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  2. Posted

    in 2008, I bought our current 5-room flat where my parents and siblings live in.
    I blogged our journey here: 

     

    It's been 13 years and now it's just my parents and me here. So I've decided to downgrade and move the old folks there. 

    Scary times to buy buying a resale indeed. The prices are crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. But after many months of searching (just like the last time), we found a place and exercised OTP!

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    LOL... seriously, i think it wasn't well maintained previously, so the first look of it, only 2 things come to my mind - oh-biang, and ugly~ :(

    but after polishing, it looks much better... :) it's true that with the right furniture, it can look very classy, but problem is we are not big fan of those very classy looking furniture LOL... :P

    anyway, never regret keeping the marble floor... looks like it can still last us for years ;) all contractors i met told me... marble floor, nowadays if you wanna do, very expensive one.... better keep :lol:

    yaaa!! and you don't have to worry about tiles popping years later.. and if people spill things or what you wun be as kan cheong as if it were parquet/laminate. Still must wipe la cos long term there might be stains but like I said polishing will make it nice... hehe Lucky you!

    the glass for the study expensive?

  18. Posted

    just moved in the new house, wonder who are locking their windows in the kitchen every night before you go to bed?

    is it possible for someone to climb from the gound floor?

    are there any window theft (spider) cases happened in singpaore before?

    ehh recently there was a teenager arrested for being a spiderman? I don't think they climb from the top or the bottom.. but more from the common corridor...

    you know how sometimes, esp for end units, the side is the common corridor and there's a window near? it's probably more possible to climb from there...

    As for kitchen window... I think very few people lock those... but I agree about the cockroach part.. We had plenty of flying ones coming in when we first moved in. *URGH* and apparently.. my friend says she gets them on the 21st floor too.. so cockroaches aren't afraid of heights.

  21. Posted

    mmm I redid my air con after moving in for more than a year. I didn't replace the piping. the guy flushed out the piping with some chemical and and for some parts he put new piping joining to the old.

    I think there was also some small rebate when he took the old units away. :)

    BTW my house has a system 4 and a window casement unit. The casement unit is SUPER cold but not so energy saving lOL

  23. Posted

    Singpass don't need to go CPF. Just logon, key in IC number, and request for new password.

    3 ~ 4 days later, new password will be mail to owner Y home.

    mm thank you thank you!! Will do that when I get home. :)

    Yes, I think you should make a trip down to HDB and clarify. Sometimes a face-to-face discussion is better than many emails and phone calls.

    You may want to ask HDB if the newer apartment under SERS is offered to Owner Y with a brand new lease of 99 years. In my opinion, owning a HDB is like owning a car. The initial value starts depreciating as the remaining number of years of the lease reduces with each passing year. Obviously, it will very good if the new flat comes with a brand new lease.

    You may also want to check how CPF monies is used to purchase the current HDB flat. This shall probably determine how much money needs to be put back to the CPF if you want to take the reimbursement. Assume Owner Y is more than 55 years old, some minimum sum needs to be placed in the CPF, which would affect the next apartment purchase.

    Good luck!

    YES I do think a trip down will be good.. but I'm not sure I can convince Owner Y to go with us without any solid plans in place which is why I'm afraid HDB might not want to give us any answers. I totally agree about the CPF thing it'll certainly help if we can calculate how much we need for the next purchase.

    THANKS GUYS!! :)

  24. Posted

    Price just under 30k ? Or was it, they were given 30k, some kind of reimbursement.

    Usual for SERS, to be offer 30k, or 20% off for the new flat. Easiest way to logon to their CPF to see the history of their purchase.

    That's the problem. Owner Y wasn't really involved in decision making.. She said (in chinese) that they paid 30k only. She doesn't have singpass so I probably have to go to CPF board with her to apply.

    Thanks for the clarification on the SERS scheme.

    Hi,

    I didn't know that HDB offered a 40yr old flat under the SERS scheme. Usually new flats are built for them and some remaining flats built earlier elsewhere are also offered sometimes. Anyway if selling this flat and buying another - should not have any issue with profit as long as MOP has been met (for this case it is 10 yrs already) - so no issues and profit should go to the surviving owner. Need only payback HDB the 30K discount if buying a brand new flat

    Can i know where is the flat located? (just curious)

    Toa Payoh. Both the previous one and the current one.

    Have to pay back the 30k discount wor??! omg. lol *crossing fingers hope it's not*

    mm Shall make a trip to HDB to ask... seems like the best way.. just too busy.. and not sure how to convince Owner Y to go along. LOL

  25. Posted

    Hi,

    not sure if I answer correctly

    anyway I also bought a flat under SERS scheme 4 years ago

    the flat owner Y bought was probably not under subsidy

    the reason it was at 30K was because

    (A) it was 10 years ago

    (B) 30K was possibly the nett value after offsetting the value of the old flat prior to the current one

    200K now is market value which is very much in line with general HDB price trend

    Hence, owner Y is entitled to the full proceeds of the sale in the absence of owner X

    Thank you thank you... it's possible leh! I never thought of it... maybe. I must probe more. but cos the remaining owner Y.. is not educated and all the decisions were made by Owner X so I'm afraid she may not know much. Sigh

    But thank you for this answer.

    Anyone else who has inputs pls pls pls reply. thank you.

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