My new place, the drive way can park 2 cars. It has a decent length. But i think would be a hassle to park 2 cars bumper to bumper. So probably park one outside. Thats one of the negative points.Originally Posted by bullman
Not e original bargain hunter
My new place, the drive way can park 2 cars. It has a decent length. But i think would be a hassle to park 2 cars bumper to bumper. So probably park one outside. Thats one of the negative points.
Not e original bargain hunter
Hardly any landed houses in D9 left nowadays.
If i'm a owner i probably wont sell it unless really can get around 2500psf land.
Not e original bargain hunter
The road outside is not narrow. Cars can be parked outside at both sides. But most of the people there have got 2 or more cars so although there is space, demand for parking is also kinda high.
Senior
sorry i havent been following on this .....
its in D15 ? ...may i know what land size and what psf ?
Not e original bargain hunter
-> See condition No.5
From businesstimes today:
"The number four is commonly known as an unlucky number among the Chinese. The price discount could also be explained by the fact that home buyers avoid staying on an unlucky floor as they are worried that it may harm the future resale price of the unit.
There is only weak empirical confirmation of the hypothesis though, that selling a unit on the eighth floor yields a hefty extra premium in a subsale. If you are not superstitious and plan to sell in a subsale, don't pay a fee for the eighth floor when you visit a launch event."
Source : http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/...23838,00.html?
No offence to owners staying in 1. Just a personal preference of mine.
Not e original bargain hunter
4500+/5500
psf below 900
13 years old
no west sun at any side
very slightly elevated (maybe around 5-10 degrees)
Senior
cool
thanks
Not e original bargain hunter
went to a property seminar by Propnex last week.
They are bearish on mass market condos.
Still somewhat bullish on high end condos
Very bullish on landed.
However i personally feel landed its kinda high already.
Buy only when one can afford the mortgage.
Especially if interest rates go up.
I mean it can only go up from where it is now isn't it?
Not e original bargain hunter
I tried registering again just now.
Still getting the same error.
Have added something to my profile which hopefully will minimize the confusion.
Senior
haha. thanks. if u got a nice picture, can put it on as your avatar too or something.
I tried registering again just now.
Still getting the same error.
Have added something to my profile which hopefully will minimize the confusion.
Bricks & Mortar
What is the premiun to pay for nice number like "8", or what is the discount for a number like "4"? Probably some estimates..., or any1 close any deal with such nos before. I know in hot times, even house number ending with 4, also no discount, can even sell. Some agent told me that maybe smaller target buyers, but mostly no discount.-> See condition No.5
From businesstimes today:
"The number four is commonly known as an unlucky number among the Chinese. The price discount could also be explained by the fact that home buyers avoid staying on an unlucky floor as they are worried that it may harm the future resale price of the unit.
There is only weak empirical confirmation of the hypothesis though, that selling a unit on the eighth floor yields a hefty extra premium in a subsale. If you are not superstitious and plan to sell in a subsale, don't pay a fee for the eighth floor when you visit a launch event."
Source : http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/...23838,00.html?
No offence to owners staying in 1. Just a personal preference of mine.
Newbie
That's a good buy in today's market, considering the amount of built in area. The slightly lower psf reflects the large land size. Sounds like a semi D? I think I know where u bought as I was also looking at that. Lol. But i will not reveal in an open forum.
I am mid to long term bullish on landed. Expect price to rise steadily to 1500 psf for D15 land and 3000 psf for D9. At some stage, location of land will become critical with some far exceeding others. I am currently in nego for 2 more. There may be a dip but not much, maybe 5%. ? Absurd it may sound, I don't expect landed prices to drop even when mass, mid and high end condo drops, just hold firm or dip.
Just my crazy thoughts
Not e original bargain hunter
I've heard usually 10% or more. and its much easier to sell.
Once there was an ad on property guru for a haig road semi d going for 800+psf just 2 months back.
Sms the agent and the agent replied me that the hse number was 4.
