Beware of this Ad. This is from the unethical agent by the name Nic*** that we have posted early on.Originally Posted by 8kenshin
This price has been there since last year. Her purpose is to fish buyer. Watch Out!
Beware of this Ad. This is from the unethical agent by the name Nic*** that we have posted early on.Originally Posted by 8kenshin
This price has been there since last year. Her purpose is to fish buyer. Watch Out!
I even had one time I called to enquire about buying my own unit!
I called an agent that was selling a unit in the same stack (no other units with the same psf) as the price was rather high to see what inquiries she was getting.
Unknown to me it was an agent I had spoken to 6-months earlier who had put up my unit "for sale" without asking.
Clever tactic. Get seller to commit to price, then ask buyer if want to sell...
Her hp is 90038***. Watch out her Ad!
U can see her Ad today again.
Reflection $14xx up n Caribbean $1088 up
Be careful!!!
that incident happened awhile backOriginally Posted by dormer
how come no one (especially the victim) expose her to her agency ?
such agents should be dealt with ..else they think they doing the right things
wah! Caribbean ave price already above $14xx psf. Wonder what she says when people ask for the $1088psf unit? If say just sold, can say immediately approach buyer and offer $1288 hahahah
Her Ad is on today again. U may call her n check what she says.Originally Posted by kram
Actually , is it just this agent under-quoting?
I have been calling a few and most quote you a price and then when you view the units, they quote you another higher price.
Agents... they do at least two things when they have nothing to doOriginally Posted by 8kenshin
1. Drop fliers saying that they have ready buyers, usually will mention that they have sold some units around yours at a good price successfully.
2. Advertise in newspaper or other media that they have fire sales, owner say must sell etc...just to get leads.
3. Try to marry the two deals together and telling a story to seller and another story to buyer.
On 3, it is professionally run, the agents doing the marketing and agents doing the selling may not be the same person or same agency.. but they could report to the same boss or have a share in commission.
So the morale of the story is.... don't be too naive.
these are some of the gimmicks they have to make your "heart itchy". Once you like it, you might sway towards buying at a higher price.Originally Posted by focus
Just like property launch, q for so long, tell them you only buy at 800psf, they let u q for hours, when you reach the booking area, it's actually 950psf.
i have encountered some (not this property) where it was advertised as 690psf and then when i call up tell me its typo error and is 960psf lol.. save me a viewing trip but already make me tulan liaoOriginally Posted by focus
Look at today advertisement on MBR, this adv been running for quite some times.Originally Posted by focus
MARINA BAY RESIDENCES
Full Bayview Premium Stack 10 & 1
Hurry! TOP Soon!
IR opening!
#19 to #29 : $3900psf
#30 to #39: $4200psf
#40 upwards: $4500psf
Penthouse : $5300psf
Actually , is it just this agent over-quoting?
New condo in D18 going to draw huge interest. Buy Double bay residence which is near simei mrt, close to singaproe 4th univeristy, japanese school, changi airport and east coast park is near by and also upcoming changi business park developement.
many shopping malls coming up with couple of tourist hotels. Great upside potential with great rental yield....
you just came out from IMH ah?Originally Posted by tanumy
Just came back from Australia - Double Bay.
Really wonder why our Simei condo is also called Double Bay ?
There is totally no linkage leh.
Anyway, notice that there are quite a few parcels of land in Tamp, Simei area. Prices of suburban areas will be capped with government pushing out new land whenever prices start to inch up too much ...
So, all the factors mentioned is true except the last bit, the final conclusion is - government will dish out more land and prices will be contained, consumers will have more choices.
Sorry, I sidetracked.
What I actually intended to post is as below :
Just came back from Resorts World - Feng Shui Inn.
The traffic along (in front of) Vivo is horrific ! Cant get into Vivo at all.
Any residents of Carribean here ? Was thinking of getting a stack 87 in Reflections, but the traffic today is really worrisome.
Any feedback ?
yesOriginally Posted by DKSG
the traffic is horrid .. and i doubt theres anything they can do to alleviate the problem ..
the space is already used to the max ..
Traffic in front of Vivocity and around that stretch of road into & out of Sentosa always jam like hell!
I can't imagine myself staying around there unless I work there (hence no choice have to go there). As such, may be buy Carribeans or Reflections to rent out instead of own stay? (Those working in Vivo probably like to live there otherwise if drive always caught in jams! )
Originally Posted by DKSG
Buy a Reflections/Carribean to rent to someone who work in Vivo ?
