Property Views
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ngl2010:
They are reported by media all the time
:yikes: How did you find out?jetsetter:
But Balestier has a lot of vice rings...I saw quite a few units many years ago. Didn't like the location as there are many freehold shophouses leased out to nightclubs, hardware/sanitary ware stores, lighting shops, illegal massage joints in Freehold Apartments, famous restaurants that cater to busloads of tourists, 2 temples with annual festivities and BUDGET HOTELS for ONS! You won't see them torn down any time in the near future. It's too vibrant at night for young girls coming home alone.
Balestier was known to be the whorehouse district in the 60s with Hoover theatre as the main meeting place. If you take a few days to observe the traffic there at peak hour, you'll find you need to queue up to get out of the small lanes every day to hit the main Balestier Road. It's a long stretch meaning you need to make a U-turn further down at Zhongshan Park on one end or TMC on the other (I think)...to get to the opposite direction.
Just google... many raids by SPF!!
Jalan Sultan as well! As long as it's a freehold apartment or freehold commercial property, you get such vices! -
I never like Balestier because of the budget hotels... :skeptical:
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ngl2010:
I never like Balestier because of the budget hotels... :skeptical:
Me neither. Even if you get those newer condos at the T-junction directly opp TMC or those clustering around Sun Yat Sen Memorial Museum/Zhongshan, you must still go to Shaw's NTUC or Zhongshan mall to do your grocery shopping, or cross the long PIE overhead bridge behind Balestier Road to get to Toa Payoh central. I just don't like the feel of this location. It's a mess at night!
I think those nearer to Mt Alvernia and SLF Building would be better. -
buy and rent out ok lah. all healthcare worker demand, the pinoy very atas one, they prefer to rent condo to hdb.
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Condos around martaban road look posh.
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The only times I go to Balestier was to go to those lighting shops when doing up our place.
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What do you think of Park Place Residences at Paya Lebar?
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Funz:
The only times I go to Balestier was to go to those lighting shops when doing up our place.
hmmm...I go there quite often :imanangel: -
Nebbermind:
buy and rent out ok lah. all healthcare worker demand, the pinoy very atas one, they prefer to rent condo to hdb.
Yes, the pinoys can take a direct bus to Novena Church to attend mass. I think for healthcare workers like nurses, there's a large dormitory on the side of TTSH that accommodates semi-skilled to skilled FWs. Behind those lanes named after Myanmar cities.
They usually rent Ah Hood, Whampoa, Kim Keat, Moulmein HDB flats instead of condos to maximise their hard earned savings.
Those condos on the same side as TTSH/NMC are built on an upslope. Need to walk up and down to the Balestier bus-stops...Panoramic views of the city though. Been to a few penthouses there.
There are some older apartments near Ah Hood HDB estate. -
Nebbermind:
I also go there to grab my LED light replacements, toilet bowls, faucets and Lam Yeo for my exotic coffee powder! My Dh and I love to go to Whampoa market to lim kopi and eat rojak. Sometimes we go to Long Beach (earlier I typed wrongly - \"Palm Beach\"!) for lunch.Funz:
The only times I go to Balestier was to go to those lighting shops when doing up our place.
hmmm...I go there quite often :imanangel:
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