Xiamen Travel Forum

I am coming to Xiamen to live in February. We have 4 young children, so we will need a fairly big apartment. Does anyone have any recommendations? Also, what is usually included in "furnished" apartments? Do we need to bring our own bedding, kitchen utensils, etc or are they usually provided, like they are here in Australia?

Hi! Craig,

Xiamen is a nice place, and welcome to Xiamen!

My name is Jefferson, I live in Xiamen. And I am very pleased to say something about your first trip to Xiamen with 4 children.

1.I think you will need to find a typical three-bedroom apartment, it usually contains three bedrooms, one big living room, a kitchen room, and two toilet rooms.
2.Different apartments offer different items and furniture, but there are common items such as beds for bedrooms, TV and sofa for living room, water heater for shower, refrigerator and simple kitchen utensils for cooking. And washing machine is usually available. So I don’t think you will need to bring your own kitchen utensils, and there is a cost for shipping your own kitchen utensils all the way to Xiamen from Australia. I think your best bet will be this: don’t bring your kitchen utensils, then find suitable apartment, check what kind of items you need, and just but them locally in Xiamen! You can buy all kinds of beddings and kitchen utensils here. We have two Wal-mart stores and hundreds of local department stores in Xiamen.

Feel free to contact me by email (Jefferson_Xie@yahoo.com) or MSN (Jefferson_Xie@hotmail.com). :)

Thanks, Jefferson. Very useful advice.

I have been to Xiamen a few times before and it is certainly a beautiful city.
I also have a question about schools for our daughters - maybe I will send you an e-mail about that.

Thanks again for your help.谢谢

Craig