Architect Do Nguyen Anh Quy said that neutral colors are used as the main color, combined with wood colors with soft curves and auxiliary LED lights to make accents. All the above factors have created an extremely sophisticated and luxurious overall. The living room and kitchen are designed in an open space but are subtly divided thanks to the use of two different textured tiles. The use of winding curves right at the conversion position does not feel stiff and awkward for the homeowner. With a small area, the architect prioritizes neat and minimalist elements. The living room is decorated with compact furniture, enough space for members to gather and entertain together. The kitchen area is very invested by the owner and is for a spacious area. The kitchen and living room area is designed to be an open space but is subtly and harmoniously divided by two types of tiles with different textures. The white and wooden kitchen cabinets are rounded in the corner, equipped with an induction cooker and full of amenities, overall extremely neat and tidy. The highlight at the dining table is the wall with a stylized design highlighted by the led light system. The space of the dining area becomes impressively beautiful and luxurious, contributing to family meals more cozy. The bedrooms are also designed in a modern style. The furniture is designed to be minimalist to maximize the area, the architect only arranges the necessary items according to the wishes of the owner of each room. The baby’s room uses bright colors, the other two main rooms are neutral colors, bringing a warm and elegant beauty to the space. Each room is arranged with LED lights on the wall or on a bookshelf, both as a highlight and providing the necessary brightness. The bedroom space is also designed in a modern style. The bedroom for parents is used in neutral colors, with a simple layout to optimize the area of ​​​​the apartment. The baby’s bedroom has brighter colors. All three bedrooms are designed with additional bookshelves. A small corner of the apartment.

Rich people can invest hundreds of millions or several billion to have a dream house, people with little money need only a few tens of millions to “turn” apartments into virtual living corners. Nguyen Thanh Luan, a 9x working in the photography and videography industry, “foresaw” the complicated epidemic situation that would lead to an increase in the number of days at home, so he was determined to invest in renovating the indoor entertainment corner. Having inherent aesthetic taste, you have decorated by yourself, creating your own satisfactory corners. Thanh Luan said: “This house is decorated by myself quite simply, collecting a little bit from each place, except for electronic equipment, everything has not cost 30 million, so it is also a small pride of the people. 9x poor like me.” The sunlit living room is the centerpiece of the apartment The living room is airy and full of sunlight, so Thanh Luan only has a sofa, a simple tea table and a neutral gray papasan chair. The plus point for this room is that there are a lot of trees, creating a feeling of green and harmony in the space with a slight vintage direction. Thanh Luan does not spend too much money on furniture, he chooses to invest in a Lifestyle TV that suits the creator’s taste. “I chose the Samsung Serif TV to not only entertain but also play the role of an interesting decoration. With the feature of automatically turning into a super-sharp picture in standby mode, many friends who come to the house do not even realize this is a TV if there is no reflective direct light, leaving the picture to themselves. Friends watching is also quite interesting. In addition, there are also 2 ways to put it on the table or attach the TV stand as a mobile gallery, so it is easy to change to reduce boredom. This is what Thanh Luan wrote in the contest “Addiction to the house with taste, win very cool gifts” of the Addiction House group on facebook. The contest has attracted hundreds of participants with extremely attractive prizes with a total value of more than 60 million. In addition, all participants in the contest receive an accessory for the Lifestyle TV they already own. Another corner of the living room with the “transformation” of the Samsung Serif TV The bedroom has large glass walls, creating a feeling of openness and spaciousness. In the style of nature, Thanh Luan put a lot of trees in the house The home is full of light, modern and comfortable Also 9x, Linh Doan and his wife in Hanoi – owners of 2 fashion brands – are living in a duplex apartment. The first floor is the living room, kitchen and baby’s room. On the 2nd floor is the couple’s bedroom, office and worship room. Linh Doan shared about the style of the apartment: “Home is the home, the most peaceful and comfortable place when we return. Working pressure, hard work, stress every day, I just hope at the end of the day I can go home to rest and have fun with my husband and children. My husband and I are both first generation 9x, like modern and simple house style. I choose light colors for the house, finishing it simply because I have a preference to change the decor according to the season. With just the right investment in furniture and electronic equipment, the house is a warm, interesting and full of positive energy for us every day.” Home is the home, the most peaceful and comfortable place when we return Linh Doan added: “For the bedroom, I chose The Frame – a picture frame TV in the bedroom of the couple because I was fascinated at first sight when I saw it. More specifically, I really like the feature of changing pictures every time the TV is turned off, the picture frame TV becomes a decorative painting on the wall, not a simple black screen TV! The company also constantly updates famous and diverse paintings, so we have a lot to choose from! The picture frame TV I chose accidentally has a frame color that matches the tone of the bedroom, so I am very satisfied with my choice.” Linh Tran’s living room is also one of the excellent apartments thanks to The Frame TV. The color of the frame also matches the tone of the interior of the house Samsung’s Lifestyle TV line of products: The Frame 2021, The Premiere, The Serif, The Sero, and The Terrace have made a special impression on users around the world, contributing to the aesthetic taste and exaltation. architectural lines of living space. A TV is not just a TV, but a work of art.

