Off post, the water supply may not be sanitary for cooking or drinking, so you must boil tap water, haul water from post or buy bottled water. Koreans typically live in apartments or small houses with only a few rooms used for living, eating and sleeping. Electricity is very expensive. Hannam Village is a high-rise military family housing apartment complex adjacent to Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul. It's very helpful to bring additional shelving or storage units with shelves suitable for bathrooms, bedrooms, and storage areas.
Most Korean apartments lack closets, so bring wardrobes or other means to hang clothes.
Bathroom floors are waterproofed and there are no shower curtain rods in some of the old houses. Pressure type shower rods should be included in your household shipments. Living in this type of apartment outside the Seoul area can be difficult for American families. Many times the heating system must be supplemented by kerosene or electric heaters to warm the rooms to a comfortable temperature. Gas clothes dryers are the most economical to operate here and can be more easily hooked up than electric dryers.