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:D thanks applefreak! love the windows in my room too, which is why my sis and i demanded to have that room even though it's slightly smaller than my bro's room. even johnny asked why we wanted to inconvenience ourselves for the view cos we would be squeezing a queen-sized bed, a window settee and 6 ft wardrobe and there would be very little walking space between each. but for the view, nvm lah :P

thanks tym! saw my house at nite last week and the view looks great! in fact that's what the FSM said when he told us to put our dining table there; he said can have nice view when we're having dinner :lol:

 

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Hi eRiam

Nice place you have there... this is the flat very near to kallang MRT? Should be pretty windy since you are leaving on a high floor. :):)

More picts... :sport-smiley-004:

 

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think i should blog about my aircon now, since the installation was done on Thursday and we're very pleased with Gain City.

it all started the week before good friday. Johnny was going to show us his works-in-progress in compassvale, so we went there to meet him. after that, we decided to drop by compass point for dinner since i've never been there before (!).

after dinner, we realised that there was a Gain City on the top floor so we went in to have a look at the air conditioners. previously, Johnny told us to go GC for aircon cos he said he normally have very little problems with them. went in and was served by a Mr Heng. normally i'm quite wary of SA, cos they either do not have a very good attitude when faced with our countless questions or they do not know their products very well. but after talkin to Heng for a while, can tell dat he's quite different. he knows his products well, he is patient when we ask him a million times about different aircon brands and options, and he always speaks with a clear steady voice. we learnt a lot from him that nite, but decided not to commit yet as we weren't sure wat brand to get since it was our first time gettin aircon. was thinkin of gettin toshiba or hitachi since this 2 were the cheaper brands there but decided to think abt it first.

we spent abt a week or two thinkin about whether to get system 3, system 3+1 or system 4 and decided to drop by the Towner Road branch to get a second opinion (just in case Heng was tryin to smoke us!) wah but the service at Towner Branch really cmi. mebbe it's cos we had a high expectation after talkin to Heng. in the end, we decided that we would just go back to Heng and purchase from him since we felt most comfortable with him and trust him

we made the long drive up to Sengkang again, and Heng was very friendly, askin how can he help us? we asked him a lot of questions again, and were still trying to compare between Fujitsu (which was more expensive but had free vouchers) or Toshiba. Heng even left us alone so that we can discuss what we want. in the end, we decided on the Fujitsu System 3 and he prepared the invoice and highlighted all the pertinent information for us. we were so impressed with his service that we gave him an "excellent" rating for the feedback form.

after about 2 weeks or so, we decided that maybe we wanted an aircon in the hall aso. again we couldn't decide between a System3+1 or System 4, what brands and BTU needed. so i called Heng up and he patiently listed the prices of all the brands of System 1 and System 4. he aso asked abt my floor area to advise me on the BTUs needed. that was on a Wednesday nite and i told him we would think abt it and get back to him. On Sunday afternoon, he actually called me up and said that he would be transferred to the Woodlands GC branch on Monday and that we would have to drop by Sengkang that day if we want him to help us out. he said alternatively we could get his colleague to help us out when we eventually go to Sengkang.

we couldn't make it down that Sunday, so we decided to go to Woodlands the following Sunday to look for him cos we had such confidence in him and onli wanted him to help process our order even if woodlands is so **** far from our place. luckily my dad called up the Woodlands branch b4 we went down and we were told that Heng was on leave. the nice guy on the line said that Heng would onli be back on Wed so my dad decided to just leave his name and hp and drop by the Woodlands branch on Wed. to our surprise, Heng called us later in the afternoon and said that he would get his colleague to help us add in the order on Monday. we were just so impressed by his dedication, that he would call us using his hp on his day off and help us out. he even told my dad that if there were any problems, my dad can contact him on his mobile!

so Heng arranged with Johnny for the installation date and time and the aircon guys were quite prompt. according to my dad, they were not very experienced cos they said our aircon can't be installed above our doorways. but they were very nice and agreed without any complains to follow my dad to our neighbours' units so that my dad can show them how we wanted our aircon to be installed. the guys even stayed till 8pm that nite to install and test the aircon!! i rushed down after work at about 7.15pm and they were still hard at work! no black face or any complains, and they were very nice to explain to me how the aircon remote and power switches work. very friendly aso. my dad handed over the cheque and we got all our free gits and realised that the guys didn't bring the lucky draw coupons cos Heng forgot to list it in the invoice. so my dad called Heng up and Heng said that he would call up the Towner branch and inform them to pass the coupons to my dad when my dad goes to the shop over the weekend. so yesterday my dad went, and he got the coupons without a hitch!

really impressed with Heng's service and the GC technicians. was quite worried when i read all the bad GC reviews on this forum after we purchased the aircon, but our experience has shown otherwise! must go look for Heng at Woodlands if you wanna buy anything from GC! :good::good::good:

 

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Hi eRiam

Nice place you have there... this is the flat very near to kallang MRT? Should be pretty windy since you are leaving on a high floor. :):)

More picts... :sport-smiley-004:

Indeed it is near kallang mrt... congrats to ur family eRiam~! Its a gd location cos atleast anyone who drive in ur family dun hv to pass thru the ERP gantry as compare to those who bought DBSS boon keng city view. :P Nv knew view cld b so nice from the top... almost everyday i went past ur flats from below with looks of envious :dribble:

 

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eRiam....i tink we are gonna be neighbours..haha...my family also got a unit at Kallang site but low floor cos we got a bad queue number.. but since location is very good, we make do with it..jus confirmed my ID 2 weeks back and choose my tiles last weekend..now waiting for ID's drawings and can start work alrdy...

