I am Nomads

I’ve been living in Batam for nearly 9 years. During that period I live in 7 different places. The first 2 were company’s houses. The rest I’ve been renting a room in 5 different places.

I lived in the 1st company’s houses for more than 4 years. The first time I lived there I had 3 other occupants living under the same roof. It’s a two floors building. In the last 1-1.5 years of that time I lived there by myself. I got bored after 4 years. Besides, I’m a true male species, means I don’t like to clean up that big house :mrgreen:

After that I decided to move to other company’s houses which was a lot smaller than the 1st one. I lived there by myself for about 2 years. That place have relatively “cheap” surroundings, most notably the food. I remember I could still have a fried chicken menu plus ice tea for about Rp 5000 only. It’s almost impossible to have that in Batam.

Then I decided to buy my own house. I’m only a middle-down class labour :mrgreen: so I need to refund my housing allowance to add into the monthly payment of my house. That’s when I started to rent a room.

I paid about Rp 375 thousands a month for the 1st room. I got a spring bed only. I spent only about a month there. I couldn’t sleep if I was working at nite shift because the place is right in front of an elementary school. Man, it’s so noisy there.

Then I moved to the place which is only about 4-5 houses next to it. I could sleep there. I paid Rp 450 thousands per month. I got a spring bed, small fan, clothing racks, and my own bathroom. The problem was sometimes there’s a centipede coming out from the bathroom. Man, I hate that thing. It was only about 2-3 months before I decided to switch place again.

I found a nice room several houses next. The place was right in front of Telkom tower/office. The owner only asked about Rp 350 thousands a month. He gave me very clean spring bed, big roof fan, and private bathroom (without WC). The room was fit for my size. And no centipedes. Actually I liked it there. The only problem that I had was it was very truly deeply really hot. It has a big window but at the wrong side of wind flow :mrgreen:

I think it was about 10-11 months before I decided to switch place again. I wanted to stay closer to my workplace. That’s when I moved to one of the most prestigious real estate in Batam. It costed me Rp 750 thousands a month. The owner gave me spring bed and AC (air conditioner) with sharing bathroom for 2 people. I spent about 17 months in there. Then like usual I got bored and moving again.

The last place (my current place) is actually not that far from the previous place. I often had a walk to get some food here. That’s one of the reason I chose this place. I can have various kinds of food nearby from fried rice, “gorengan”, meatballs, chicken noodles, “martabak”, “kethoprak”, satay, “soto”, Padang cuisine, “pecel lele”, “ayam penyet”, fried milkfish, etc.

The owner asked me Rp 600 thousands a month. I got nothing beside my own bathroom (with WC). So far the bathroom is free from centipedes. The thing that I like about this room is that it has small but private terrace. I often standing on my terrace naked after bath :mrgreen:

This is the pic of the corridor at the 2nd floor during the night where my room is. It’s quite romantic :mrgreen: Well I really hope this is my last room that I need to rent before moving to my new house. Maybe next year. Or perhaps I’ll sell the house and moving to Java island. Anyone interested to buy?  :mrgreen:

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  1. diyan #
    1

    Sorry mw tanya donx, harga kostan gambar di atas sekarang berapa perbulannya?? ada No. kontak yang bisa di hubungi gak? klo ada mw yah, rencananya bln oktober ni mw nyari kostan di batam. ngomong2 lokasinya dimana?
    oh ya klo ada kostan yang harganya sekitar 300rb – 350rb perbulan mhon infonya yah teman2 yang di Batam Center dkt UNIBA,fasilitasnya yg ada kasur,kipas angin jg gpp dech,khusus bwt cewe klo bisa,,,
    mksh tmn2,,,, email : diyanschumi@yahoo.com

  2. ani #
    2

    NUmpang iklan ya.

    Bagi teman2 yg baru datang di Batam dan mau rental motor.
    saya ada motor yg di rentalkan suzuki shogun 2005,warna biru.
    kondisi motor semuanya ok, 400rb/bulan.kalau ada yg minat
    hub;081927072777,0778469203 alamat villa hang lekir blok aa6 no5 legenda malaka.

