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the 2nd house
Monday, 17 July 2017
after much anticipation and hype from getting the letter from the lawyer firm to inform that the condo had TOP, and the need to pay the maintenance fee and the survey fee at the lawyer firm and the long wait from the bank to disburse the 15% payment, we were checking the website everyday and hoping to get the earliest date to get the keys. however ironically, we actually choose a saturday (despite that we can actually do it on the monday already) so that we can save up some AL. anyway, we finally got the keys on 17th June 2017 for the 2nd house (just 3yrs wait, the initial TOP date was June 2018)
wasnt too surprised of the size of house, but was quite overwhelmed and elated regarding the view at the balcony, an unblock view and we can still catch a view of the swimming pool from the opposite condo.. in fact, after knowing our neighbours's exact floor place's view, i am totally pleased with our own. the 2nd bedroom's view is alot greenery now, with the upcoming plans of building a primary school from hdb. no complains, especially we are not the first batch to ballot, and the fact that we are like the walk-in type to see what's the remaining units.
the only complain we have will be the placement of the tv point which totally doesnt make sense as the wall might even have difficulties fitting a 40inch tv, so we literally have to re-locate the tv point by engaging the electrician for help, meaning extra cost. and we will also see the cable casing which hopefully will be blocked by the curtains and furniture.
defects are minimum, first round was 8 defects (which include really minor scratches on door and solid table, painting patch, the biggest one of all will be the scratch on the shower screen, and misalignment of the bathroom door), 2nd round was the stain on the washer/dryer door which we totally missed out in the 1st round. i would say the response from the defect teams are really good and they fix it at lightning speed unless its appliances then they have to wait for the company to rectify.
on 29th June, we had the curtain tracks, lighting and digital lock done up.. better to get all done up in 1 day, as work are not allowed on weekend, although we managed to bypass 2 times and get some drilling done as well on a saturday. and the one troublesome thing about condo, was the need to report to management office and require deposit for everything.
on 8th July, we booked and make use of the spa paillion (with teppayaki facility and the jacuzzi) and organised a bbq for the ngo family, also to do a home-coming gathering for jo and john as well as the house warming for the condo..
Labels: condo, family, gathering, house-warming, renovation, rivertrees
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