“What is a house for me?” “Interview House” started with this question.
A product with investment value, a space where I live. In the meantime, I would like to tell you an honest story about a house that you may be wandering about. Buying an apartment that is worth climbing is not a bad thing. It wouldn’t be a sin to make money with it. But it won’t be the absolute good that everyone should pursue.
I am not trying to give an answer through an article. I have no intention of judging who is right or wrong. The purpose is to listen to and share stories about the space each person wants through interviews with various people.
I hope this will be an opportunity for people reading this to think about the house I want. Interviews try to meet and hear as many different people as possible from age, profession, education, region, etc. If you would like to share your opinion or recommend someone around me, please contact us by email. I will visit you in person.
Park Ji-yeon, CEO of Comingbee
Park Ji-yeon, CEO of Comingby, runs a startup specializing in parental education. The goal is to help parents grow rather than raising children. He said that it is more important to educate their children than to move to Gangnam, where the house is expensive, for private education.
For him, home is a space where you can relax with your family. I haven’t even seen it as an investment to make money. The region also prefers Gyeonggi Province to Seoul. Because you can live in a better environment for the same price. CEO Park said, “I like a house where you can feel nature and see the four seasons,” he said. “When I am in nature, I feel that the inside of my head is bright and cool.”
Parent education is more urgent than child private education
CEO Park, who met on the 15th, said it was a pity for parents who thought they had to go to Gangnam to educate their children. He also has children, but he is not considering moving for private education. He advised parents to pay attention to what they learn for themselves before thinking about how to teach their children. Most parents worry about their child, such as their child’s grades and personality, but in fact, it means that it is important that parents who have a big emotional impact on the child grow up. “The first adult a child meets is parents,” he said. “If parents are strong, children can grow up properly.”
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I didn’t think of this from the beginning. As I quit the company and prepared a youth education-related project, I felt the need for parental education. He said, “I was trying to educate young people, so my parents were more of a problem,” he recalled.
He said it was a pity that parents were regretting spending money on them. CEO Park said, “I don’t think much about private tutoring for children, but I am regretful of buying a book,” he said. “As it is important for parents to set an example, I want to take care of myself more.”
It was also said that the effectiveness of private education would decrease in the future. “It was possible for millennials to study well and to go to a prestigious university to get a good job, but I don’t know if it will continue,” he emphasized. “It is necessary to provide the strength to study by yourself.”
I don’t have the talent of making money at home
He married in 2008 and bought a house. In their late 30s, it was possible because the couple got married after they were all older. But I didn’t make any money. His house is an old apartment in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. It is a small complex with only six east counts. The price of the house did not rise significantly. At the same time, he laughed, saying, “I haven’t thought about that way,” saying that if I had bought a house in Bundang, it would have made quite a profit.
“My husband’s company is Seongnam, and my company was Bucheon. It was my 2nd year at the company, but I thought I wouldn’t be working for a long time, so I decided to choose Seongnam.
Since then, I haven’t thought of making money through the house. He said, “I don’t think I can do it.” In order to make money, he said, he had to study hard, sell his feet, and make an effort to increase the value of his investment, but he said he was not good at that. Representative Park explained, “It’s more important to live at home, but I don’t think I have to make money,” he said. “I don’t think I’m doing anything at all.”
He said he was satisfied with the house now. CEO Park said, “There is a mountain near the house, so it’s okay to just look at it.”
I like work in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do at home
The most important thing at home is the people who live with him. This is because even if everything else is satisfactory, you cannot be happy if a person is not good. He said, “Whether you are working outside or a full-time housewife, a house is a place where you can relax comfortably and receive comfort from people with you,” he said. “Would I be happy without it?”
The surrounding environment is also one of the important factors. He said that Gyeonggi-do is better than Seoul. This is because Seoul has a high density due to the lack of space, and there are few nature-friendly spaces. However, I am not confident to go to the province. Because they want to live in the city. The middle point of compromise is Gyeonggi Province.
CEO Park said, “It’s good to work in Seoul, but it’s inferior in terms of residential environment such as air, space, and relaxation.” “He explained.
That doesn’t mean you want to live in a very spacious house. He said that it would be nice to have a house with his own study room on about 30~40 pyeong. He said, “It only needs to be equipped with the basics, and a bathroom is enough,” he said. “If it is too large, it will be difficult to clean. There is no desire to live in a country house or to decorate the house. “I am not a diligent person, and I am not a style that finds pleasure in decorating and caring for a home,” he explained.
The components he wants to have in his home are people who live with him, study room, and bedroom. People who live together are family members such as husbands and children. In the sense of wanting to be recognized as an independent object, he said that he refers to people instead of family members. “We share a lot of things while living together, but it is important to respect each other’s lives and keep the boundaries,” he said. “The younger the child, the bigger the child will have to respect the boundaries with parents.”
The house he thinks is a place of rest. However, even if they do, it is difficult for women to completely rest at home because of the endless chores. Because of this, he said he wanted to have a study room where he could have his own time. “In Korea, women still have a lot of domestic work. When they have children, things that can’t be delayed happen. They need a place of their own to organize their thoughts and minds.”
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