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Dear All, Development: The Pier Condominium at Robertson Developer: City Developments Ltd (CDL) (A subsidiary of Hong Leong Group) Website: http://www.cdl.com.sg Location: Robertson / Mohammed Sultan Road Tenure of Land: Freehold Expected TOP: 31 March 2007 (but often can be completed within two plus years from now - better confirm with developer as this is only my opinion :) Units: 201 units comprising a mix of 3 room apartments, 2 rooms, 1 rooms. And 12 food and beverage outlets. This is one of the most interesting condominiums around that are available for purchase this year. Please look at the attachment: thepier2a.gif - Look carefully and you can see the profile whic…
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dear cecil, please take your time to reply section by section because i guess, a lot of us can learn from it. for those buildings that you had mentioned, their shape is pretty clear cut as related to FS. This is because they are either tall and thin(wood) or like rocket(fire). they do not have funny shape like those of HDB flats. for example, the primary school that you mentioned that has a shape of a gun, i think it needs a FS eye to see it. or else, we won't have notice it and will not have understood how it has affected the couple. i think when it comes to shapes and form FS, it really needs a well-trained FS eyes to see it. wouldn't you agree? 8-) Kenny
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The Sim Lian Group is an up and coming developer. Their url: http://www.simlian.com.sg Previously; little known to many, it is a main con as opposed to being a developer. Overall, having seen many of the developments which it is th main con; I am very impressed by their build quality. In the past, even developers like MCL Land, use the company as the main con for their Seletar Springs condominium. Here, this low rise development has roof structure made of (steel) as opposed to wooden plank roofs etc... Many of it's projects are for the statutory boards owned by the government:- http://www.simlian.com.sg/CorpInfo/Construction/SLC/projects.htm It is worth to note that it's…
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Many condominium developers use the service of this furniture company to supply: doors, wardrope cabinets, vanity tops, kitchen cabinets.... XXXX is a homegrown, listed company:- http://www.xxxxx.sg/residential/accomplish.htm Often, if your condominium use this company; one can often see the hinge of the inside door tagged with their destinctive "xxxxx" label. Their most recent site work includes: Costa del Sol, Yishun Sapphire and Lilydale Executive Condo. They also do work for Hotels, banks, retail and service industry etc.... Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee P.S. Last updated on 8 October 2020. Removed the URL. As can no longer find the url. As lif…
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Dear All, 1. Often, when a developer borrows financing from a bank to fund a condominium project; the bank does it's own calculations for each unit to be sold by the developer. 2. In fact, the banker will normally calculate out the cost of bidding/tender for the site and advises the developer; what is the mininum selling price for each unit. 3. To safe-guard the bank, often, the bank will require the developer to maintain the minimium price - so that the bank will not make a loss on the funding. 4. Sometimes, if one is fast enough; one can seek out bargains. But often, unfortunately, the bargains are for smaller units e.g. 2 rooms or studio ones where often the p.s.f can …
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This is an interesting article about the name of a newly launched condo development.... I just passed it this afternoon. Hmm.... so far, no smell yet;( http://www.botanical-online.com/thebiggestflower.htm
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Location: 1 Amber Road Street directory map:- http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg:8080/map.jsp?x=35255.9000&y=31246.7900&postal=439845&level=7&star=1&heading=1%20AMBER%20ROAD,%20AMBER%20POINT%20(439845) Developer: Vermilio Investment Pte Ltd (Allgreen Properties Ltd) Tenure: Freehold TOP: in 1990 Total units: 100 units comprising 3, 4 rooms and Penthouse units This is one of the few developments in Singapore that has an arch:- http://www.allgreen.com.sg/website/images/p_amberpoint_closeup.jpg The advantage of this type of layout plan is that it is purely an earth shaped. But the main advantage is that the lower floors (except for the penthouse) is much l…
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Dear All, Another good indicator when house-hunting, especially for more affordable 99-year lease apartments, is to take note of the following: 1. “Unsold” units in a development that has already obtained TOP for more than one year, yet still has no takers for certain “choice units.” This can be seen in some of the projects by this relatively new developer: http://www.ntuc-choicehomes.com/available.htm Here, they have listed three ‘not so’ hot-selling properties, especially Tropical Springs and Rivervale Crest. 1. Tropical Springs It should have been a good seller, considering that it is within walking distance of the Simei MRT station. …
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This freehold property is a standalone `point-block' building. (More details can be found under the attached article: Source & credit - Today's Newspaper) As mentioned in past messages, the most simple of designs. Where air or qi flows all around the block.
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This is an interesting article on the significance of moving-in; buying a property during the 7th month : Can or cannot? and more...
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This is an interesting letter to: Streats Magazine dated 31 July 2003. If you have the time, do read it.....
