Living in Seongbuk.

What Seongbuk costs

Hanok lanes below the mountain, and Korea University.

Getting around: Lines 4, 6 · Ui–Sinseol. Who lives here: Korea University, Sungshin. Median home size 14m².

Campuses in range

• Korea University — 253 homes within walking or transit range
• Kyung Hee University — 182 homes within walking or transit range
• Hankuk University of Foreign Studies — 133 homes within walking or transit range
• Sungkyunkwan University — 132 homes within walking or transit range

How renting here works

A standard lease in Seongbuk runs one to two years with a deposit of ten to twenty times the rent, in Korean, often with a guarantor. Furnished monthly homes are a separate category starting at one month. See monthly rent in Seoul for the citywide picture, or jeonse vs wolse explained for the lease structures.