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  • January 30, 2013 at 2:45 pm #10083
    Avatar photoJessi
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    This is kind of a random question, but as I am looking to move to Chengdu in a few months, and this is a concern, I thought I’d ask. I am a harpist, and as a person with a large, bulky and heavy instrument that moves on wheels and cannot negotiate stairs, I have to live in a building where my apartment is eiter on the ground floor or is accessible by elevator. What is the elevator situation with apartments in Chengdu, by and large? Does your building have an elevator? Do most of them?

    January 30, 2013 at 3:16 pm #26435
    Avatar photoRick in China
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    Any building over I think 5 floors? has to have an elevator – most apartment complexes (newer ones) are 30 ish floors.. so unless you live in a really old building, you’ll likely be fine with your harp 😀

    January 31, 2013 at 1:43 am #26445
    Avatar photoBrendan
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    Do stop harping on about elevators Jessica.

    January 31, 2013 at 1:53 am #26447
    Avatar photoBen
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    Do stop harping on about elevators Jessica.

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    January 31, 2013 at 2:09 am #26449
    Avatar photoJessi
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    Oh god the harp puns….

    I look forward to meeting you all and playing for you someday soon!

    January 31, 2013 at 3:31 am #26454
    Avatar photoCharlie
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    Any building over I think 5 floors? has to have an elevator – most apartment complexes (newer ones) are 30 ish floors.. so unless you live in a really old building, you’ll likely be fine with your harp 😀

    Most residential buildings in Chengdu are over 5 floors and do not have an elevator. New buildings all seem to have elevators since they don’t construct residential buildings less than 10 stories these days, it seems. Finding an apartment with an elevator should be no problem although certain districts have more or less new developments. Yulin, for example, has only a handful of newly constructed complexes with elevators like Wangfu Garden.

    January 31, 2013 at 4:54 am #26460
    Avatar photoRick in China
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    over 5 floors and do not have an elevator

    What’s the highest residential complex you’ve seen without one? I was told long ago that there was a law in Chengdu for complexes over a certain height to have elevators, which is why almost all the older buildings are the same height – the maximum without an elevator… maybe it’s 6+roof or 7, what’s the highest building you’ve seen without one?

    January 31, 2013 at 5:24 am #26463
    Avatar photoCharlie
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    What’s the highest residential complex you’ve seen without one?

    7th floor is the highest that I’ve seen without one, I believe. It seems that decades ago they constructed every residential building to a very specific height. When I look out at surrounding neighborhoods from my rooftop, nearly all of the buildings look identical.

    January 31, 2013 at 7:19 am #26470
    Avatar photoVincent NL
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    I live on the top floor, 7th floor without an elevator. As Charlie says, all surrounding old buildings are of the same height.

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