  3. maya #
    3

    maau tanya itu kostan yg d foto daerah mana yaah ??
    aq lg cari kostan ac+murah d batam centre
    mohon infonyaa yaah dtggu..
    tq

  4. atar #
    4

    Saya baru dtg di batam, mau cari kost yg bagus dmn yah? Budget 1,5 smpe 2jt per bulan, kalo ada info please email ke atarex82@yahoo.com

  5. cheah #
    5

    saya mau cari satu bilik untuk sewa .
    contact i solidbase9@gmail.com

  6. assisi #
    6

    Bro…boleh tanya info alamat kost yg di gambar ke-2 ma ke 3 dari bawah gak? Itu daerah batam center yah??
    Ane kost di tiban, kerja di bengkong…jauhhhhh..ada plan buat pindah kost nehh…
    Thanks ya..

  7. tinus #
    7

    Numpang tanya nya. mohon info kos2an yang murah ya di daerah batam centre.081361396613.di tunggu ya.tks

  8. iwan #
    8

    boleh dunk info kost di batam, 081808717500

  9. Henny #
    9

    rencananya saya mao jln2 kebatam…
    hanya untuk membuang jenuh
    tp saya butuh remomendasi dr teman2 untuk penginapan atau kozt yang paling murah…
    hya untuk 1 minggu tidur dan mandi.
    terima kasih sebelumx.

  10. nita #
    10

    aq nita,,,cari kost disekitar nagoya. Pi yg tmpatnya aman.

  11. awei #
    11

    minta data kost2an di batam donk
    smsin ke nomor saya ya
    saya butuh tapi yg bersih ya
    :D
    0819 2853 4247
    thx

  12. awei #
    12

    kalau bisa daerah UIB sana
    soalnya gmpang buat kuliah
    :D
    thx

  13. yana #
    13

    aq lg cari kost yg ada ac+toilet dalam yg murah .
    kalo ada info please email ke waiwai_xy@yahoo.com
    thx =)

  14. yuka #
    14

    tolong kasih info kost daerah btm centre donk
    085762977300

  15. Angky #
    15

    tolong info n contact number kost2an di daerah kawasan industry sekupang.hrg 300-400rb.angkipur@yahoo.com

  16. dimas #
    16

    Mohon info dong kost u di seputaran nagoya, hanya 1-2 minggu,harga 300-400 rb.email ke demez_ir@yahoo.com
    terimakasih

  17. Aiereen Lee #
    17

    Di Informasikan kepada teman-teman ,
    - kos kosan exclusive dengan furnished, AC dengan KM dalam atau tanpa KM dalam di daerah Mitra Raya .
    - Mobil disewakan secara harian ataupun perbulan.

    Yang berminat Hubungi kami di 08192183039 atau email : Aierinlee@yahoo.com

  18. agung #
    18

    numpang tnya tu gmbar no3 tu pa msih ddaerah btam center per bln brp?klu msih ada kmar kntok sgera.mksh

  19. 19

    tertarik banget kloliat kosan di atas,,bisa minta alamat lengkpnya ga? kirim ke email saya di amifikri@gmail.com terima kasih,,

  20. anton #
    20

    butuh info ne,
    keluarga q mau datang dari medan ne tanggal 19 december 2011, kalau ada info rumah yang bisa disewakan per bulan, atau paviliun juga bisa dengan fasilitas min. kamar, dapur, kamar mandi.
    kalau ada yang sekalian furniture juga ok.
    ditunggu infonya via 085371446168.

  21. fajar shejhun #
    21

    mau minta tolong yang gambar no 3 berapa harganya….?

  22. Tamrin #
    22

    info nya kok sekedar gambar, yg dihubungi siapa… harganya berapa… dan lokasi dimana… semua serba nggantung dan kurang informatif. Konsumen nunggu reply tidak ada… lari konsumen lah… mereka pada cari sendiri2. Ini saran bisa lebih lengkap sekali baca konsumen tdk tanya2 lagi tinggal nego aja…

  23. 23

    Mohon info dunk buat kos2an di deket nya Graha Pena di Jl. raya teluk tering di Batam center…
    buat sampe akhir maret..yg ada kamar mandi dalamnya..kalo plus ac brp kalo gak brp,,
    mohon info ke : 08119790690



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