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Hi Donald,you got mail. Anyway I just remembered that I did actually posted the name of my ID on the 1st page. :0)

To make up for the store room, we are doing up quite alot of cabinets for storage purpose. Hope we will not regret this decision in the future. :0)

Cheers! Thanks, we are very fortunate indeed.

Update: 9/Apr My ID committed to send the 3D drawing by 14/Apr but I received a lovely surprise when he has emailed me all the pictures today! Below are the pictures and we look forward to any comments/feedback. :0) Living Room Kitchen Master Bedroom Bedroom 3: Dedicated Home Theatre Room Bedroom 2: Future kids room

Several Updates: - Waiting for 2nd appt to collect our keys on 30/Apr (3 weeks to go!) - After an intensive round of speaking to many IDs (Around 7 in total), we have finally confirmed our ID. ~*~InnerSpace Interior~*~ - Will be looking forward to our 3D drawing on 14/Apr and will share with everyone our proposed layout. Cheers!

Next step is getting closer, looking forward to our HDB 1st appt this Friday. Meanwhile we are in contact with numerous IDs to explore various design concepts.

Hello Everyone, My wife and I have decided to start our own blog after following this site for quite some time. Now that we finally have our own home after much frustrations, we will update our progress frequently. More than 2yrs of Frustrations!! 9 attempts at both BTOs and sales of balance flats all failed! My wife and I are both Singapore citizens. Both of our families are living in Ang Mo Kio. Despite 2 attempts to talk to our MPs on our dire situation, we were still unable to get a flat. On Dec'11 after our last attempt in the sales of balance flat, we agreed that we had enough as we cannot simply keep applying for BTOs and hope for the best considering the 3-4yrs time lapse for the flat to be ready. We do not have much alternative than to look into the resale market, although we are quite hesistant as we are a young couple and not cash rich. Our Search for Resale Flat in Ang Mo Kio As mentioned above that both of our families are living in Ang Mo Kio, naturally we want to get a flat in Ang Mo Kio as well. This is taking into consideration the additional 10K HDB grant for staying near parents, the ease of travel to any location from Ang Mo Kio and of cause the convenience of visting our parents. As we know that we are unable to fork out much cash, our requirements are very realistic as we know that we cannot be fussy in our search. Therefore we agreed that we will consider units with low floor, off-central units and the condition should be as original as possible since we want to invest into renovation. Just barely into a month of searching in our 6th unit, we have found our home: Blk 173 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 Valuation: 425K COV: 3K Condition: Very original Surprise Surprise! Yes you saw it correctly, COV of 3K in a high floor flat in Ang Mo Kio. We ourselves found it unbelievable and feel that we are very very lucky indeed. The owner is an old couple who are the 1st owner of the flat since 1982 and now wants to cash out to enjoy his retirement. Timeline (Will be updated frequently) 7-Feb-12 --> 1st Viewing 8-Feb-12 --> 2nd Viewing with my parents 9-Feb-12 --> Place 1K deposit 11-Feb-12 --> Signing the OTP and pay remaining 2K 6-Mar-12 --> Getting in touch with many IDs while waiting for HDB 1st appt on 9/Mar 9-Mar-12 --> Completed HDB 1st appt. 2nd appt set on 30/Apr 25-Mar-12 --> Confirmed InnerSpace Interior as our ID. 3D drawing will be ready by 14/Apr 29-Apr-12 --> Final inspection. Keys have been handed over 30-Apr-12 --> 2nd appointment. House is officially ours! 1-May-12 --> Bought refrigerator, washing machine and home theatre chair 20-May-12 --> Choose tiles, purchase lightings 25-May-12 --> Bought system 4 inverter aircon Floor Plan of my Flat