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sleepy:
so far, my places are all within walking distance to mrt. but too hot and lazy to walk. last time when I dont drive, 10mins walk also I take bus when in afternoon. just took sheltered walk to bus stn at next blk.now even lazier even though very convenient.MrsKiasu:
25mins for some days is ok I find. most important is morning trip and both to same school. do they need to take bus? If need to then how long is the trip?
Morning traffic is okay. It is the afternoon traffic that's abit unpredictable. And on some days I need to make 2 afternoon trips because kids have different dismissal time that is quite a few hours apart so I will fetch one home first then make another trip later to fetch the other. I think I spend more time on the road than cooking & doing house chores at home
They hardly take public transport. I enrolled them with the expectation that I will be sending/fetching them otherwise I won't choose that school. Can be between 75 to 90 mins one way depending on how soon the bus arrives. The actual journey is not that long but mostly due to long waiting time at bus stop. No direct bus. Need transfer once. But there is only 1 bus to take to transfer to another 1 bus. So got to wait long long at bus stop lor. Our inefficient public transport system :roll: -
MrsKiasu:
My 1st house was 7 mins slow walk to mrt. I could see the mrt track from my kitchen. Good leh, I like. No need to wait for unpredictable feeder bus. Travelling time is within estimation.
so far, my places are all within walking distance to mrt. but too hot and lazy to walk. last time when I dont drive, 10mins walk also I take bus when in afternoon. just took sheltered walk to bus stn at next blk.now even lazier even though very convenient.sleepy:
Although mrt wasn't my selection criteria at that time. Bought my current place because it is a stone throw away from kids' previous primary school. Between mrt and the convenience of walking to school daily, of course I picked primary school lah. I even continued my PV in that school when dd1 was in p1 and p2. So near anyway.The only complaint I have about my current place is distance to mrt. I'm near 2 mrt line but both not near enough, 2 to 3 bus stops away, not walking distance.
However, I didn't expect both of them to be transferred to another primary school mid way. So I ended up driving to & fro their new primary school for 5 years. The good thing is no traffic jam since only a short drive. -
sleepy:
Haha, yes, ideal location. And it's next to a reputable primary school with affiliation someone. So everything is within walking distance. But 人算不如天算, mine are all girls, the primary school downstairs is a boys school. 算了，留来给孙子用吧！
Wow this is super ideal. You don't need to move at all leh. So convenient!lee_yl:
If there's no jam, it usually takes me 7 mins to reach school. On some days, I ask both to come back on their own or either one wait in the library to finish up her homework before I pick both of them up.
Luckily for our place, 5-10mins walk to MRT & 3 shopping malls. Dds are now old enough to walk to attend enrichment classes on their own, if relocate far, I must send/fetch. Same like you, our household also has only 1 car. Purposely one, to make DH walk to his office, not far from home.
Maybe you can consider buying a bigger unit within the same development?
Dh's office location is quite ulu. Definitely not within walking distance regardless where we shift to and I most certainly won't want to buy a house near his office
Btw, fastest way may be to rent out your current place and use the rental income to rent another place next to your DDs' sec sch for a period of time? -
sleepy:
Hmmm maybe you both can consider buying your neighbour's unit or upstairs/downstairs. That's what happened for 2 colleagues. One bought the landed property next door, one sold her condo for 500k profit within 8 months of buying as her neighbour want her mother to move next door so that easier to take care of her.
Wow this is super ideal. You don't need to move at all leh. So convenient!lee_yl:
If there's no jam, it usually takes me 7 mins to reach school. On some days, I ask both to come back on their own or either one wait in the library to finish up her homework before I pick both of them up.
Luckily for our place, 5-10mins walk to MRT & 3 shopping malls. Dds are now old enough to walk to attend enrichment classes on their own, if relocate far, I must send/fetch. Same like you, our household also has only 1 car. Purposely one, to make DH walk to his office, not far from home.
Maybe you can consider buying a bigger unit within the same development?
Dh's office location is quite ulu. Definitely not within walking distance regardless where we shift to and I most certainly won't want to buy a house near his office -
agree, i think best buy a bigger unit around your area. when your dh able to walk to work. you have the car all to yourself for the conenience of grocery shopping, for kids and etc. kids have option to take mrt also as your place near a mrt stn. attending enrichment nearby. ideal liao leh.
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Thanks for the advice. I would also like to stay around my current vicinity too.
My current unit is 3+maid's room, I wound like a 4+maid's room. Not much choice over here as I have studied many projects in my area, majority are 3 bedders and 2 bedders.
For example Soleil's 4bedder, next to MRT but 99yr with a asking price of $3mil. At such a price tag, I might as well buy FH landed elsewhere.
Btw, I have also checked Hillcrest Villas and was surprised to find that the current price was not very far from its launched price 10years ago. :scratchhead:
99yr cluster 3000+ sqft, 5 mins walk to DTL Tan Kah Kee, with NJC, NYGH, RGPS all within walking distance. But problem is, for cluster housing, owner cannot tear down and rebuild unlike for other landed properties. -
lee_yl:
Is Yours a FH now?Thanks for the advice. I would also like to stay around my current vicinity too.
