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Introduction
Welcome! Thank you for booking The Hills Boutique Guesthouse:)) This is your host Jenny! I have been in the homestay business for five years and currently manage about 100 properties in downtown Shanghai, while this house you’re in is the one that everything started from. We also run a website www.hillsshanghai.com that helps with the many difficulties foreign travelers may face. Through these efforts, we hope to help more people feel the warmth of home and the unique charm of the city.

Check in & Check out
- Check-in time: 3pm
- Check-out time:12pm
*we accept luggage drop-off if you arrive early. For early check-in and late check-out, we will arrange if we can. Contact staff for details. For check-out, please the key on door.
Password
Front Gate Password: you will get from our staff.
Room key is on the door
if you see the black key box at entrance, please be aware that’s for back-up keys. you can ask our staff for passcode if you need extra keys.
Wi-Fi
Wifi: Hills Boutique/ Hill Boutique 5G
Password: thehills
*Wifi is integrated with VPN, so please enjoy browsing Netflix, Facebook, Google, etc. If you’re having trouble with vpn in China, please try shadow rocket which is the currently most stable one. you can also visit our website blog or contact our staff for help.
For your convinience, if you need a eSIM for your China visit, please check below.

Transportation
Address : No. 51, Lane 848, Kangding Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai.
Address in Chinese : 上海市静安区康定路848弄51号
🚇Public Transportation Routes (By Subway)
📍Walking Navigation(By Subway)
🚖Find Hills in Lane(By taix)
For your conviniece, we do offer airport transfer, please check below for more inforamtion.
House Rules
We Appreciate Your Cooperation!😊
- Smoking is prohibited indoors. If you need to smoke, please move to the patio on first floor or the terrace(Yunnan and Columbia only)
- Inviting others without prior permission is not allowed. If you wish to have friends come over, please obtain the landlord's consent in advance.
- Please do not use the coffee machine, grinder, barbecue grill, or utensils on the wall without permission. Any damages must be compensated.
- If you bring a pet, please inform us in advance. We need to charge an additional one-time cleaning fee of 100rmb and deposit of 200rmb(fully refunded if no damage at check-out)
- (Applicable for whole-house rentals) Due to the large number of occupants, a deposit of 2000 RMB is required before check-in. The full amount will be refunded after check-out if there are no damages.
- Please keep the fridge and kitchen clean after use. Cleaning lady may charge 300RMB for inappropriate use of kitchen.
- Quiet period 10pm to 7am.
Facility Use
AC
- We offer dual system air conditioning and have updated and installed heaters in early 2022.
- Under normal circumstances, please DO NOT adjust the heater frequently to affect the heating effect.
- The air conditioner is Daikin dual system air conditioner, after opening the small sun for heating mode, snowflake for cooling mode. It has been set according to the season, so there is no need to change the mode. Temperature and wind speed can be adjusted as shown.
Radiator
- The white knob on the far right of the heater is the on/off switch, 1 is off and 5 is maximum.
- please DO NOT put your cloth on it for drying.
- the radiator is off during April to early-November.
Water
- We don't provide free bottled water in the house. please purchase at our Mini Bar Beside fridge
- You can find drinking water on the first floor with direct drinking water taps located next to the coffee machine as shown in the picture.
- The kitchen is also equipped with a hot water kettle, and a large bucket of mineral water.
Window Blinds Adjusting
- To adjust the window blinds, on the left use the string to flip the blinds.
- To lift the window blinds, use the right strings shown as above. pull straight down to lift up and lock at that certain position.
- To lower the window blinds, use the right strings to first go straight down and then tilt left then put it down.
Mini Bar
Please find the mini bar on the right side of the fridge. use the QR code to purchase.

Others (Kenya Lamps)
- The power is on top of the lamp. the bottom stand is for wireless charging.
About Waste Sorting
- According to Shanghai's Waste Sorting Requlation, food waste is wet garbage (such as leftover food scraps from take-out) and other garbage is dry garbage.
- Dry and wet garbage bins are placed inside the public space on the first floor.
- The dry garbage is the large white garbage can at the entrance
- The wet garbage is placed nearby the kitchen window.
About Laundry
- The guest-use washing machine, laundry detergent and disinfectant are in the shared bathroom on the first floor, you can use the washing machine by yourself. detergent and disinfectant are complimentary but please don’t waste.
- The dryer is placed in the courtyard on the first floor. The dryer needs to be turned off manually to stop, if you need to use the dryer please do not forget to turn it off after drying!