Shortly after accepting Gerald's proposal, we starting searching for our dream home.. Both of us loved the East, so we were looking at places along East Coast / Parkway area as well as Chai Chee vicinity.
Honestly, I think the HDB policies make it sooo difficult for young couples... New HDB units in good locations are rare and only available via balloting. We did tried to ballot for those new HDB units at Eunos MRT (they look great rite?!) but obviously didn't manage to get it as demand was so high. On the other hand, there's abundant of new units but all located in those super ulu areas so we didn't even consider those ;o(
So ultimately, we're only left with the option of resale HDB or private apartments.
Jes MIA..
We only started house hunting again after CNY this year. It was a tiring process.. we practically spent most weekends flipping the newspapers, viewing houses and fixing more viewing appointments. I was extremely flicker-minded so we alternate between looking at private apartments (new / resale /leasehold / freehold) and resale HDB. In fact, we actually looked at 46 HDB / Condo units in all!! (Haha.. that's a lot rite as compared to a few frens who decided on their house after looking at 5 - 8 units.)
Our dream home was a condo unit at Kembangan area..
It was a 2 bedroom unit (about the size of a 4-room flat).. Probably small to some people.. but we wasn't planning to expand the family anytime soon so the size is just nice for us. We loved the place! The condo facilities as well as easy access to East Coast Park via the park connector were plus points! Its location was another key factor why we got the place.. its right next to the MRT so it's super accessible! Plus the kembangan area is not too overly-populated unlike most town centres in S'pore..
Most importantly, it's rather affordable .. Essentially we felt that we can struck a good balance between having a good quality of life and not having to suffer too huge mortgage loans in future ;o)
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