Makel:In this area you will find only low rise buildings. This is compound with large 4 bedroom houses and private gardens. We are the only foreigners living in Rose Garden West. Our house is located half way HIS and my husbands workplace. We choose to live here, as we preferred a house with a garden to an apartment. We love living close to the tea hills, we enjoy the beautiful views and feel we are close to nature even though we live in a big city. Our children enjoy playing in the garden and they go biking around the compound. We are using the gym and indoor/outdoor pool of the Hangzhou Rose Garden Resort Hotel, which is 5 minutes away from our house. The hills are ideal for road/mountain biking for adults and older kids. H.I.S. and the city are only 20 minutes away. Taxis are usually reasonably easy to get, except on rainy days. It is more convenient if you would have a car when you live in this area. Close by is the village called Zhuan tang, which has some good fresh produce markets, a super market and some small shops. The downside is that there are not so many other children living in this area. My 11 yr old daughter, however, joins many After School Sports activities, so can still spend time with her friends. My younger children have each other to play with. ---[2014/8/23]
Wendy:A lot of nature stays in this neighborhood and see a
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