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    Quote Originally Posted by Lao Hu
    Just went to Mayspring yestersday. Got a lot of open space but a very small pool. My friend stayed in Blk 6, and the environment is ok. Heard Blk 2 is very noisy. From my friend's home, saw that Linear had a lot of empty rooms at the drain side, and the noise from the roads are pretty obvious. My friend mentioned that the sun is very bright on this side. When I went home passing by Linear from the road side, similarly got a lot of vacant units.

    I remembered accompanying my colleague to view Linear during launch, and we all agreed that it is too near to the road.
    Just fyi, these vacant units are all sold... even though they are facing the main road and are so-called "noisy" and "dusty". The one and only unit that is still held by the developer is the sales office unit. Other than that anyone else that wants to buy any other unit will have to source from the secondary market. But even that, there are not that many listings either and for those that are listed, the asking price is considering what the price that the developer were offering just a few months back...

    Whatever it is, I just sit back and

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterng8
    if buy linear, might as well consider mayspring, although it is 99 years...I have been to open house ....not bad with alot of open space and the guard is very strict...a plus point...
    Unfortunately the unit interior layout of Mayspring has a lot of weird angles, otherwise it is actually quite a good development.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wreckwrx
    Unfortunately the unit interior layout of Mayspring has a lot of weird angles, otherwise it is actually quite a good development.
    Depend on which block i think, the unit I have seen is 16th floor and has a living room which is a size of rectangle and unblocked, and outside the window can see linear directly on the right side, the agent was using linear to advertise how good may spring is....he told me this unit is facing pool but the pool is from linear ...haha

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    Passed by The Linear over the weekend. As I read through the past replies, there are really interesting points. Just some opinions, the building really looks very nice from the outside. Location, not so perfect as it is facing the road and if remember correctly, it is beside a gas station. Nevertheless, eveyone of us has their preference in our living style, so some like it, some do not. If the building management try to plant more trees surrounding the building, this will be a very cosy place. It helps to reduce the heat and noise from the road. Since this is a private condo, it should be more exclusive. Looks very open. have more greens may really help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterng8
    ....he told me this unit is facing pool but the pool is from linear ...haha
    Like that also can be considered "pool facing unit"...

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    Quote Originally Posted by wreckwrx
    Unfortunately the unit interior layout of Mayspring has a lot of weird angles, otherwise it is actually quite a good development.
    hmm maysprings have wide open spaces, but i find that the way the blocks have been designed, from outside it looks small, squeezy and extremely mass market??? doesn't feel exclusive enough... just sharing my sentiments.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simsipod
    hmm maysprings have wide open spaces, but i find that the way the blocks have been designed, from outside it looks small, squeezy and extremely mass market??? doesn't feel exclusive enough... just sharing my sentiments.
    The facade does look a little bland, even when compared to Hazel Park or Cashew Heights. Or course Linear's facade is the most distinctive.... But whether nice or not is really down to individual's preference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wreckwrx
    Just fyi, these vacant units are all sold... even though they are facing the main road and are so-called "noisy" and "dusty". The one and only unit that is still held by the developer is the sales office unit. Other than that anyone else that wants to buy any other unit will have to source from the secondary market. But even that, there are not that many listings either and for those that are listed, the asking price is considering what the price that the developer were offering just a few months back...

    Whatever it is, I just sit back and
    Just curious, how much is the asking price of the sales office unit?

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    dont bother bout linear coz you pay condo money to face the road and see passing lorries everyday....buy a high floor unit in Senja Grand (HDB) and you get french window, condo layout and seaview, really very nice, i am not joking.....

    Quote Originally Posted by melvinjoanne


    Just curious, how much is the asking price of the sales office unit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wreckwrx
    Just fyi, these vacant units are all sold... even though they are facing the main road and are so-called "noisy" and "dusty". The one and only unit that is still held by the developer is the sales office unit. Other than that anyone else that wants to buy any other unit will have to source from the secondary market. But even that, there are not that many listings either and for those that are listed, the asking price is considering what the price that the developer were offering just a few months back...

    Whatever it is, I just sit back and
    dont worry about supply. There will be plenty of units put on the market when tunelling work starts. The noise and air pollution will be unbearable. watch out for cracks and leaks in the basement car park

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    Quote Originally Posted by moneymatters
    dont worry about supply. There will be plenty of units put on the market when tunelling work starts. The noise and air pollution will be unbearable. watch out for cracks and leaks in the basement car park
    What tunneling? MRT?

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    Quote Originally Posted by xebay11
    What tunneling? MRT?
    yes, downtownline 2 tunnelling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moneymatters
    yes, downtownline 2 tunnelling.
    Hope Linear can help to buffer some noise and air pollution for Maysprings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moneymatters
    dont worry about supply. There will be plenty of units put on the market when tunelling work starts. The noise and air pollution will be unbearable. watch out for cracks and leaks in the basement car park

    I'm sure the authority will work to keep noise/sound pollution to a minimal, if not, imagine the amount of complains from people staying in district 10, which the main bulk of the Bukit Timah Line runs through. And judging from the big woo hah generated by the foreign worker dormitory issues by residents at serangoon gardens estate, it's clear that the richer you are, the louder the voice you'll have....