 

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Indeed it is near kallang mrt... congrats to ur family eRiam~! Its a gd location cos atleast anyone who drive in ur family dun hv to pass thru the ERP gantry as compare to those who bought DBSS boon keng city view. :P Nv knew view cld b so nice from the top... almost everyday i went past ur flats from below with looks of envious :dribble:

haha yes monkey it's indeed near kallang mrt as FD1976 has confirmed. hm the wind comes from a strange direction..how to say leh? at the moment i can onli feel the wind from a side window in the passageway and the side windows of my room and the side windows in the MBR. but i think the wind direction would change later on in the year, according to some of the neighbours that we've chatted with. hehe will let u know aft we move in lah! :sport-smiley-018:

eh FD1976, my hse got no ERP meh?? there's an ERP gantry right outside my house leh!! that gantry just started operation recently in april i think.. anw i think my hse is ok onli. if u can see the houses that faces the mrt track, which we saw when we went around the area, the view is so gorgeous! those houses have a view of the national stadium and the sea! but too bad those high floors were taken long ago by other lucky people :(

eRiam....i tink we are gonna be neighbours..haha...my family also got a unit at Kallang site but low floor cos we got a bad queue number.. but since location is very good, we make do with it..jus confirmed my ID 2 weeks back and choose my tiles last weekend..now waiting for ID's drawings and can start work alrdy...

harlow icegal!! :jammin: hehe quite surprised to know that there's someone on this forum who's stayin near me! normally the members are couples buying new flats in Sengkang or Jurong etc. hehe nice to meet u! PM me which blk u living in ;) so which ID did you choose? yea i agree that the location is very good, that's why we wanted to get a flat here so badly and didn't wanna wait for the Boon Keng flats to be constructed.. at least here it's just 3 stops to town :dancingqueen:

 

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hi

i m new here. just search online regarding HOBZ hob as i cant decide which brand of hob to buy. happened to saw ur forum here. am staying in uupper boon keng area as well. got my flat 2 wks back. now trying to get my contractor to start work on the flooring. so gotta decide on the hob soon cos he will be doing the kitchen 1st. is HOBZ gd?? so far any problem? cos my mum is cooking almost everyday. heard reviews that tampered glass arent that gd. is that true?? thanks if anyone can help me with this prob

eRiam....i tink we are gonna be neighbours..haha...my family also got a unit at Kallang site but low floor cos we got a bad queue number.. but since location is very good, we make do with it..jus confirmed my ID 2 weeks back and choose my tiles last weekend..now waiting for ID's drawings and can start work alrdy...

hi icegal

i got a bad queue number as well. end up staying at 5th floor only. :(

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hi

i m new here. just search online regarding HOBZ hob as i cant decide which brand of hob to buy. happened to saw ur forum here. am staying in uupper boon keng area as well. got my flat 2 wks back. now trying to get my contractor to start work on the flooring. so gotta decide on the hob soon cos he will be doing the kitchen 1st. is HOBZ gd?? so far any problem? cos my mum is cooking almost everyday. heard reviews that tampered glass arent that gd. is that true?? thanks if anyone can help me with this prob

hi icegal

i got a bad queue number as well. end up staying at 5th floor only. :(

hi ebon1882! care to PM me your blk? aiya low floor nvm lah at least the location is good mah..anw, we bought Hobz but our flat still undergoing reno so hvnt used the hob yet.. but i PM-ed some users on this forum who bought Hobz and the general consensus is that it's ok so shouldn't have any problems i hope! huh tempered glass is not good?! :jawdrop: why leh? who say one?

 

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eh FD1976, my hse got no ERP meh?? there's an ERP gantry right outside my house leh!! that gantry just started operation recently in april i think.. anw i think my hse is ok onli. if u can see the houses that faces the mrt track, which we saw when we went around the area, the view is so gorgeous! those houses have a view of the national stadium and the sea! but too bad those high floors were taken long ago by other lucky people :(

Well indeed i m also well aware of the ERP gantry at the junction but i guess it is build to at an disadvantage to those staying at boon keng rather than upper boon keng cos on a bright side u dun hv to pay 50cent or a dollar to enter ur home during peak hour rite? ;).. Anyway, ur location is convienient enough n its near to mrt.. u cant hv the best of both world regarding abt its view.. cheers n do enjoy esp for those who manage to get flats on our city view n our latest addition- singapore flyer~! ;)

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hi ebon1882! care to PM me your blk? aiya low floor nvm lah at least the location is good mah..anw, we bought Hobz but our flat still undergoing reno so hvnt used the hob yet.. but i PM-ed some users on this forum who bought Hobz and the general consensus is that it's ok so shouldn't have any problems i hope! huh tempered glass is not good?! :jawdrop: why leh? who say one?

hi eRiaM

am staying at blk 2A

still havent start any reno yet

cos my contractor keep delaying

getting fed up already

so hows urs going on?

hope u can move in soon

guess u r staying in blk 3A???

:yamseng:

 

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