CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

I realise the last time I made a construction updates post was back in January early this year. So here's a quick update. Images are taken from the Fb group so credits all my fellow neighbours ! Blocks D and C are starting to get their keys collected. I am hoping the key collection comes as late as end November or early December. So we can have more time to look at IDs and only start work after the Chinese New Year. Does not really make sense to collect keys now and then rush the IDs to complete the renovation works before CNY. Does anyone have any ID to recommend ? Cause honestly speaking, we have not done a single thing yet other than pinning photos onto my Pinterest.

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CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

BUILT-TO-ORDER FAQ

This post has been sitting in the draft folder for the longest time. I have been wanting to finish it up but never really got down to doing it. So anyways, for those who are still unaware or is new to my blog, JS and I balloted for a flat back in May 2012. It was our first time and we were dead lucky to have gotten a unit at first try. We heard of many couples who attempted way too many times yet was not able to get anything at all. I have done up two posts previously related to my BTO process and I will be linking it up at the end of this post as usual.

AHG APPROVAL

Anyways, came home to such wonderful news. Our AHG is finally approved after 3 freaking months. We were given a $15,000 grant based on our combined income at the point of application. Okay la its not alot compared to many others who have gotten The max amount $30,000 but it is better than nothing right ? Fortunately at the point of application I was not working so the grant is higher.

APPLICATION, DECISIONS, PAYMENT

Because I promised to blog more often, I shall do a short entry on our BTO project. For those who are still unaware or is new to my blog, my boyfriend and I had finally decided to take the plunge and apply for a flat after 5 years of togetherness.

Some of you might think, aren't you guys too rash ? Are you sure he wants to marry you ? Come to think of it, it wasn't really a rash decision. I wasn't the one who initiated the flat application anyways. We talked over our plans to apply for a flat several times since year 2011 but because most of the sales launches were areas that we considered ulu/ inaccessible and we felt that we still pretty much in love with the city area, we decided to wait until HDB releases a launch that is near where we are currently residing in.

And so, we signed up for their sms updates and have been following their sales launches every month. If you want to sign up for their updates as well, you can do so here. Finally in May 2012, McNair Towers and Bendemeer Lights have been launched and the best thing is that both projects are just a stone's throw away from both our houses. Only downside is, indicative price ranges from S$322,000 to S$401,000 for 3 rooms and S$467,000 to S$595,000 for 4 rooms, which is no joke at all.

Anyways, our queue number was horrible. We got 825 out of 888 despite having 2 additional chances. I was really disappointed and lost hope of getting our desired unit cause we've looked through both projects and their floor plans and we only have 2 desired units in McNair Towers. Given our queue number, those units would have been gone by the time it is our turn to select a unit.

Bendemeer Lights (Standard Flat)


McNair Towers (Premium Flat)