China’s Association of Community Organizations (SoCO), a human rights organization, has released photos of suffocating apartments in Hong Kong as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the harsh living conditions people live in. city ​​dwellers are facing. To capture the scale of these micro-apartments, the photographer captured the apartment above. Wide-angle shots are taken by fixing the camera with the wide-angle lens to the ceiling, and then triggering the shot from a distance. With over 7.5 million people, Hong Kong is one of the most populous cities in the world. Rapid urbanization causes many people to live in narrow living spaces that are “suffocating”. According to the Association for Community Organizations, more than 10,000 people in Hong Kong live in already small apartments that are split into smaller apartments. An average of 0.09 square meters in Hong Kong costs nearly 29.9 million VND. Compared to New York (USA), Hong Kong’s rent is 35% higher.

Apartments for rent in Ho Chi Minh City are subject to tax In the field of housing, land and real estate transfer, Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department proposes to manage tax collection in apartment rental activities in apartments and buildings. STRENGTHENING MONITORING AND COMBATING TAX LOSS Subjects proposed to collect tax are individuals and organizations that lease apartments, houses, and business premises in apartment buildings; individuals and organizations directly trading in and providing services in the apartment building; individuals and organizations leasing offices. The Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department proposes to pilot the tax collection above in some apartments and buildings in District 11 such as Res 11 Apartment, located at 205 Lac Long Quan, Ward 3; Thuan Viet commercial residential area at 319 Ly Thuong Kiet, ward 15; Bao Gia building, 184 Le Dai Hanh, ward 15; apartment building 70 Lu Gia, 70 Lu Gia, ward 15; Khai Hoan building, 624 Lac Long Quan, ward 5. This unit also proposes measures to prevent loss through management of leasing, collection of land use fees, registration fees, personal income tax in land management activities and real estate business. If approved, the City Tax Department will work with the apartment management board to propose a list of apartment rental households, direct business households in the apartment area; At the same time, coordinate with the local police in reviewing the list of newspapers of temporary residence, temporary absence, list with permanent residence registration, through the Management Board of the apartment building to propagate to owners of apartments with changes about Declaration of temporary residence, self-declaration of tax, and payment of taxes for house and apartment rental is also done; propagating individuals and organizations providing office leasing services to declare and pay property rental tax. Tax authorities should study the appropriate tax rates to encourage renters to file taxes. To do the above work, the tax authority will guide households and individuals that rent out houses, apartments or offices to prepare tax registration and tax declaration documents; instructions on how to electronically submit tax returns and declarations; guide to tax non-agricultural land use; answer questions of taxpayers. In addition, the tax authority will also mobilize individuals, rental businesses and office rentals to provide information on the lease to have a basis for determining and comparing the actual rental price and the declared price. Tax payment of apartments, individuals for rent houses, apartments, office rentals. Thereby, basing on and comparing tax declaration data for real estate transactions in the same area, area, size, and area respectively to take grounds to force taxpayers to declare tax with the correct value. actual assignment. In addition, the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department requested the authorities to review the cases of land lease in order to have the correct collection regime. In cases where there is a decision on land allocation from the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City but the financial obligations have not been determined, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment quickly determines the financial obligations to collect land use fees. When there is a notice of implementing financial obligations from the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department but the enterprise has not paid the land use fee, it will be reported to the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City for handling measures. RECOMMENDATIONS TO REVIEW TAX PAYMENTS Most experts in the real estate sector say that: The profit for renting apartments is not high, if based on the total value of investment in this segment. In particular, during the current epidemic outbreak, the rental rates of serviced apartments are low, increasing pressure on homeowners. Mr. Hoa Binh has an apartment for rent in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City that is quite frustrated by this proposal. He said: “My wife and I buy an apartment and have to borrow money from the bank, pay both principal and interest more than 12 million dong each month, while the apartment for rent is only 15 million dong, so only 13.5 million dong / month. If the tax authority calculates 10%, ie the tax rate of 16.2 million, it is almost only enough to repay bank loans interest. The threshold for tax calculation of 100 million VND / year is considered unreasonable, leading to many consequences, they have to circumvent the law to declare rent at much lower prices, change to the form of capital contribution for house loans … legal trouble when a dispute occurs. “Not to mention, there are months when customers pay their houses, have to find new tenants and lose commissions from 50% -100% / month, then this type of apartment investment becomes a loss. In addition, for the money to repair the house when it is damaged or when the apartment is profitable, I have already paid transfer tax. Therefore, the tax authority should study the reasonable tax rate to encourage people who have rental houses to declare tax, “Mr. Hoa Binh said. Many experts also suggested: Currently, the family allowances have been raised to 11 million VND / month (equivalent to 132 million VND / year), but the threshold for calculating tax of 100 million VND / year is not reasonable. That leads to many consequences, they have to circumvent the law to declare rent at much lower prices, switch to the form of capital contribution for home loans … causing many legal troubles when disputes occur. In particular, there are many people who cannot afford the economy, so they have to rent an apartment and rent it out to a cheaper place to live, the balance is used to offset the bank interest … At an apartment for rent in Gold View District 4 Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Nguyen Minh Quang, a software engineer, worries: the tightening of apartment rental tax as today is very likely, the landlord will increase more money. renting and the pressure of husband and wife is even greater. Especially in Covid’s present occasion, the family’s income has decreased by 25%.