I told him no "4" for me. He replied ya he knows, cos if its the number "8" it would be sold last night already.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Not e original bargain hunter
I thought it was a semi d when i first viewed it. But it turned out to be a corner terrace after the agent told me.
The developer wanted to buy and rebuild the 2 semi ds but the owner of the 2nd semi d refused to sell it back then. So the developer got no choice but to tear the huge semi d down and build an inter-terrace and a corner terrace.
Hence people always mistook the hse as a semi d cos the design is the same as the inter-terrace beside it. The remaining old rundown semi d still remains till today.
Well i guess i can't have it all my way
I hope to gather enough funds to buy out both the inter-terrace and the semi d so that i can redevelop the 3 plots of land in the future. The next property crash perhaps?
Newbie
I think its ok if the no.: 4 is followed by a 3 or 8. Comments?I've heard usually 10% or more. and its much easier to sell.
Once there was an ad on property guru for a haig road semi d going for 800+psf just 2 months back.
Sms the agent and the agent replied me that the hse number was 4.
I told him no "4" for me. He replied ya he knows, cos if its the number "8" it would be sold last night already.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Go for Smallest Unit
44... 喜喜
Not e original bargain hunter
Maybe better if it is 48 or 84.
Senior
48 sounds like butt in canto. In hainanese, 8 means to fxxk, a dirty word
Senior
84 in hainanese sounds like to have *** to the death, not kidding you.
Not e original bargain hunter
haha thanks for e advice.
im hainanese as well but cant speak e dialect.
but generally "8" is perceived as a very lucky number by e majority of chinese people.
Senior
We are same dialect group, but I can speak hainanese
Bricks & Mortar
With some much rain, ITEM 9 is important, no need to worry if have flood. Wonder if any low lying landed affected by the rain over the last few days...
Junior
Flash floods in several areas
Posted: 30 January 2011 1827 hrs
SINGAPORE: The PUB said flash floods had occurred in several areas on Sunday, amid continued widespread moderate to heavy rain.
These areas included Airport Boulevard, Changi Village, the slip road near Tampines Avenue 12, the TPE slip road near the Punggol exit, and Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, leading to Buangkok Green industrial Park.
The Singapore's Meteorological Services Division said the rain was expected to continue till midnight.
PUB said earlier that flash floods may occur in low-lying areas in the event of heavy rain.
-CNA/ac/wk
BE CENTRED BY ALL AT THE FRINGE OF THE CITY @
Bricks & Mortar
Interesting and Important List to know:
http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIM...00722/nea2.pdf
Annex B
Flood Prone areas in Singapore (As at July 2010):
1. Admiralty Road West near Sembawang Shipyard
2. Alexandra Road/ Jervois Road/ Bishopsgate Road
3. Amber Road/ East Coast Road
4. Beach Road (Central Police Division’s Staff Quarters and St John’s Headquarters)
5. Bedok South Road
6. Benoi Sector
7. Bukit Timah Rd/Wilby Road
8. Cantonment Link/ Keppel Road
9. Chin Cheng Ave
10. Clover Park Estate (near the playground)
11. Commonwealth Ave/ Commonwealth Drive/ Queensway
12. CTE near Slip Road to Moulmein Road
13. Delta Road/ River Valley Road/ Delta Avenue
14. Farnborough Road
15. Farrer Park Area (includes Thomson Road/ Derbyshire Road)
16. First Lok Yang Road / International Road/ Benoi Road
17. Frankel Avenue/ Siglap Plain/ La Salle Street
18. Hong Kah Area
19. Indus Road
20. Jalan Besar Area
21. Jalan Haji Alias/ Coronation Road West
