Area of Santo Domingo

[JDJones]

Originally Posted by sheepshanx

Yea,$650 is like 23K pesos. Those websites you re looking at are meant for Americans who want a place and not to do the work. No Dominican family is paying $23,000 pesos por an apartment. I have a friend who is a lawyer in Santiago, and she pays 6,000 pesos($194) for a 3 bedroom place, with about 1000 for utilities($27). I got another friend who works for the Ayuntamiento(which is like Town Council) and she lives with her sister in a Residencial. They pay 10K pesos monthly($277). So $650 is mucho! I was told when I came here to rent a place for a week or two and then make your way around town seeing with your own eyes the neighborhood you d like to live in. I did that in Santiago and I found 2 nice and cheap neighborhoods, El Ensueno and Las Colinas. I m not sure about Santo Domingo and Santiago because I could be comparing San Francisco and Oakland here. But if all things are equal, I think you guy should put a cap on 10,000 pesos a month(dont tell the agent that, she will just show you crap and say it is 10K. Tell her I know what I like and I ll like what I see if its what I like. A riddle.) So from 5,000-10,000 you can get a nice place. And with that extra $ you can get amenities, Cable, DSL, AC, car service.

Pretty much on the money with this post as far as Santiago is concerned, but apartment and house prices are higher in Santo Domingo.