It’s filled with old furniture – about 10,000 books, 300 framed photos, some old computers and a filing cabinet. The space was so messy that the owner of the apartment stumbled across a mess and died amidst the garbage. Specialist team cleaning up for expensive New York apartments. Photo: Stefano Giovannini. The task for Toscano (45 years old) and colleagues is to clean this expensive apartment quietly to save face for the deceased owner. Share with New York Post “That man may have a reputation so they don’t want to make a fuss of death,” said the “special” cleaning staff in high-end buildings around the city. “What’s more, often the apartment management doesn’t want residents to panic when they see what’s inside the neighbors’ homes. Too bad you pay tons of money for a nice apartment and smell strange things from the next door, ”he added. 18 tons of household waste Recently, Toscano was hired to help a 90-year-old man handle the pile of books, papers, boxes, clothes and jewelry piled up inside the luxurious 3-bedroom apartment in the residential West Central Park. “Every corner is a mess. It takes 18 tons of trash in this expensive apartment, ”he recalls. The apartment was once filled with rubbish, pizza boxes and drug equipment before Toscano’s team arrived to move it for four days. Toscano says his company, which is a Queens-county branch of the Clutter Free Junk Removal Service and Cleanup Pros, handles such cases “once a week, sometimes two”. The most difficult part for this “special” cleaning team is that the building managers often ask them to “work discreetly” to avoid panicking the neighbors. That is equivalent to hiding the logo on the uniform, as well as keeping the information they throw away. “We have our own trash so people can’t see what’s being thrown away. We just need to try to speed up the schedule and get the trash out of the apartment quickly, ”Toscano said. However, that is almost impossible to do, as was the case 1.5 years ago in a South Central Park residential apartment building. That day, Toscano’s group had to demolish the floor of an apartment left behind by the mess of tenants – including countless stacks of papers several meters high and piles of bugs and bed bugs. They also saw a woman who left her husky dog ​​dead in a cage for eight months, or a man who liked to go to the bathroom in the bath. These people are all residents of the luxury building in the heart of New York. “We have seen everything,” Toscano said. An apartment in Manhattan before and after “passing hands” Toscano and colleagues. During a cleanup in the expensive neighborhood of the Upper West Side, the team was paid $ 18,000 to throw away bottles of urine and loads of sex toys. However, that is not the highest price. Toscano said the most expensive deal he has ever been in charge of is about $ 40,000 for a home in the state of New Jersey. Here, his team had to remove 16 tons of trash and repaint the entire house. More than work For Toscano, the interesting thing about this job is that he gets to “see the beauty of a luxury apartment” once he has dealt with the huge mess. His company also regularly receives calls from relatives to search for belongings. Therefore, in addition to discarding the furniture, they also carefully classify and store some of the belongings obtained from the apartment, in case someone wants to get it back. A New York resident who used to use the Toscano service said: “They are very focused on their work. The group of 6 of them entered the house, divided in charge of each room and cleaned according to the pre-assigned schedule ”. Toscano is often excited to see the beauty of an expensive apartment after the cleaning. Toscano said this job is more than cleaning because he himself likes to help people. In addition, he also often tells the landlord to leave during group work. “When they get back, they’re going to go crazy like ‘Wow, I can’t believe this place is home,'” he said. The hoarding disorder, which affects 2-6% of the American adult population, has no financial limits, according to the report New York Post. “Normally, when storing luxury goods, like buying 500 Prada handbags, people ‘convince themselves’ that it’s not hoarding but collecting,” said Dr. Dena Rabinowitz, director of the Institute of the Mind. Cognitive Behavioral Physics in New York, said.