22. Jalan Mashor
23. Jalan Mat Jambol
24. Jalan Seaview
25. Jalan Ulu Seletar
26. Jurong Port Road
27. Kim Tian Road/ Tiong Bahru Road
28. King George’s Avenue (People’s Association HQ)
29. Langsat Road Area
30. Leng Kee Road
31 Lorong Buangkok
32. Lorong Chuan (St Gabriel's Primary School)
33. Lorong H Telok Kurau
34. Lower Delta Road/ Alexandra Road
35. Lowland Road
36. Margaret Drive/ Tanglin Road
37. Meng Suan Road
38. Mountbatten Road/ Meyer Road/ Fort Road/ Arthur Road/ Margate Road/ Ramsgate
Road/ Rose Lane/ Dunman Road Area
39. Nee Soon Road
40. Neo Pee Teck Lane
41. Newton Road/ Lincoln Road/ Surrey Road
42. Old Lim Chu Kang Road/Jalan Murai
43. Puay Hee Avenue
44. Second Chin Bee Road
45. Service Road off Tampines Road (near Jalan Teliti)
46. Stevens Road/ Balmoral Road
47. Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre off Beatty Road
48. Upper East Coast Road/ Bayshore Road
49. Upper Hokkien Street/ Upper Pickering Street/ South Bridge Road/ Spring Street/
Sago Lane
50. Upper Thomson Road / Jln Keli
51. Viking Road
52. Waterloo Street/ Albert Street/ Bencoolen Street/ Prinsep Street
Annex C
Areas Affected by Recent Floods and Projects to Alleviate Flooding
S/no Location Project to alleviate flooding
1Jalan Besar / Little India Area
Veerasamy Road
Hindoo Road
Rowell Road, Desker Road, Sam
Leong Road
Syed Alwi Road, Kitchener Road,
Verdun Road, Kg Kapor
Two on-going projects to improve the
drainage system :-
Improvement to Kelantan Road Outlet
Drain. Work is expected to start in end
2010.
Improvement to Drains at Syed Alwi
Road Area. Tender is expected to be
called by end 2010.
2Bedok/ Telok Kurau
a) Bedok Garden The road is low-lying and will be raised.
b) Bedok Lane The road is low-lying and will be raised.
c) Lorong G Telok Kurau The road is low-lying and will be raised.
3Bukit Timah Area
Bukit Timah Road (between Wilby
Road and Maple Avenue)
Dunearn Road (near Swiss Club Link)
Tender for the Bukit Timah Canal
upstream of the 1st Diversion Canal to
be called in Jul 2010.
Tender for the Improvement to Bukit
Timah 1st Diversion Canal from Maple
Ave to Sungei Ulu Pandan is expected
to be called in 2011.
Balmoral Road (near junction with
Bukit Timah Road)
The stretch of road affected is a
localised depression. The road will to be
raised.
4 Farrer Park / Newton /Kg Java
/Novena areas
Newton Circus near Keng Lee Road
Cambridge Road / Dorset Road /
Hertford Road
Tender for the Improvement to Rochor
Canal (between Jalan Besar and
Crawford St) is expected to be called in
Oct/ Nov 2010.
Improvement to Rochor Canal
(between Kg Java Rd and Jalan Besar)
by LTA under NSE project. Work is in
progress.
Improvement to drains along Thomson
Road (from Moulmein Road to Bt
Timah Canal) and Norfolk Road under
the programme for Improvement to Old
Roadside Drains.
5Jalan Haji Alias area
Jalan Haji Alias / Coronation Road
West junction
Coronation Road West near house no.
137.
There is an on-going project to widen
and deepen the upstream stretch of Jalan
Haji Alias Outlet Drain (Sixth Ave to
Coronation Road West). Works
expected to complete in Feb 2011.
6Paya Lebar / MacPherson Areas
a) Jalan Gembira/Kg Ampat
/MacPherson Road
Tender for the Improvement to Happy
Ave Outlet Drain is expected to be
called by end 2010.
b) Siang Kuang Avenue Improvement to MacPherson Road
Outlet Drain is in progress.
c) AZ Building / Cisco Building Tenders to upgrade the downstream
stretch of Geylang River (from Dunman
Road to Guillemard Road) have closed
in Jun 2010. Work is expected to
commence by Oct 2010.
7Jurong Area
Enterprise Road Proposed drain upgrading in progress.end 2010.
Work is expected to be completed in
Senior
wow almost everywhere ..... ?
including many popular disctricts ....
