What a $500/Month Mortgage Gets You in Chongqing, China | Our First Home Tour

#Chongqing#ChinaVlog #ApartmentTour Hi, I'm Shwangshwang. ❤️ I'm 31, and I live in Chongqing, China – a city of mist, hills, and escalators that never go the direction you expect. This is a real tour of our $200,000 apartment. Not a luxury penthouse. Just an ordinary home in an ordinary high‑rise community. We bought it off‑plan in 2019. It wasn't finished until 2022 – by then we'd been dating less than a year. Fast movers, I know. 😄 What you'll see in this video: Why our official 80㎡ is actually only 60㎡ of usable space (hello, shared public areas) The 70‑year lease thing (nobody worries about it) How we afforded the down payment: $60k total, with $30k from both sets of parents – super common in China Monthly mortgage: only $500 (very manageable) Property management fee: just $40/month The subway station literally 30 seconds from our gate – no car needed Our tiny but cozy interior: computer workspace, homemade kimchi jar, husband's fish tank, east‑facing bay window, tatami second bedroom A quiet evening of twice‑cooked pork, homegrown garlic sprouts, and a package of skincare This isn't a glamorous home. But it's ours. Every scratch, every paint choice, every corner – we put our hearts into it. If you've ever wondered what ordinary life looks like in a Chinese megacity, come along. And if you live in a small home too – I hope this makes you feel a little less alone. Thanks for watching until the end. 🌙 Keywords / Hashtags: #Chongqing #ApartmentTour #200kHome #ChineseRealEstate #SmallSpaceLiving #SubwayLife #MonthlyMortgage #RealChineseLife #Chinavlog #ApartmentTour #LivinginChina #ChineseFamily #Home Tour #chongqingApartment #DailyLifeInchina