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    Depends on neighbourhood actually, if you are near the lift landing, facing a road or just sway and have noisy neighbours.

    My masterbed room faces a road so I am installing double-glazed windows to help lower the noise. I also bought a corner unit for privacy which also minimises the noise of people walking past your unit.

    Just to share that I finally settled on my contractor (after searching since December!)

    Overhauling all three toilets and the kitchen

    Changing all windows and grilles

    Changing all doors and the main gate

    Rewiring the whole house

    Retiling the balcony

    Laminating the second floor

    Building a storeroom under the stairs

    Changing the plumbing

    Painting the house

    Damage about $35K. :dunno:

    Frankly, that's quite a good deal for so much.

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    Thing is not all the neighbours would be around when you go knocking on their doors. So, I wrote notes and passed to the maid/grandma. I think it's a nice gesture 'cos when my ex-neighbour renovated, my younger one was terrified of the drilling and screamed non-stop. I was quite mad 'cos had they notified us earlier I would have made provisions to be out of the flat.

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    Hi, if you are not particular about wearing second hand stuff, you can get really cheap ones from other mummies at http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/cgi-bin...oard/discus.cgi. Pregnancy is only 9 months so most of the clothes are in fairly good condition...of course, you can ask to see/try before buying.

    I'm not particular and wished I had known about such lobang when I was pregnant...spent close to a thousand on maternity clothes :notti:.

  18. Posted · Edited by Homeowner

    You can also buy a resale flat without selling the condo. No HDB loan, only bank loan. But, to utilise your CPF for the HDB flat, you need to accumulate a minimum sum of about $50k first. You can rent out the condo or sell it when you think the price is right. You can't buy direct from HDB if you own a condo. If you sell, there is waiting period (check out the website) before you can buy direct from HDB and get the HDB loan.

  23. Posted · Edited by Homeowner

    Maybe the neighbour hangs the clothes outside 'cos of the sun direction? Not a fengshui person, but yah...it does look threatening if your door directly faces the end of the poles.

    My place, the corridor is very sunny in the morning so sometimes, I put my son's shoes on the wall ledge to dry. Once or twice, on very sunny days, I was very tempted to put the rack outside to sun the bolster/ pillows but dare not 'cos our bath towels also hang on the rack. After reading this thread, I think I will not. Hehee...besides being a ranting thread, it is also quite educational. :dancingqueen:

    On my floor, the older neighbours in 2 units keep potted plants ('cos sunny in the morning, so good for plants) and shoe racks along the corridor. But, they try to be clean...every morning they'll wash their part of the corridor. People on my floor generally don't hang their laundry outside. Somestimes you see rags hanging over the corridor wall outside their homes. But, that's it.

    Every unit on the second floor, however, sun their clothes and sometimes bedsheets in the corridor, especially in the mornings. But, I guess since everyone there does the same, it was an arrangement acceptible to everyone (just like the 2 Malay families living side by side happily putting their plants outside). I guess it helps if you are on a similar wavelength with your neighbours.

    BTW, I was thinking that the corner units of EM blocks are great for people who are sick of neighbours. You get the entire landing near the staircase to yourself and can put all the barang barang you want outside without incurring the wrath of your neighbours ('cos there aren't any). The only down side is that you don't have a lift on your floor.

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