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Thanks for the heads up! Looking forward to meeting the contractor / ID soon Cheers,

ha! ha! you may be right! Shall check with contractor after we got hold of the floor plan Most likely using back the contractor who did our EM 2 years old - gd & reliable + reasonably priced cheers,

My only contribution now is to compile designs I like to show hubby Ha! Ha! * This is one design we luv! Need to bring in natural light & ventilation *

Hope to add something like this at the back of the house as guest room

Tks for the info!

Hoping to achieve this for main entrance

Really?! We are thinking - hacking the walls only & extending it out = A&A

For ours with bal 39 yrs - 19 yrs only & max 60% cheers,

Ha! I am hoping to have one!!!!! Is it expensive to build one? Any idea what the maintenance costs be? cheers,

We love the location Yes, the land is huge but a bit irregular - a bit challenging as we do have FS factor to consider We will shorten the house from the back and do A&A on the front & side of house to obtain a more regular structure. ha! My first Q: BCA website said "7.5m" from main gate cannot be used, but we see houses with less then 7.5m too? Why har? Tks in advance! cheers,

*Possible transformation of side of house*

Pics of the house *Fr Main Gate* *Fr External of House*

Hi Jumbopanther, It's a 99yrs leasehold - 60yrs old house - remaining 39 yrs only. We got the house @ $300+ per sqf - for a house @ Bukit Timah - we feel it is a pretty good deal. Even the agents / bankers / SLA officer think it is ridiculously cheap too. Will most probably stay for a couple of years and rent it out later - should be able to get good rental yield cheers,

House Searching It was my MIL who intends to find a place in the west, and so we tag along in her house searching process We have been wanting to find a freehold private property which costs less than $2m regardless of location for long term investment, and so we search around the North for a while. There are a couple of houses selling at Jalan Wajek Area but as all are with remaining 39 yrs tenure only, we did not consider the place. Until one day when we decided to drive there and take a look, we fell in love with the house. It got us excited that we kept driving back to view that house - only to realize later that we have mistaken it as the selling unit (so blur right!?) Ha! Ha! Well, when we finally managed to see the actual unit, although the condition of the house seems "old", we got excited over how we are able to transform the house. So after viewing the place for a 2nd time, we make an offer to the seller and signed the option to purchase on National Day 2012! Yeah! *Our Wajek House*

Hi all, We have been staying in our sweet little Sunset Way EM for 2 years and have recently exercised our option to purchase our 2nd home - a single storey semi-D @ Jalan Wajek @ D21 This 60 years old house with an land area of 4818sqf / built-in 1500sqf - is built in 1952 and it is still in its original condition. Remaining yrs - 39 yrs with possibility for lease top-up We intend to keep it single storey - A&A. No idea where to start so hubby doing more research this round. OTP completion on 1 Nov. Have just applied online to retrieve the floor plan before we can approach contractor / ID for quotes cheers,

Hi Hi, Ur house is looking good!!!! Congrats on your move-in!!!! Cheers,

Hi Minaret, Your Reno progress is looking good! Love that unblocked view of your place! Congrats on your new home!!!! Cheers,

Hi! Yes, I am in the midst of reading u guys' blogs now!!!!! And it's getting me excited! Mine is a single storey house built in 1952 - 60 yrs old now - in its original condition @ D21

Hi Hi, We have just exercised the option to purchase on our 60 yrs old semiD - single storey last Tue Reno details for landed is sooooo different compared to HDB. This time, I really dun know where to start Do u mind PM me the price to change the roof tiles? Tks in advance! Cheers,

Hi Suyun, Congrats on your new home! Returned to Renotalk again hoping to gain ideas for our 2nd home Was looking high n low for ideas for landed but didn't chance upon any of you guys' blogs yet until this morning!!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!! So Happy now!! Yeah!!!!!

We sticked the board on the wall, then pics on the board

Hi salormoon80, The water feature is fr iwannagohome The stand is a separate piece - it's a 2nd hand stand I got it fr my mum

Ha! No need ladder

Hi, Saw your renovation blog a couple of days ago Nice place! Reminded me of the days we renovated our HDB EM. I was very much involved in the entire project. We have recently exercise the option of purchase for a landed property in the west A semiD in its original condition built in the 1950s. Land area 4816sqf Built in 1500sqf - single storey. We intend to do some extension - a&a instead of reconstructing it. However, this time round, I totally do not know where to start at all Let's hope everything goes smoothly this time too

Regarding the gate, I can't remember how much it is