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Pros over LMB Housing Services

Cons Over LMB Housing Services

Hotels

• Location (usually in city centers)
• Flexibility (minimum. one night)
• Services (restaurant, bar)

• Not a flat just a room
• Less suitable for a family

Existing Service Apartment Operators

• Location (usually in city center)
• Services (concierge, daily maid)

• Cost

Private Landlords

(Individuals / Business entities)

• Can appear to be more affordable

• Usually need to pay an agent’s commission
• Need to subscribe to utilities
• Need to subscribe to cable TV
• Need to subscribe to local internet service provider
• Need to subscribe to mandatory insurance policy (country specific)
• Need to pay the local taxes and licences
• No maintenance services included
• Usually no weekly cleaning services
• No professional customer support after you move in (in case you have an issue with electricity, plummer, etc.)
• Trust
• Virtually no short term offer
• Language barrier
• Uncertainty about flat equipments