I doubt it means sense if thats the core group of tenants you are looking for.
Have to Reflect on this ...
The tenants of Caribbean mostly working at Shenton way, Harbourfront and Jurong. Most of them don't drive.
Ya, mostly the tenants at caribbean work in the city, shenton way area. To bypass vivo jam, can take flyover and come down at henderson road, make a u-turn. There is a traffic light at caribbean to turn in which will serve caribbean and eventually allow easier access to Reflections too
Thought I m the only one scre## by her. Have a very bad experience with her too. Complain to DTZ about her, but DTZ is protecting her like their blue eye baby as she is their top performer. Can any one let me know of any neutral n powerful authority so that I can file a complain and get rid of this rouge/unethical agent forever.Originally Posted by DW
You are not the only one. You can add me to the list. Best to advise others to avoid dealing with her.
Caribbean at Keppel Bay has a nëw hïgh of $1,768 psf!
Caribbean at Keppel Bay
Address ............................. psf ............... Area .......... Price ............ Contract Date
36 Keppel Bay Drive #02-79 .... $1,768 psf .... 2,433 sqft .... $4,300,000 .... 14 Apr 10
I will always remember how she tells me she has nine units in Caribbean and that's a "testimony" of her confidence in Caribbean. Following, I tried to verify the same with MCST and was advised the highest unit count owner was someone who owns less than nine units. It appears no owner (either single or joint names) owns up to 9 units in Caribbean.
I am not sure what are the avenues available to consumers for such agents who provided
(i) what appears to be false information/testimony with motivation for personal gains (to close the deal)
(ii) incorrect credentials of themselves (in this case, we assumed ownership as a form of credential),
(iii) misleading information and facts about themselves as well as on the property in their bid to get the deal close.
On (iii) above, she also mentioned before there is going to be a underground connection between Caribbean, through to Harbourfront center and Vivocity. Some time back, there was some construction between Harbourfront center and Caribbean and she was referring that construction as the underground connection construction. Again, on subsequently verification, that is incorrect.
What a nightmare I must say, dealing with an agent whom you know to be a crook.
If DTZ is indeed taking a very lenient view (as posted by some other forummers here) of the rogue practices of their agents, I wonder how is the upcoming regulation going to help / change that. Understand the proposed regulation will vest certain powers in the new board to exercise disciplinary actions against agents and agencies likewise. This said, I think a lot has to come from the agencies themselves, in that, there has to be a want in them to change/better the current inappropriate behaviours/practices amongst its rogue agents. Legislative regulation can only curtail the extreme cases but more often than now, it boils down to the stance of the respective agency towards such practice and what appears to be rather unethical behaviour of their agents.
My 5 cents worth.
Anyway, you can add me to the list as well. What a horrible experience deal with her. Also, she is the very aggressive and pushy type. But thats fairly easy to manage - as long as you remind her of what and who she is , and ultimately you are the pay master and she just an agent, her attitude changed immediately and will put her back in her place/mind of an agent.
Originally Posted by kuo_shen
does anyone have a personal opinion on the impact of reflections coming up on the view from the caribbean appts facing reflections? there seem to be many sellers in those blocks (42, 44, 46) and wondering if this is merely coz there will be 2-3 year construction issues or something more permanent like obstructed views etc
thanks in advance.
this sounds exactly like my law exam questionOriginally Posted by DW
U have the answers. Remember, one unit can be marketed by multiple agents at diff price, size, rooms or type. So it is not conclusive. u get the idea?Originally Posted by ranad2
Construction problem is short term, 2 to 3 years to bear. The effects are temporary. If blocked, it will really affect the prices if buyers paid a premium for the unblocked seaview. If paid normal or discounted price, effects not as bad. The effects will be permanent there if blocked.
Ok?
FYI these blocks consist units belonging to developer. The high sales likely due to keppel is cashing out of Caribbean with recent developer sales n properly reinvest in the newer reflections as their new strategyOriginally Posted by ranad2
I was told the agent eventually switched firm to Linkvest Realty ( a small time property agency and firm) and also change her name from Nicole to Nichole. Apparently, her middle name was also changed to hide her identity as her old name and association with DTZ already had quite a reputation which cost her quite a bit of business.Originally Posted by tericia