Bricks & Mortar
Should look @Annex B list. Annex C list, guess PUB already addressing with improvement works. Think Annex B list is really low lying that is prone of have records in the past. But in Annex B list, each lane, am sure not the whole road or area, there will be lower lying spots ....within..
Bricks & Mortar
Wonder how houses in areas that were flooded in 2010 are doing with the last 3 days of rain:
http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/07...ngapore-again/
Early morning flash floods cause havoc all over again
By yahoosingapore – July 17th, 2010
A torrential downpour in the early hours of Saturday morning triggered flash floods in various parts of Singapore.
Among the hardest hit areas were Braddell Road, Joo Chiat Terrace, Changi Road, Opera Estate, Bukit Timah and Delfi in Orchard Road.
It is the fourth time in recent months that heavy rain caused havoc to motorists and resulted in severe flooding.
Twitter user and Fly Entertainment CEO Irene Ang (@flyirene) commented, “My whole lane — Joo Chiat Terrace – and I heard Telok Kurau and Geylang also!” when asked by Yahoo! how badly affected her area was.
Irene Ang's Twitter comment, "Me and my neighbours' 10 houses sharing a 25meter lap pool now!"
courtesy of Twitter user @RJT
Twitter followers of @yahooSGnewsroom, Winnilicious and PohLeng, also said Tampines and homes in Opera Estate were also hit.
Residents staying in Opera Estate awoke to screams from neighbours alerting them that flood waters were gushing into their homes, even as trash bins, buckets and shoes went floating down the road.
The Straits Times reported that the basement carpark in Tessarina Condominium and Cluny Court in the Bukit Timah area were submerged in knee-high waters.
Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel also had to evacuate 60 people in 20 different places, including passengers who were stuck in an SBS bus along Upper Thomson Road.
The same paper reported that shops along the area were badly damaged, with huge fridges overturned and smashed.
24-hour food haunt The Prata Shop was also badly hit, with thigh-high waters flooding the eatery and leaving about 50 customers stranded.
Owner Mr Ikbal Mohamed Ali, 55, was quoted as saying, “It’s the worst flood in our 18 years of business. Three of our refrigerators toppled over.”
The Delfi Orchard, which was hit by its worst flooding in 26 years last month, was again not spared.
One of the building’s tenants, Ms Shanta Sundarason, told the same paper, “So much for the ‘once in 50 years freak flood’ along Orchard Road. It would be nice for the problem to be addressed and dealt with, rather than a sweeping statement from the ministry.”
Beside Wheelock Place, fast food chain, Wendy’s, which is under renovation after incurring S$500,000 in damages from last month’s flood, was also submerged in waist-deep water.
By about 1pm, however, most of the floods in low-lying areas had receded.
Late last month, PM Lee warned Singaporeans that they cannot expect the island republic to be completely free of floods.
“I don’t think it is possible in Singapore to expect the place to be completely free of floods,” he said, as torrential downpours are a part of the climate for “an island in the tropics”.
He also added, “We have to learn from these episodes, do post-mortems, find out what happened, and upgrade our infrastructure and systems.”
Senior
i have PM the admin, mr funny, to see if he can help us with our problem.i asked if he could PM u to help u with your registration.
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Tried to create a new account but unable as well as the administrator for this forum has disabled registration
Not e original bargain hunter
thanks dude.i have PM the admin, mr funny, to see if he can help us with our problem.
Not e original bargain hunter
Many roads in the Prime districts are affected.
Including the road opposite my new house.
Jervois Road/ Bishopsgate Road
Amber Road/ East Coast Road
Bukit Timah Rd/Wilby Road
River Valley Road
Farrer Park Area (includes Thomson Road/ Derbyshire Road)
Frankel Avenue/ Siglap Plain/ La Salle Street
Jalan Seaview
Tanglin Road
Mountbatten Road/ Meyer Road/ Fort Road/ Arthur Road/ Margate Road
Newton Road/ Lincoln Road/ Surrey Road
Stevens Road/ Balmoral Road
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