Club Wild Wild West (From Bukit Merah to Tuas)

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4 shy to a 100! Woohoo! :rahrah:


Anymore westies out there?

[hmsg]

updated mine finally!

[jedamum]

anyone living in 968sqft size 4rm flat?

is it very small? TIA.

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hmsg:

updated mine finally!

You're a dude!!!??? :!:

All this time i thought
hmsg was a mummy! :!: :!:

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[MLR]

jedamum:

anyone living in 968sqft size 4rm flat?

is it very small? TIA.

Hiya Jedamum, its the newer flat? Most new 4 rm flats are around this size. My friend's 4 rm is only 915sqft.

My feeling is the layout rather than the actual sq footage that maters.
My sis's 4 rm is 1022sqft, but due to its layout it seems a lot smaller. It got 2 narrow \"corridor\", one in the master bdrm and another outside the 2 common rooms, which really take up space and doesn;t allow much use of it. The living room is a huge zig zag rectangular space which also need alot of clever furniture placements or need to design and built furnitures to work the space. So far, the proposed renovation costs is around a scary 40k to 50k and that doesn't include furnishings/fittings. As compared, I did my 1150sqft 5rm flat with 40k inclusive of furnitures/fittings/420litres fridge/10kg washer.

Are you are comfortable with the layout, and can you picture yourself comfortable in the space, that would be more important.

When I went to view the show flats, I was already pictured where would my stuff fit and how would I do my kitchen etc. The ones that I can't do that were the ones I didn't pick. And lucky for me, DH share very similar ideas about home, otherwise it would be tough to reach a compromise.

Best of luck in your home hunting.

[jedamum]

MLR,

thanks for your feedback.
my husband is complaining that paying $380k resale price (excluding grant) for a 90sqm 5yo flat is not worth it....

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jedamum:

MLR,

thanks for your feedback.
my husband is complaining that paying $380k resale price (excluding grant) for a 90sqm 5yo flat is not worth it....

Actually I think it's quite alright. New flats at Punggol with similar space is around that price too.

[MLR]

jedamum:

MLR,

thanks for your feedback.
my husband is complaining that paying $380k resale price (excluding grant) for a 90sqm 5yo flat is not worth it....

It depends on location. My sis paid $480k for a 6 yo 4-rm right by West Mall, Bt Batok. 4-rm in Clementi, Commonwealth, Queenstown, Tiong Bahru are mostly above $450k, size wise, 88sqm to 92 sqm. In these areas, owners are aslo asking for $30k to $50k cash above valuation. The most crazy price (that i came across) for a 4rm unit was in Toh Yi (Jln Jurong Kechil area), valuation was about $430k and owner asked for $80k cash :!: above valuation! Where else In Taman Jurong a much bigger 4-rm goes for 290k to 350k.

Actually $350k+ is quite close to HDB sale price for those BTO units.
Also, if the flat is in good condition and renovation acceptable standard, you can save some $$ on reno. Reno costs are very high due to increase in prices of building materials.

2 yrs back , a friend bought a 25 yo 5-rm point block for $350k, but they had to spend almost 80k on reno (excluding fittings and furnishings). The flat had to be totally gutted and re-modelled with water leakage problems in kitchen and toilets.

Your DH would be surprised about those very much older (>10 yo) 4 rm units in Jurong (which is always the cheaper estate) going for $300 to $400K with $10k to $25k above valuation.

[jedamum]

MLR:

Actually $350k+ is quite close to HDB sale price for those BTO units.
Also, if the flat is in good condition and renovation acceptable standard, you can save some $$ on reno. Reno costs are very high due to increase in prices of building materials.

$350k BTO is applicable to hot areas like clementi, toapayoh. Bukit Panjang's upcoming BTO in dec, we are expecting $240-260k for 4rm, slightly more expensive than their latest BTO. but after adding in costs for renovation and still have to wait 4yrs, i really am put off going for BTO. but husband wants to look at it at investment point of view....

i am looking at resale of newer flats cos we don't want to do major renovation and husband and son prefer 'cleaner' estate :roll:. i like Goodview very much - plus point is that it is near to ds1's school. :love:

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Hi, I live in Jurong West, and my daugthers (6 and attend Juying Primary. I hope that i could contribute to this thread.