    Even if there is some noise and dust, it will be transient. What is permanant is the benefit the residents here will reap from the convenience of MRT service linking to town at their doorstep.

    I'm sure most of the people holding on to units at the Linear will be waiting for the MRT line completion before deciding to off load their units, it'll make more economic sense than otherwise, but that's just my 2 cents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by melvinjoanne


    Just curious, how much is the asking price of the sales office unit?
    Not really sure but at one point in time, I think they were looking at 700+psf... which is really asking for the sky considering how much I paid for my unit only a few months ago....

    Anyway the sales office also closed shop liao and all the sales rep also disappeared..... so my guess is it got sold off. I just hope the new owner bargained hard for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moneymatters
    dont worry about supply. There will be plenty of units put on the market when tunelling work starts. The noise and air pollution will be unbearable. watch out for cracks and leaks in the basement car park
    Actually there has been indeed quite a lot of agent activity over the past few weekends as people are already trying to offload their units.....

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    Big hi to the residents of the linear,

    I am happy to be one of the residents staying at the linear, bought a back-facing unit.

    After scouting ard condo showrooms for a year, I have finally settled my home nest. Before i actually viewed the linear, i heard so many negative comments abt the place tat delays me frm viewing. sigh.... missed the developer's price as many of the ideal units are snapped up. But when my family drove past the area, we decided to take a look. Outward appearance, the project is linearly-unique and like the glassy outlook. Inside the apartment, the layout is great - rectangular shape, spacious, maximised every corners and can put queen size bed in every room.

    I have just obtained the key last week, and am gearing up for the furnishing part.

    hope to see more fellow residents in the forum to share abt the project.

    cheers!

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    Congrats, a whole lot of difference it makes...

    What we say here are valid points. However, always go ahead and take a look irregardless of what others say.

    If you like what you see, then buy it without regrets. Cause we all have different criterias and the criteria's may not be the best to others but to ourselves only.

    Sometimes it takes a while for people to change their mind or give up on a project. When that time comes, you will know the value of the condo/apartment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fredowcondo
    Big hi to the residents of the linear,

    I am happy to be one of the residents staying at the linear, bought a back-facing unit.

    After scouting ard condo showrooms for a year, I have finally settled my home nest. Before i actually viewed the linear, i heard so many negative comments abt the place tat delays me frm viewing. sigh.... missed the developer's price as many of the ideal units are snapped up. But when my family drove past the area, we decided to take a look. Outward appearance, the project is linearly-unique and like the glassy outlook. Inside the apartment, the layout is great - rectangular shape, spacious, maximised every corners and can put queen size bed in every room.

    I have just obtained the key last week, and am gearing up for the furnishing part.

    hope to see more fellow residents in the forum to share abt the project.

    cheers!
    I guess yours is East facing, the West facing units with so much glass is a different beast altogether.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fredowcondo
    Big hi to the residents of the linear,

    I am happy to be one of the residents staying at the linear, bought a back-facing unit.

    After scouting ard condo showrooms for a year, I have finally settled my home nest. Before i actually viewed the linear, i heard so many negative comments abt the place tat delays me frm viewing. sigh.... missed the developer's price as many of the ideal units are snapped up. But when my family drove past the area, we decided to take a look. Outward appearance, the project is linearly-unique and like the glassy outlook. Inside the apartment, the layout is great - rectangular shape, spacious, maximised every corners and can put queen size bed in every room.

    I have just obtained the key last week, and am gearing up for the furnishing part.

    hope to see more fellow residents in the forum to share abt the project.

    cheers!
    Welcome! Welcome!

    Development is getting more crowded now that all but one unit are sold and many owners are shifting in after the 7th month.

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    Hi Linear Guys:

    Did you have problems with the air con when bought over from developer? I got leakage problems in living room and tenant now complaining... Dun know whether the tenant got regular maintenance or not....now jialat...have to get my air con contractor to fix problem and may have to change the piping which being concealed in partition. Will cost a lot man...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ET-68
    Hi Linear Guys:

    Did you have problems with the air con when bought over from developer? I got leakage problems in living room and tenant now complaining... Dun know whether the tenant got regular maintenance or not....now jialat...have to get my air con contractor to fix problem and may have to change the piping which being concealed in partition. Will cost a lot man...!

    yo bro,

    Just shifted in 3 months, bought direct from developer.

    No problem with aircon, just one thorough maintanece from air con guy before shifting in i.e change gas, washing pipes, so far so good, no leakage.

    Just that common toilet choked 1st time we used it. Called in the plumber, was told the people building the house poured cement into the toilet, causing the chokage.

