TIMES JAZIRAH, JAKARTA – For a traveller with low budget, finding an affordable place that suit to their finance is such an important thing especially when they happened to be in big city such as Jakarta. But there are several easy tricks to find the best apartment on budget. Check this out.

1. Go through online marketplace

Looking for an apartment through online marketplace could be the best way to find a place which suit to your budget. You could find out the price and the distance to your work place or the place you would like to visit.

2. Choose unfurnished one

Usually when you rent an apartment, it will come with the furniture. Furnished apartment will raise the cost of rent. Choose the one unfurnished. It will make it cost lower.

3. Convertible furniture

With the minimalist living there has been lots of convertible furniture that you could use to fill your apartment so you don’t need to spend more expenses. For example, you could have convertible sofa that could be turned into a bed. There you could kill two birds with one stone. 

4. Location is everything

There’s a good chance you already have an idea of which neighborhoods you want to live in. Depending on the locale, your monthly budget can differ drastically. The closer your apartment with the city center with cost you more.

Find a perfect apartment but a little far from the city centre of Jakarta but not that far away from your office. Just make yourself comfortable with the distance and stay on budget. (*)