Rooms.Taipei: Co-living & Serviced Apartments in Taipei

30/05/2025

Great question on a facebook group today: How do you safely rent a room in Taipei from abroad? Do you sign sight unseen? Do you wait until you came to Taipei?

Our answer:
This is a great question and honestly a tricky situation.
We have heard of scams in FB groups lately: This year, one woman allegedly took deposits from 28 foreign students after she lost access to the flats she was renting, just by keeping the ads up.
If you're renting from abroad, it's much safer to go through established companies with proper websites and Google rankings. Some run their own spaces (so they can vouch for quality), while others are just agents (they can confirm it’s not a scam, but not the room quality). Always ask which type they are.
If you do go through FB groups, ask for:
– A copy of the landlord’s ID
– Written proof they're allowed to rent the place
– A video call from inside the flat
Not every landlord want to bother doing this, so you may face rejection, unfortunately. Also, most of them do not accept simple reservations and will most likely ask you to pay a large non-refundable reservation fee, since they are in a similar pickle as you are and want to be sure you are not wasting their time.
If you wait until arriving in Taipei, there is a big chance you will not find a room, and end up staying in a hostel. This is especially true in fall where the demand far outstrip the availability.
Good luck!

23/01/2025

It's moving time!
If you are moving to Taipei in early February, we have a few places for you:
-3 rooms in www.rooms.taipei/hp, 700m to NTU and 100m to Daan Park
-1 room in www.rooms.taipei/jj, 200m from Taipower MRT, 1.2km to NTU
-2 rooms in www.rooms.taipei/zx, 700m from Jingan MRT (good choice for NCCU as there is a direct bus).
Contact us here in the chat if you want to know more!

23/07/2024

Crossroads 社團法人台灣全球連結發展協會 is formally opening their campaign to push for the reform of the dual citizenship status for foreigners. This means that, just like Taiwanese citizens can become citizens of other countries and hold multiple passports, foreigners becoming Taiwanese would be able to keep their home country citizenship.
The association successfully pushed for the reform of the status of handicapped foreigners last year, meaningfully changing the lives of many.
This new campaign has the ability to meaningfully change the lives of many more people, and the association really needs your support.

Crossroads is proud to be collaborating with CommonWealth Magazine 天下雜誌 , 歐洲在臺商務協會 European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan - ECCT, The Community Services Center - Taipei, All Hands Taiwan, Forward Taiwan 。 向前台灣, Ripplemaker Foundation 漣漪人基金會, Taiwan Impact Entrepreneurs - TIE, Red Room Rendezvous 紅房餐酒館, and Enspyre 安石國際 in organizing the event, "Immigration and Taiwan's Future: A Discussion About What It Means to Be Taiwanese Today" on Thursday, August 22 from 7PM -9 PM at National Taiwan Normal University.

There, we will formally launch the Dual Nationality Taiwan campaign -an advocacy plan calling for legislative reform that allows permanent residents (APRC holders) a pathway to citizenship without having to renounce their original citizenship(s).

You may check out our full program itinerary and register for free using the event page on Accupass in the link in the comments section. The event will be in English and Chinese. If you are unable to attend in person, there will be an option to register for access to the livestream feed.

For the many of you who care about this issue, please be sure to come support by adding your voice. We hope to see you there. Thank you.

03/04/2024

Go bag: an emergency bag you grab in case your building collapses. Today's multiple aftershocks are a good reason to put one together. Stay safe!

19/01/2024

Ever wondered what it's like to move to Taiwan? We talk to Taiwan's National Education Radio about moving to Taiwan as a foreigner, discovering our pretty island, and living with other foreigners (from 9:15).

Photo: Dragon dancing troupe at Beigang's birthday of the goddess of the sea

#外國人在台灣

*Friday Happy Hour in Formosa Episode #50 第50集* Edouard Roquette - Rooms Taipei 專屬外國朋友的共享公寓 人客來坐 My Taiwan Story So what if you’ve visited Taiwan a few times and you think you are ready to move here! Finding a place to live has gotta be the most difficult thing es...

03/11/2023

Rooms.Taipei was started after our founder landed in a wheelchair following an accident, and his landlord tried to take advantage of the situation to double his rent. The issue of disability is thus quite dear to us.

This is why it is very important for us to congratulate David Chang from the non-profit Crossroads 社團法人台灣全球連結發展協會 for his work with Legislator Claire Wang 王婉諭 and the 衛生福利部 Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW) to open up disability certification for foreigners.

The certification is still limited at the moment as it is on the basis of reciprocity, but it is still a huge improvement and more countries will be added to the list in the coming months. This is proof that if foreigners organise they can change their situation in Taiwan.

Congratulations to David and Crossroads for their achievement in advancing our rights in this country!

14/09/2023

"Foreigners are not welcome"
Sadly, this is something we often get to see or hear in Taiwan. About 1/4 of the phone calls we give to landlords/agents to discuss taking over one of their places ends up with a "Sorry, no foreigner".
It is however the first time we have seen this written on a rental website with an English version. It's actually against the law (Immigration Act, Article 62 "Any person shall not discriminate against people residing in the Taiwan Area on the basis of nationality, race, color, class and place of birth.").
The sad reality is that the enforcement of this particular law is very lax.
We think this is completely wrong and we rent to everyone regardless of origins. In fact, our Zhongxing house (www.rooms.taipei/zx) currently has 6 nationalities for 7 rooms. We are glad to count Africans, Southeast Asians, Indians, and South Americans among our past and existing tenants & teammates.

08/09/2023

Today the Ministry of Education announced that they are doubling down on their successful policy of attracting international students to the country. The new target is to bring in 320,000 students by 2030, a significant increase from the previous goal of 150,000 by 2020, with a particular focus on increasing the number of students from Southeast Asia.
A large part of our focus at Rooms Taipei has been to help new students to adapt to life in Taipei as quickly as possible as they often do not plan on staying in Taiwan as long as young professionals and need more help. Another focus has been to create an environment that can adapt to very different cultures. Our Zhongxing house regularly has more than 5 different citizenships for 7 rooms.
Sounds like we have a lot more work ahead!

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) The Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan for the Ministry of Education (MOE) to set up 10 overseas offices, many in Southeast Asian countries, and launch a host of new degree programs with the goal of attracting and retaining thousands of international students in Taiwan by 2030...

02/06/2023

Increasingly coliving is becoming big business in Western countries (and in China, it's already huge). Taipei is still lacking far behind most cities, with the largest operator having under 100 units. It's time to grow!

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