Housing price in high Pamir Plateau town in Xinjiang bordering 3 countries, is it worth it?

[beijingwalker]

High Pamir mountain town Tashurgan is the only Chinese town borders 3 countries, namely Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikstan.

The town is known in China for " A rooter crow can be heard in 4 countries".The tiny frontier border town is high up on th top of Pamir Plateau Mountain, the living environment is extremely harsh, non locals may find breathing a difficult task in Tashkurgan due to its super high altitude.

A traveler sees the town has many newly built apartemtn buildings and tries to find out the price for those houses. he was told by the locals that the apartments in those residential buildings are 120 square meters in area and one whole apartemnt is 50,000 Yuan ( $6,940), those houses are all equipped with up to date modern facilities, what's more, they also told the traveler that those houses are not available to non locals, only Tashkurgan locals can buy them.

 

[beijingwalker]

In the end of video the lady in red jacket answers impatiently " Go and ask the property management office, we don't usually live here"
When the traveler talks to the two old Tajik women, they struggle with their very limited Mandarin Chinese to explain everything to the traveler , very friendly though. The younger ladies speak standard Mandarin Chinese as well as I do if not better, but they just try to send the travelver on his way as soon as possible.

 

[-=virus=-]

Very nice, but the architecture has no soul.. very commie-minimalist.

In Tibet, for example, they have a certain cultural flair to a lot the buildings

but here they pay a high aesthetic price for sake of efficiency, managing costs and so on I guess.

 

[beijingwalker]

Very nice, but the architecture has no soul.. very commie-minimalist.

In Tibet, for example, they have a certain cultural flair to a lot the buildings

but here they pay a high aesthetic price for sake of efficiency, managing costs and so on I guess.

What "architecture" style do you expect in this arguably the harshest corner of the planet? A cave?

 

[-=virus=-]

What "architecture" style do you expect in this arguably the harshest corner of the planet? A cave?

All people/cultures do sort of have their own style, spl these remote far away ones.. in the big cities it all gets very bland.

Like thatched roofs in areas across the world where it rains and snows much, including traditional Chinese architecture.. the Islamic style is also quite distinct, as is European.

 

[NooriNuth]

Can foreigners buy properties in China?
At this price I would buy as holiday residence

 

[beijingwalker]

Can foreigners buy properties in China?
At this price I would buy as holiday residence

The video says only Tashkurgan locals can buy them, non locals, even Chinese citizens, are not allowed to buy them.

 

[beijingwalker]

All people/cultures do sort of have their own style, spl these remote far away ones.. in the big cities it all gets very bland.

Like thatched roofs in areas across the world where it rains and snows much, including traditional Chinese architecture.. the Islamic style is also quite distinct, as is European.

Sure, you want to see what their old ‘’ traditional style houses" are like? check them out in this thread, now no one lives in them now, you can have them for free.

No casualties in Xinjiang Pamir region from massive Tajikstan-China border earthquake, Earthquake proof new houses built after 2017 earthquake work

No casualties in Xinjiang Pamir region from massive Tajikstan-China border earthquake, Earthquake proof new houses built after 2017 earthquake proved working A major earthquake flattened a small village in the Chinese Pamir mountains, 3 months later.. At 5:58 on May 11, 2017, a 5.5-magnitude...

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[INS_Vikrant]

Can foreigners buy properties in China?
At this price I would buy as holiday residence

No one can "buy" property in China

 

[beijingwalker]

No one can "buy" property in China

Which is better? pay rip off property tax to the government for something you "own", nor make the government pay for it? 70 years property tax costs way more than the money with which you can easily buy a new house of the same value of the one you "own".

70 years house ownership recently expires for some old houses in Shanghai, houses will be demolished

70 years house ownership recently expires for some old houses in Shanghai, houses will be demolished Houses sold in China can only have an ownership of 70 years, it's because the government believes houses are only safe to live in for about 70 years, after that time the safety of the houses...

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[NooriNuth]

Which is better? pay rip off property tax to the government for something you "own", nor make the government pay for it? 70 years property tax costs way more than the money with which you can easily buy a new house of the same value of the one you "own".

70 years house ownership recently expires for some old houses in Shanghai, houses will be demolished

70 years house ownership recently expires for some old houses in Shanghai, houses will be demolished Houses sold in China can only have an ownership of 70 years, it's because the government believes houses are only safe to live in for about 70 years, after that time the safety of the houses...

pdf.defence.pk

No property tax in China?
In UK Council charges a minimum of 90£ for picking up rubbish and other public services.
The water and sewage bill is around 35£ a month, minimum.
Electric and gas costs around 150£ a month for an average house.
That's around 280 £ per month everyone pays even in a small house.
But houses are on average over 200 years old and still safe to live.

What's the situation in China?

 

[beijingwalker]

No property tax in China?
In UK Council charges a minimum of 90£ for picking up rubbish and other public services.
The water and sewage bill is around 35£ a month, minimum.
Electric and gas costs around 150£ a month for an average house.
That's around 280 £ per month everyone pays even in a small house.
But houses are on average over 200 years old and still safe to live.

What's the situation in China?

No property tax in China. we do pay property management fee for like garbage treatment and property maintainence, but that money is almost negligible.

 

[beijingwalker]

Pamir has the most beautiful starry nights in the world, with Tashkurgan's booming tourism, prefab "starry skynight" youth hostel houses are getting popular in Tashkurgan Tajik autonomous county in Chinese Pamir.

 

[Song Hong]

Very nice, but the architecture has no soul.. very commie-minimalist.

In Tibet, for example, they have a certain cultural flair to a lot the buildings

but here they pay a high aesthetic price for sake of efficiency, managing costs and so on I guess.

India soulful house.