an ensuite uh-huh plus another bedroom oh okay this is nice but we want this to be an office space seems like there's a tiny office there but it's more like children's desks seems like for making homework could we take the bed out yeah everything's possible not a problem okay the other bathroom very similar bedrooms two showers too that's good we don't have to get in each other's way because in the morning she's kind of like annoying sometimes what no i've done well okay well i think we could be happy here it's a huge upgrade from where we were in china this area is perfect for me learning how to ride a motorbike and i'm very happy with the price i like that it has a balcony but it's very noisy and the view is not like the best one i am not that much into this apartment i want three bedrooms i'm hoping that he is going to get us better options in the next apartments that we will see i'm taking you to the heart of town the end this one's 7.50 that's really good okay david hopes delaney won't mind a longer commute how much longer 10 minutes to get eduardo his peace and quiet the view is very very nice but we're missing something yeah there is no balcony whoa super tall like the buildings we're gonna be in yeah i take more risks than he does he is much more protective my friends at home they used to call me mother eguardo because it's like always like analyzing the risks and she's like nah just go i think it's good baby don't overthink it so much look how it's moving it's okay and i think i'll be all right i think that combination of me being more analytical and she being able to take the risks is a very good combination for being able to travel or do whatever let's go i would say i'm a pretty competitive person basically my strategy was just to try to go faster than eduardo i reached the top but at the beginning i was not feeling like i was going to be able to get there slap it yeah nice [Music] this heat very intense that's the thing that you were most worried about oh yeah because even though i'm from ecuador and from quito that is in the mountains so it's a lot colder we got to the top cheers that was awesome we're excited to be teaching for me it's going to be high school science and chemistry teaching business management and accounting and finance yeah that's kind of funny i'm the accounting and finance teacher but i'm not the best with money it's always like if you have it spend it don't worry about it but sometimes if you're trying to save money those little things can add up and we're getting married so we need to watch that eduardo and delaney are looking for adventure there's lots of expectation for me i think there's going to be a few problems having a large indoor space for the money that they want is going to be quite difficult i'm taking it to the heart of town the end all right that sounds nice what are the directions go over the bridge and once you're over the bridge take a short right and then a left down an alleyway what wait wait can you slow down after the alleyway you'll see a bakery and then you're almost there i've brought you to the heart of taodion lots of places walkable there's coffee shops bars here restaurants how are the streets though is it good for practicing on my motorbike the streets are a little bit busy but there are areas around where you can practice your driving skills unfortunately because we're in the heart there is certain sacrifices it's going to take you an extra 10 minutes on your commute that could be a little bit of an inconvenience i'm hopeful though that the property is going to make up for that it's on the 17th floor two bedrooms two bathrooms and it's 750. that's super good that's even better than the last place yeah i'm very surprised to be that price here in the heart of taudian great but being in the center here the commute is not ideal for me oh i really like this wall it's got some character yeah and i like the shelving too it's a lot of storage here the kitchen is a little bit smaller than the other one yeah you don't have that counter that we had at the highway view apartment that is true it's not going to give me as much counter space for cooking is there an oven unfortunately there isn't an oven ovens are not really common that's not ideal and what's this the wet room it has a washing machine and a dryer that's nice i really like the minimalistic style but the bulk on the situation so here we don't have a balcony does not have a balcony yeah well that's going to be a problem this place not having a balcony is frustrating especially for eduardo because that was his big thing the view is very very nice oh we can see the river just as we wanted i really like this window seat if we were going to have people over it gives us more seating area and is it loud sounds a lot more quiet here yeah and we are in the center of town that's kind of surprising let me show you into the main bedroom it seems a lot more spacious yeah and still a really nice view yeah but i cannot believe there's no balcony i really wanted to have a barbecue kind of like that reminds me home and having friends over and we have an ensuite oh yeah well this is good i mean it gets the job done so this is the other room well i like this there's a ton of storage space and look at all these shelves and this is nice too if we have lists or plans that we need to make yeah it's a nice area for working that i'm concerned about the space for someone to stay here but it's still overall i think it's a good amount of space i could definitely imagine myself living in this apartment i like that it's more quiet the view is really nice and the price here is amazing seems perfect except for the commute to district one another 10 minutes it's not a huge difference but for me learning how to ride a motorbike it can maybe be a lot eduardo not bad right i think she likes it a little bit more than me we're going back to the outskirts town yet again this apartment has it all nice balconies i like the view so the problem is the price maybe we need to spend a little more oh no no remember we need to save a lot for the wedding so this is buddy it seems like there's a lot of strays here yes if you can give them a forever home we don't know yet what she mean will be a forever place but since we're going to be here for at least a couple years we figured maybe this would be a good time to adopt some little cats or something ever since i was a child i've absolutely loved animals it's what inspired me to get into what