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Since the contract to built the Circle-line is confirmed; try to do some homework to see if your current; future home falls within the vicinity of an MRT station within the circle-line:) Cheers! More resources on the Circle Line:- http://www.sla.gov.sg/announcement/circleline.html http://app.internet.gov.sg/scripts/lta/corp_press_content.asp?start=805 Circle Line Stage 3 - MRT STATION LOCATIONS The alignment and location of the stations of CCL Stage 3 have been finalised. This stretch of the CCL is 5.7 km long with five stations at the following locations: NEW ? Bartley Road, near Maris Stella High School ? Serangoon MRT Station, an interchange station with North Ea…
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ARE YOU PAYING MORE THAN WHAT YOU SHOULD FOR THAT PROPERTY? IS IT THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY? Another good tool to guage property prices is by looking at the Property Price Index. For example, if one had purchased a private property between 1998 and 1999; this was one of the best times to do so. As the private property price is lowest for quite sometime close to the 100 percent mark. If one looks at the graph, 2001 and 2002 seems quite good since for 4th quarter 02, it went to one of the lowest at 115.1 percent. In my opinion, perhaps if more and more condos are built, we could find the private property prices fall to as low as the 60 percentile mark as in 1983/1984 or lo…
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Dear All, In my opinion, Housing Development Board (HDB) Executive Apartments similar to Executive Units 44 and Unit 56 is "inauspicious". If one looks carefully in the illustration, the edge of the master bedroom toilet (external wall) of Executive Unit 48 is aimed at the frontage area of Unit 44. While Executive unit 52's external wall is aimed at the frontage of Unit 56. Warmest Regards, Cecil Although it is not directly aimed at the main door, it the bulk of the flow is concentrated within the main door area. It will affect the main door since the `cutting' sha qi is wide and "penetrating". Erh.. good luck to those staying at Unit 44 or Unit 56 of Block 502A (12 store…
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The following developments are handed over for those who can take over the units before the Chinese 7th month, this year:- 1. Changi Rise Condo (Just TOP a few weeks ago) 2. Goldenhill Park Condo (TOP a few months ago) 3. Goldenhill Villas (Just TOP, this week) 4. Amaranda Gardens (TOP a few months ago) 5. Springside Walk Villas Others: Looks like Nuovo EC is ready but, TOP is just a stone-throw away! In my opinion, this EC took quite sometime. But in my opinion, in long term, because of it's proximity to the MRT and Yio Chu Kang market plus schools, a very good buy for first time home owners. Congratulations on new home owners! who are collecting their keys. BTW…
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This article shares light into the value of investing in a HDB apartment that is especially close to both MRT and amenities. Due to the government's relaxation of rules for renting out an entire HDB apartments, some have asked their parents to move-in with them. And have rented out their parent's HDB apartment especially in areas like Holland Village, Queenstown etc... HDB apartments does not costs that much as compared to a condo, yet, some can sometimes yield higher or equavalent rentals to such condos.... Source & Credit of the article: The Sunday Times, 1 August 2004. Please click on the link below for the entire article...
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The Bayshore and sea-view facing units.....
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A very good article on renting a home and the tenancy agreement.
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1. As mentioned, in my earlier comments, those units circled in pink, should have NO problem even with the toilet bowl. Such units should be able to easily "weather" the "leak". 2. Yes, the additional WC can easily be removed. And one can apply for a one time check so that one no longer pays the conservancy charge for the extra WC. In terms of the Feng Shui, it is a better choice not to have this additional WC (if it is not fully needed). 3. For a partition, these are some common guidelines:- 3.1. Avoid placing shoes in the partition cabinet. 3.2 Avoid circular designs for the partition 3.3 Avoid placing a reflective glass facing the main door 3.4 A partition should if…
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HDB Bedok Central Blocks: 219A-D, 220A-C, 221A-C Another rare cluster of HDB flats in the Bedok Central mature estate. These flats were built on a vast area of ground level carparks converted into apartment blocks cum car-parks. TOP was sometime late last year: 2008. This plot of land is very close to all the amenties in Bedok Central including supermarkets, markets, swimming pool, MRT line runs along the main road. (One of the picture has the mrt line ...)
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The morale of the story is that the rich gets richer, by investing in time and effort to secure (expert) help in finding a good home. The poor as usual, gets into a cycle of poverty: Imagine buying a home equivalent to a ten year old car. No matter how much effort is done (later) to improve their home, the Feng Shui of the home cannot turn it into a "gem" of a car! If one bought a run-down toyota, how to turn it into a lovely 7 series BMW? Again, it is like a family of 8 buying a home equivalent of a small Chinese cherry car! How to fit 8 persons in the car! No way! Have to purchase a car the equivalent of an MPV!
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1. Ideally, in Feng Shui, it is best not to have blue-roof for buildings. 2. As a blue roof in the I-ching represents difficulties. Thus it is best not to have a blue roof i.e. nice-not-to have instead of must-not-have situation.
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A good write-up on the criteria for purchase of an Executive Condo (EC) in Singapore and all you need to know aboutit's rules and regulations and conditions.
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1. Waterfront waves is a new uncompleted development located at 760 to 782 Bedok Reservoir Road. 2. The estimated completion date is two years away in 2011. 3. This development belongs to Period 8:- 3.1 Excellent units especially for East Group persons are stacks: 03 and 04 (light blue) 3.2 In general, stacks 17 to 24 (in pink) has good qi frontage of approximately 60 degrees or NE3 facing direction. And correspondingly, stacks 15, 16 and 21, 22and 25 have stacks facing SW3. Equally good facing directions especially for the West Group. (Other than the consideration of the dreaded afternoon sun). 4. Stacks 01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 13 and 14 (bright yellow…
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