The aisle between the 3m2 rooms is very narrow, dark and humid.

Costs 1 million VND per month, just go to the room to shower and sleep

Currently, the “super small” area of ​​only about 3m2 is the choice of many young people because of low cost, regardless of the inconvenience of living space and living.

In Hanoi, this type of accommodation has just appeared in the past few years, tends to flourish in the districts of Cau Giay, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung, … where many universities (University ), colleges (colleges), large students and low-income workers.

As noted by PV, a 6-storey house with an area of ​​45 square meters on Mai Dich Street (Cau Giay) initially had only 8 bedrooms but was redesigned to have a “super” number of rooms for rent – nearly 80 rooms private. The first floor of the house is a shared kitchen and parking space, starting from the second floor onwards is a private room, including two large rooms with an area of ​​about 18-20m2.

What makes viewers surprised when coming here is the design and arrangement of the rooms that do not seem much different from the “honeycomb”. Inside the large room is divided into 8 independent small cells by laminate boards. Each room is 3-5m2 wide, just enough for one person to live in; most are very tight, without windows. In the room, the owner has installed clothes rack, storage bar, electric socket, light bulb and ventilation system. Corridors less than 1m wide are common paths for the whole room. Outside is the shared toilet. These houses are also equipped with a number of other basic amenities for tenants such as wifi, shared air conditioning.

The room is too small, just enough to hang a few clothes and some personal belongings.

LHA (23 years old, a student at Hanoi Electromechanical College) – the tenant here said: “I’ve been here for nearly half a year, the room has 2 people, the rent is 1.3 million dong / month, more living expenses, each person only costs about 1 million. For students, this price is also quite reasonable ”.

However, according to LHA, living in such “honeycomb” apartments is also quite inconvenient.With the number of people on each floor is relatively large, the living space is narrow, noisy, a large room. There is only one door, not to mention the sharing of the kitchen, toilets, laundry drying area that have to wait a long time for each other’s turn.

“Most of the tenants here are students and employees because the rental is low. Because the room is tight, tight and stuffy, people often eat out and only come here in the evening to shower and rest, ”added LHA.

Most of the tenants here choose to eat out, as the whole building has only one shared kitchen.

There is supply there must be demand, but there are potential risks

Currently, the demand for low-cost single-room rentals of students and low-income workers in Hanoi is increasing.

Ms. Nguyen Tra My, owner of a motel in Xuan La Street (Tay Ho) said: “The entire 6-storey house is single room for rent with prices ranging from 1.3 to 1.6 million VND / month. . Most of my tenants have simple needs, they go all day and at night to rest, so rooms like this are easy to rent, not often empty.

According to real estate expert Phan The Phuong, many rental housing companies have quickly grasped the market, designing super-small apartments with relatively full utilities, both to meet the needs of guests, and at the same time. increase revenue for the company.

With a normal bedroom, when divided into 6-7 small bedrooms, the profit will increase by 60-70% of the input rent in the case of a full room lease. However, according to Mr. Phuong, with the profit, the level of risk of this form is quite high.

“This model violates the human safety zone. When living in such a dense environment, they will not be able to feel safe and comfortable. In addition, the facilities in the living space are very few, only temporary, so the tenants will not stay for a long time, so the room vacancy rate is also very high. This business model is not sustainable ”, Mr. Phuong added.

A room is only about 3m2, when no one is in, it still feels urgent.

Are “honeycomb” apartments really economical?

According to LHA, when he first lived here, he often got sick due to living in a secret space, lack of light and air. The noises from the adjacent rooms also made him lose sleep because of the plastic or laminate partitions between mini apartments containing dozens of people who could not be soundproofed.

These 3m2 honeycomb apartments not only cause inconvenience for users but also can affect the house they are in. The rooms, which are inherently only for 2-3 people, are suddenly “transformed” into countless independent rooms, with the number of people many times over, and the space is seriously “overloaded”.

Talking with PV, architect Nguyen Trung Kien said: “The honeycomb model is quite popular in countries such as Japan, Korea, because the climate of those countries is dry all year round, not humid or hot or humid. like our country’s climate. Therefore, we do not support the widespread development of this model in Vietnam ”.

According to Mr. Kien, when renovating the original room into “honeycomb” rooms, to be safe and not affect the scope of construction, companies and design units should use lightweight materials such as : Plaster, plank wood, composite “… Besides, it is necessary to have a reasonable calculation and division of the number of rooms to avoid overloading, limiting the impact on the house structure.