Looking at the pictures carefully I think finding a perfect apartment near the Shangri-La Hotel in Qingao is easier than finding a great office there but let me give you a guide to the prices:
Offices:
Yi He Guo Ji Plaza: some of these offices have great sea views and their rent is about 120000 RMB per year but, there are no small area offices, the smallest may be about 130 square meters.
Fu Du Plaza: not as good sea views but, renting around 70—80 square meters is about 70000 RMB per year.

As far as cheaper plazas are concerned the further from the Shangri-La Hotel the plaza is the cheaper the rent is!

Apartments with two bedrooms:

Bin Hai Apartments: a little old building (built in about 1999) .some of them have great sea views and the rent is about 50000----80000 RMB one year.
Wei Dong Apartments: just a little view of the sea but in a new community. The rent is about 50000----60000 RMB one year.

Xin Gui Du Apartments: no sea views and in a little old community. The rent is about 30000---50000 RMB one year.

By the way , let me tell you some info about long term and short term rentals in Qingdao , because some of my clients are confused about this question lately , I have been a real estate agent in Qingdao for many years , my name is Kaka , with my long time agent background , helping you guys is a piece of cake , if you seach the key words like “qingdao apartments for rent” and ”qingdao houses for rent” and ”qingdao quality apartments and flats ” and so on by google or yahoo , It is very easy to find my advertisements and info .
To be honest , about the payment way , in other countries , tenants have the habit of paying the rent month by month ,and the landlords have no problem with it , so ,there is no big difference between short term rentals and long term rentals . but , in China , for example , in Qingdao , you are only allowed to pay the rent half year by half year or year by year if you rent a long term rentals . if you only stay in the apartment for several weeks , months , in other words , you rent a short term rental , usually , the rent should be more expensive than long term rentals , and , under nomal circumstances , you should pay all the rent at the beginning .
Let’s say , there is a long term rental , luxury furnishing , western style interiors ,and also with a competitive prices, like , 2500 rmb one month , if you rent it for one year ,you need pay 14000 rmb at the beginning (half year rent and one month security deposit ) , then on the sixth month , you should pay another half year rent . but if the landlord want to rent it as a short term rentals ,the monthly rent maybe go up to 4000 rmb , and if you rent it for only 3 months , you should pay all 12000 rmb at the beginning , not including the security deposit .
Even though short term rentals are more expensive ,the price of qingdao short term rentals (vacation rentals ) is much cheaper than qingdao hostels and qingdao hotels .
This is professional and efficient agent-Kaka to help you get set up in Qingdao ,call me ( 1-5-0-0-6—4-8-0-5-5-0 ) or send me emails (zhaokaka”at”-y-a-h-o-o-.-c-o-m)

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