Heard from an agent that they are giving out $8888 Ang pao and moon cakes at the showflat!!!Originally Posted by Congress
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Heard from an agent that they are giving out $8888 Ang pao and moon cakes at the showflat!!!
Invester
maybe sale slow , so made it more attractive , cause loh so new condo launching end month .
Newbie
ERL and the new integrated bus + MRT depotSpoil my house/env ambience
Newbie
62 sold in sept
365 in total
505 to go
42pct sold
Divine
wow thats a lot more to go. Why arent ppl buying this?
Senior
The cramp layout makes me feel that it is an apartment rather than a condo. The heavy traffic and high psf are not helpful.
Newbie
This is a high rise city style condo, of course one can choose to buy d16 and Kovan for the same psf.
Divine
but its in the city fringe. places like eco and kovan are selling the same psf if not higher!
GOD good old days
The sky garden is appealing. Can bbq there.
Newbie
Most ppl talk abt Bartley Residence, this is almost forgotten. Prices quite similar. Guess once BR selling out soon, some will start to look at 8 River.
Banned
Is 8RS in RCR? Or still OCR?
Newbie
8RS is one of the most underated condos in the market right now. It deserves to be be sold out by now considering that is what is happening to almost similarly priced condos further away and less conveniently located. 8RS will be more easy to rent out at better yield than Kovan Regency.
GOD good old days
But if you look at the traffic there. Really CMI.
Also: Not near any malls. No good school. Not exactly near MRT. Surrounding by old HDB..
But overall location is good.
Newbie
Agree that the traffic can be quite bad but that's the price to pay for city fringe.
It's around 300m to MRT which to me is already quite close and it has a food centre, town centre, sheng siong, ntuc, banks etc all within walking distance and only 3 stops to town.
ipropertyguru
this is a good project. reason why not yet sold out because there are so many units! about 800 units?
Newbie
I seriously think this project is becoming underpriced now. Just consider the latest tanah merah site with a break even of 1200 psf and expected selling price of 1400 psf, 8RS will be a steal!
If this is a smaller project, it is already near sold out.
Newbie
What? Did I read correctly? 300m is not near?
Newbie
To achieve green mark gold, engineer and architect need to do an energy modeling of the building to ensure min heat gain. For this project, if look at the floor plan and 3D model, balconies are staggered at different floor, facade is effectively shaded by balconies and min west sun goes into rooms. A green mark gold project also need to score high point for daylighting and good natural ventilation. The unblocked design of this project definitely will have good natural ventilation and daylighting.
This project will be boosted if PUB decided to beautify the river and landscape in front. It is a matter of time all rivers will be beautified, but now PUB's main focus is to resolve flood issues. Drainage widening work will be priority.
Senior
How many % sold?
Newbie
About 40% sold.
This is BCA green mark Gold. Developer has paid a price to achieve that. I am not surprised their profits margin are lower than Feo (Eco) looking at the prices they are selling. This is a steal if you look at current Tenah Merah site won by Keppel land! Or other places that are RCR.
Senior
Understand it is a large project. Sales is rather slow.
必ず
Why do you say developer has paid a price to achieve BCA Green Mark Gold? Should be quite common to achieve Gold these days... believe eCO is at least a GoldPlus? Other recent examples, e.g. Kovan Regency should be a GoldPlus too.
Newbie
According to industry norm, premium for green mark platinum is 8% of project cost and premium for green mark gold and gold plus is about 4%. This is upfront capital spent, building owner/resident save from energy and water usage in the long run.
BCA only asks for green mark certified as minimum requirement for new development.
Newbie
intended to vest on the DK unit here. Any sifu can advise what is the pros and cons ?
many thanks
必ず
The premium looks high, imagine for a million dollar unit the premium is $40k, you need to save $4/day to break even in 27 years.
What makes up the difference between 8% and 4% premiums? CFD Wind tunnel simulation?
Last edited by Kanarazu; 21-10-12 at 20:06.
Senior
There is no space for a washing machine and dryer in that "studio" part of the dual key....
必ず
Worst case place the washer where the fridge is and get a bar fridge put on top of washer. Piping goes into the sink. James Bond won't like it shaken.There is no space for a washing machine and dryer in that "studio" part of the dual key....
Newbie
agreed. the dk unit is not practical to rent out the studio part because no extra door access to the main unit, so need to build a door entrance if were to rent out the studio.
also the main open kitchen may not be practical for me, so planning also to use glass as partition it enclose with glass sliding door.
i m planning for own stay. looking at 3 bedder and DK, loose something but gain on other etc. bigger balcony for yard usage, 2 master rm and one small rm instead of one master and 2 small rm. and also 2 kitchens but no utility rm no yard.
actually i m thinking for storage, i can modify the small kitchen into one row of cabinet.
not sure if my opinion is practical here? yr view? thanks
Newbie
not sure if the all in one washer cu dryer can fit in the cabinet under the stove?There is no space for a washing machine and dryer in that "studio" part of the dual key....
Newbie
very nice 2mbr concept.. privacy and good to stay with parents/inlaw.
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