Kos Hints

Looking for accommodation – steps and suggestions:

Read the description of kos areas - chose a few to start with.
Look at the kos areas map.
Read through information on past student kos (sent to participants predeparture).
Go and look at some of the past kos that you fancy - if only as a guide.
If you like a street, knock on doors of houses you like - suggest they take you in.
Ask everybody: friends, Indonesian students, teachers, tutors, the local Pak or Ibu RT, becak drivers, warung owners - everybody!
You can wander round some kos areas on the first Friday & Saturday.
Make friends with an Indonesian on your first day – they’ll help you.
Go and visit anyone’s kos as a starting point for comparison.
Go with someone who’s done it before, so you can listen to the questions and model them later.
The RD will talk about kos issues at the Orientation.
There will be tours of some kos areas at orientation, led by UGM students.
Later in the first week, you can hire the tutors to help you find a kos. They have to stay with you till you find something.
Go kos-hunting in early morning and late afternoon – avoid midday heat. Don’t overdo it.
Take your time; don’t rush in – there are lots of kos out there.

'Through a family friend.'
'Heard about it through a friend.’
'Local information.'
'From another ACICIS student living in the area.'
'By going door to door in Bulaksumur.'
'Just knock on lots of doors.'
'A becak driver in the area told us about it!'
'Through a friend of a friend.'
'Walking around & knocking on doors.'
'We just cruised around.'
'Looking, searching & more searching.'
'Walked around the area & asked around.'
'In the ACICIS lists.'
'Past student recommendations.'
'From a list at INCULS.'
‘I was walking around and some girls in a big car stopped and showed me around.’
'Rode around on my bike in areas that I liked until I found something.'