My current unit is 3+maid's room, I wound like a 4+maid's room. Not much choice over here as I have studied many projects in my area, majority are 3 bedders and 2 bedders.
For example Soleil's 4bedder, next to MRT but 99yr with a asking price of $3mil. At such a price tag, I might as well buy FH landed elsewhere.
Btw, I have also checked Hillcrest Villas and was surprised to find that the current price was not very far from its launched price 10years ago. :scratchhead:
99yr cluster 3000+ sqft, 5 mins walk to DTL Tan Kah Kee, with NJC, NYGH, RGPS all within walking distance. But problem is, for cluster housing, owner cannot tear down and rebuild unlike for other landed properties.
Hmmm.. if so really must think the pros to chg to 99 y LH for more living space ?
Heard rental now is alot of Indian nationals
Tenants. If dun mind easier to rent out. Dh difenitely mind , he has a fren who told him his house need to re paint with special paint products to rid off those spices smell in the house
two of my relatives just rent out their units to Indian national too - :gloomy:
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lee_yl:
go FH better la I think.Thanks for the advice. I would also like to stay around my current vicinity too.
My current unit is 3+maid's room, I wound like a 4+maid's room. Not much choice over here as I have studied many projects in my area, majority are 3 bedders and 2 bedders.
For example Soleil's 4bedder, next to MRT but 99yr with a asking price of $3mil. At such a price tag, I might as well buy FH landed elsewhere.
Btw, I have also checked Hillcrest Villas and was surprised to find that the current price was not very far from its launched price 10years ago. :scratchhead:
99yr cluster 3000+ sqft, 5 mins walk to DTL Tan Kah Kee, with NJC, NYGH, RGPS all within walking distance. But problem is, for cluster housing, owner cannot tear down and rebuild unlike for other landed properties. -
lee_yl:
Haha, yes, ideal location. And it's next to a reputable primary school with affiliation someone. So everything is within walking distance. But 人算不如天算, mine are all girls, the primary school downstairs is a boys school. 算了，留来给孙子用吧！
Wow this is super ideal. You don't need to move at all leh. So convenient!sleepy:
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If there's no jam, it usually takes me 7 mins to reach school. On some days, I ask both to come back on their own or either one wait in the library to finish up her homework before I pick both of them up.
Luckily for our place, 5-10mins walk to MRT & 3 shopping malls. Dds are now old enough to walk to attend enrichment classes on their own, if relocate far, I must send/fetch. Same like you, our household also has only 1 car. Purposely one, to make DH walk to his office, not far from home.
Maybe you can consider buying a bigger unit within the same development?
Dh's office location is quite ulu. Definitely not within walking distance regardless where we shift to and I most certainly won't want to buy a house near his office
Btw, fastest way may be to rent out your current place and use the rental income to rent another place next to your DDs' sec sch for a period of time?[/quote]was blur blur when buy our place. not yet preggy so never thought of near schools also.but sleepy rent out her place, her heart will be very painful unless she is prepared to go for another reno when taking back the place. -
MyPillow:
Yes, mine is FH. As I don't intend to dispose off my current house and pocket is only that deep, thus, getting a bigger unit which is LH, I pay $500k-$1mil less leh!
Is Yours a FH now?lee_yl:
Thanks for the advice. I would also like to stay around my current vicinity too.
My current unit is 3+maid's room, I wound like a 4+maid's room. Not much choice over here as I have studied many projects in my area, majority are 3 bedders and 2 bedders.
For example Soleil's 4bedder, next to MRT but 99yr with a asking price of $3mil. At such a price tag, I might as well buy FH landed elsewhere.
Btw, I have also checked Hillcrest Villas and was surprised to find that the current price was not very far from its launched price 10years ago. :scratchhead:
99yr cluster 3000+ sqft, 5 mins walk to DTL Tan Kah Kee, with NJC, NYGH, RGPS all within walking distance. But problem is, for cluster housing, owner cannot tear down and rebuild unlike for other landed properties.
Hmmm.. if so really must think the pros to chg to 99 y LH for more living space ?
Heard rental now is alot of Indian nationals
Tenants. If dun mind easier to rent out. Dh difenitely mind , he has a fren who told him his house need to re paint with special paint products to rid off those spices smell in the house two of my relatives just rent out their units to Indian national too - :gloomy:
Yes, need to think through the pros and cons. Just wondering if I had bought Hillcrest Villas 10 years ago and now only went up by a bit, after reno, maybe can't make much profit whereas other units could have increased 2-3 times in value over the past 10 years. So I am not sure if it is due to it being cluster housing or LH.
Actually for my area, I don't see a large Indian community here but more of Korean/Jap/angmos. If really rent to Indians I'm ok lah, because if I relocate, probably I won't move back for the next 20years or so. Want to rent out need to close one eye. Actually last time my Balestier unit rented to 3 Indian IT professionals, they were quite good actually. Worst is PRC. One of them smoke with the aircon on and windows wide open. Shortly, the room's aircon kaput! :faint:
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