    Otherwise have been a pleasant place to live in for me, my wife and my baby boy.

    cheers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ET-68
    Hi Linear Guys:

    Did you have problems with the air con when bought over from developer? I got leakage problems in living room and tenant now complaining... Dun know whether the tenant got regular maintenance or not....now jialat...have to get my air con contractor to fix problem and may have to change the piping which being concealed in partition. Will cost a lot man...!
    I had that problem. First night i slept with the air-con on, the next morning my walkway was flooded. Initially I thought my doggie pee-ed and when I was about to scold me doggie, I felt water dripping on me from the ceiling. That was when i realised my air-con was leaking.

    Hopefully the extent of your leak isn't too bad. I was lucky coz it was only the MBR so I just need to open a small section of the false ceiling (directly outside the MBR) to get the problem fixed.

    Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dumbass
    yo bro,

    Just shifted in 3 months, bought direct from developer.

    No problem with aircon, just one thorough maintanece from air con guy before shifting in i.e change gas, washing pipes, so far so good, no leakage.

    Just that common toilet choked 1st time we used it. Called in the plumber, was told the people building the house poured cement into the toilet, causing the chokage.
    You are lucky coz I called the MA when my air-con was leaking and apparentlty this is quite common problem.

    I verified this with the air-con guy as well. Good thing was that after having rectified the problem for so many units, he immediately knew what the issue was and how to resolve it when I called him. This was why he only needed to open a small section of my false ceiling to get to the problem spot.

    I also noticed that the plmubing for the shower stall in the common toilet to be quite poor. It doesn't bother me now coz I hardly use it. But I suspect it might be due to the cement problem that your plumber mentioned... Maybe I should get someone in to fix it as well...

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    Quote Originally Posted by wreckwrx
    You are lucky coz I called the MA when my air-con was leaking and apparentlty this is quite common problem.

    I verified this with the air-con guy as well. Good thing was that after having rectified the problem for so many units, he immediately knew what the issue was and how to resolve it when I called him. This was why he only needed to open a small section of my false ceiling to get to the problem spot.

    I also noticed that the plmubing for the shower stall in the common toilet to be quite poor. It doesn't bother me now coz I hardly use it. But I suspect it might be due to the cement problem that your plumber mentioned... Maybe I should get someone in to fix it as well...
    I also experienced both problems when I was about to move in. Luckily for me, I managed to settle them pretty easy without spending a bomb... So rule of thumb is to check everything thoroughly before you move in. Best of luck!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mezzy
    I also experienced both problems when I was about to move in. Luckily for me, I managed to settle them pretty easy without spending a bomb... So rule of thumb is to check everything thoroughly before you move in. Best of luck!!
    so looks like this plumbing issue with the common toilet is a common problem ya? Good to know you got it all sorted out already.

    I am not too bothered by it at the moment since I hardly use this toilet.

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    Default Air Con leak

    We are about to start the reno and my ID notice that there are watermark along the aircon pipe on the fase ceiling ( about 4-5 ). We suspect is the joint part of the water pipe. We are getting our Aircon's guy to check. If we need to change the pipes, that would cost about $2500/- for conceal.

    My unit had been empty since TOP 2006, don't know why still have problem even the unit is new for Aircon??? I also face other issues like cupboard, and wall's surface not even (need plastering). Is our unit still under warranty from developer ? Anybody can advise ? We do not know how the previous owner do deflect checking.

    By the way, did anyone do chemical wash ? My Aircon guy quote $180/- per FCU bcos ours is Mitsubishi inverter which is more complicated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fredowcondo
    My unit had been empty since TOP 2006, don't know why still have problem even the unit is new for Aircon??? I also face other issues like cupboard, and wall's surface not even (need plastering). Is our unit still under warranty from developer ? Anybody can advise ? We do not know how the previous owner do deflect checking.
    The project is no longer under warranty from developer as it has been handed over to the management commitee since late last year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wreckwrx
    You are lucky coz I called the MA when my air-con was leaking and apparentlty this is quite common problem.

    I verified this with the air-con guy as well. Good thing was that after having rectified the problem for so many units, he immediately knew what the issue was and how to resolve it when I called him. This was why he only needed to open a small section of my false ceiling to get to the problem spot.

    I also noticed that the plmubing for the shower stall in the common toilet to be quite poor. It doesn't bother me now coz I hardly use it. But I suspect it might be due to the cement problem that your plumber mentioned... Maybe I should get someone in to fix it as well...
    Hi guys:

    Thks for the feedback; can recommend the air con guy to me? Are they the contractor who install the air con for the project?

    Do you guys know where the drainage pipe for the living hall air con blower leads to? Got a copy of the floor plan and it seems it link to the flow trap of the kitchen...Do share your tips if you know.

    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mezzy
    I also experienced both problems when I was about to move in. Luckily for me, I managed to settle them pretty easy without spending a bomb... So rule of thumb is to check everything thoroughly before you move in. Best of luck!!
    Hi Mezzy,

    How do you settle your problems easily? Pls share...

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