i did how i met eduardo and everything i had on different perceptions about cats are always like they being like more anti-social but all of them are very sweet this one seems to really like you yeah he's staying very chill here changing my mind after a long day and you can just send the couch and you can like chill out and have a cat in your lap purring bringing home a furry friend might be the next progression in their relationship but first they need to figure out where that home may be i'm very happy with what david has found so far eduardo not so sure but we'll find out delaney's focused on the finances to make the most of their upcoming wedding but with eduardo dug in on that third bedroom david has no choice but to take them to a more expensive option we're going back to the outskirts of town yet again this one's three bedrooms maybe a three bedroom oh that's going to be expensive what's the price what what's that delaney the price i can't really hear you i think we should discuss that when you're there so what was the price for that one he couldn't tell us what the price was we lost connection i have brought you back to the outskirts of taudian for good reason it's right next to the highway so you can get to work easy it takes about 10 minutes to get into district one we still got all the coffee shops and bars and convenience stores for you it's on the 21st floor but we might need to open up the wallet a little bit how much more are we talking 880 that is a lot more yeah but it could be worth it don't make any decisions just yet wow i like the style here and it's really wide open too yeah it seems like we could hold a nice fairy or something and this couch is very comfy big tv i like the way it's decorated too it has a lot of plants it comes fully furnished yes that's awesome here the balcony yeah we have a balcony [Music] i like the view yes however it's a little bit tight and with this huge plant i mean we wouldn't probably be able to have very many people out here still the noise still feeling a lot of honking and cars and motorbikes uh this is ho chi minh city let's get real this kitchen is super nice yeah i really like the style is modern but minimalistic oven or just the microwave unfortunately no oven in this place again just buy a portable oven you can put it on the side but it's already more expensive than what i wanted oh wow this is a really nice room yeah it's very spacious and a lovely river view waking up with this view would be amazing despite the small size of the balcony i still might be able to convince eduardo however pleasing women's demands um that's not my greatest success let me show you towards the other two bedrooms here oh this is really nice too it has a good river view and the third bedroom this one is also very spacious too i like the style this little kind of swoopy thing around the room too it reminds me of the mountains in ecuador yeah great apartment right it's awesome the balcony was a tiny problem but for that size of apartment three bedrooms it's pretty nice i do really like it it's just the price do we really need that third bedroom i think we both have trouble making decisions sometimes we overthink things we're like well should we do this do this yeah we're gonna have to prioritize what's most important to us remember we have to save for the wedding yeah no we need a break i feel like we're going to be seeing a lot of this river oh so it seems like there's not just traffic on the street but also in the river yeah everywhere you go has a lot of energy eduardo and delaney are moving to bustling ho chi minh city to teach at an international school they have a lot of new things to adjust to in their new city chief among them a new kind of commute so delaney wants to keep it simple by living within their means and being close to work but eduardo isn't afraid to go for the gusto let's start with the first one the highway view it's a little bit on the outskirts but it is very close to get into district one from here and only takes 10 minutes great we've got wide open roads which is good for me learning how to drive i liked the price and the living area was big i really like the space on the balcony the view wasn't great though i was hoping we'd get like a river view yeah and the noise is a little bit intense with that sound i don't feel like i will be able to relax i'm actually getting ready in the morning and the bedrooms were pretty small so i don't know if we want that one i think we are in the same boat yeah so what did you think about the window seat apartment i really like the price it's going to take you a lot longer to get to work how much longer 10 minutes it's not a huge difference but it can feel like a lot in the morning the reaver view was awesome and more quiet too that it's true and we are in the center of town here and that's kind of surprising that it didn't had a balcony that's a bit of a deal breaker for me we're going back to the outskirts chardier again what do you think about the stylish apartment it has bedrooms spacious it's got style it has the balcony the balcony was kind of small it wouldn't be ideal for barbecuing that's true it's also over what we said we wanted to spend is it worth it is the question yeah i think so [Music] i think i know which one i'm leaning towards the windows department what do you think yeah no i don't think so i like that it's going to be 50 under what we want to spend the stylish apartment doesn't seem like a lot but month after month plus if we get cats that's gonna add up yeah but i think that was going to be worth it it had three bedrooms you don't need them that balcony doesn't really make it worth it and it's a lot more expensive remember we have to save for the wedding it's just not going to work i think we could be really happy in the window seat apartment what did you do this weekend kate yesterday it was my friend's birthday it's really nice to be able to put down some roots and we got a pet i really like all the things we can do here in taudian we've made some good friends here too yeah we have nice co-workers jobs are growing really well and we're really comfortable with this apartment there's no balcony but the social area downstairs has been great we've been able to save a fair amount of money so far so we're on our way towards getting the wedding that we want

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Length: 21min 27sec (1287 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 29 2021