One of the most Googled questions about BTS is simple: where do they actually live?
As someone who runs a cafรฉ near the HYBE building in Seoul, I can tell you this isn't some closely guarded secret in Korea. When BTS members buy apartments, it makes national news โ every major outlet reports it. Korean fans know the general neighborhoods. Some of it is public record.
So let me walk you through what's commonly known โ not as gossip, but as a local's guide to BTS's Seoul.
BTS's company, HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), is located in Yongsan-gu โ a central district in Seoul.
It wasn't always this way. In the early days, the company was based in Gangnam, and BTS's group dorm was in the Gangnam area too. But as the company grew, both HYBE's headquarters and BTS's living arrangements shifted to Yongsan. Their last shared dorm and the HYBE building were only about a 10-minute bus ride apart.
BTS's final group dorm was a large-unit luxury apartment in Hannam-dong, one of Seoul's most exclusive neighborhoods. This area is famous for housing CEOs of major conglomerates, veteran celebrities, and high-profile public figures.
To give you a sense of the price range: a smaller unit (around 66 square meters / 710 sq ft) starts at roughly โฉ4 billion (about $3 million USD). Larger units can exceed โฉ10 billion ($7.5 million).
Why this neighborhood? Security. These luxury complexes have their own private security systems โ controlled entry, CCTV everywhere, and staff trained to keep residents' privacy intact. For seven of the most famous men on the planet, that kind of built-in protection was essential.
After years of living together, the members eventually moved out and purchased their own homes โ but most of them didn't go far.
Here's what's publicly known about each member's current living situation, based on Korean media reports.
Jin (Kim Seokjin) โ Jin still lives in the same luxury apartment complex where the group dorm was โ just in a different building within the complex. Korean media has also reported that his parents live in the same complex, in a unit Jin purchased and gifted to them. That's a very Korean thing to do โ taking care of your parents by literally moving them next door.
SUGA (Min Yoongi), RM (Kim Namjoon), and Jimin (Park Jimin) โ All three live in the same luxury apartment complex in Hannam-dong. It happens to be directly across from Jin's apartment. This complex is also well-known for its celebrity residents.
SUGA recently mentioned on a broadcast that he and Jimin are next-door neighbors.
SUGA has also shared that he lives with his parents โ which, for anyone wondering, is completely normal in Korea. Many unmarried adults live with their parents, and it's common for someone who lived alone for a while to move back in with family. There's no stigma attached to it at all.
j-hope (Jung Hoseok) โ j-hope recently purchased a luxury villa in the Yongsan-gu area, which made headlines in Korea. Like all BTS real estate purchases, the media covered it extensively.
V (Kim Taehyung) โ V is the only member who doesn't live in the Yongsan/Hannam-dong area. He lives in a luxury apartment in Cheongdam-dong, in the Gangnam district โ Seoul's most famous upscale neighborhood. He's moved at least once. Unfortunately, V has also dealt with sasaeng (obsessive stalker-fans) issues, with incidents occasionally making the news.
Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook) โ Jungkook did something different from the others: he bought a piece of land and built his own house from scratch. He's shown the interior on multiple livestreams โ and I mean really shown it.
The entire house is decorated in all-black โ black walls, black furniture, black everything. Fans love teasing him about it, because while his aesthetic screams "dark and mysterious," his actual personality is playful and adorable. The contrast is very Jungkook.
But there's a darker side to this story. Korean media once published Jungkook's home address โ technically, real estate records are public in Korea, but there's a massive difference between someone digging through records and a news outlet broadcasting the address to millions. Since then, Jungkook has reportedly dealt with sasaeng intrusions โ people actually entering his property uninvited.
This brings up something important that international fans might not fully understand.
In Korea, whenever a BTS member buys property, it becomes front-page news. Every major outlet reports the location, the price, and sometimes even the floor plan. This is partly because Korean real estate transaction data is publicly accessible, but media outlets actively seek out and amplify this information because BTS generates clicks.
The result? Sasaengs โ obsessive individuals who cross every boundary. They show up at members' homes. They follow delivery drivers. They camp outside buildings. This isn't fan behavior. It's harassment, and every single BTS member has spoken against it.
BTS has said multiple times, very clearly: they do not consider people who show up uninvited at their homes to be real fans.
But not all fan-neighborhood interactions are negative.
Since Korean fans generally know which neighborhoods the members live in (thanks to media reports โ it's genuinely not a secret), some fans celebrate members' birthdays by purchasing ads at bus stops near their apartments. These birthday ads feature sweet messages and photos, and the members have actually acknowledged them โ sometimes posting photos of the ads on Instagram.
This kind of interaction sits in a comfortable zone: fans express their love in a public space without intruding on anyone's privacy. The members appreciate it. It's wholesome. And it's very different from showing up at someone's front door.
Since most BTS members live in the Hannam-dong and Yongsan area, there are great local restaurants nearby that fans can visit โ not to stalk, but because the food is genuinely amazing.
๐ฅฉ ์ฏ์ฅ (Sutjang) โ Charcoal BBQ
๐ฅฉ ์ดํ์ํ๋ก (Itaewon Hwaro) โ Korean BBQ
๐ ๋์๋๋ฉด (Donga Naengmyeon) โ Cold noodle specialist
๐ฒ ํ๋จ๋ ๊ฐ์ํ (Hannam-dong Gamjatang) โ Pork bone stew
๐ Explore BTS neighborhood restaurants on our map