Finally!!! our love nest is here \ ( ^ . ^ ) / *WIS March 2006 - Bt Batok/CCK/Bt Panjang*

Thanks Sweetie, Stargal.

I spoke with My officer, Hanita.. Sounds very nice and pleasant. She told me she's expediting on the key release liao.. and I changed my pin no. already...

Hi Sailormoon, me wrote email cos I forgot to tell officer last friday..

Hi Winnie, normally design fee is free because they want you to take up whole package like wetwork, contractor, carpentry etc. If u want many IDs, think u must pay design fee unless u have contacts or friends who are willing to design for u..

Hi magical,

I know u got no time but better don't anyhow commit into a contractor or ID cos of time.. as u mentioned before, going to live there for next 50..years wor... anyway.. good luck.. for everything..
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have a blissful wedding in May..
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hi stargal,
oh okay..this makes it clearer...thanks for the explanation..!
so now i've got the PIN.. guess will have to be patient loh..

hi sweetie,
so does it mean now i have my PIN my appt date is fixed?

hi momocharz!
haha..i think since the flat ready they will release 1 la..n think they should know ppl kan cheong wan to see their new place ma..haha..

hi lightz!
yeah sailormoon n angel will let me know the details..coz i'm not confirmed yet...so didn't want t otrouble you sending me the info then in the end i say cannot make it..pai seh la.. =)

hi diaodu!
yeah i won't commit so quickly la...think if can be ready by end may then good la, if not then i wont try to push for it...no point also...anyway now need to settle wedding stuff also...i havent even gone to check out the cakes for GDL yet!!
 
Hi Magical,

The pin is for you to check your appointment date and also to change your appointment date if hdb has already given you a date to collect your key.

At the moment think your appt date is not fix yet. But do check freqently cause you have ask for early release.
 
hi lightz!
yeah i super want to confirm..!!
very interested to see how u make use of your space coz i remember last time u said put sofa, dining table still got space to dance around.. or was it u? memory abit blur liao.. heheh..

hi sweetie!
oh i see...ok ok...will bear in mind.. thanks for answering my loh soh questions.. hehe..
 
Hi magical,
Confirm not me.. cos lightz can't dance.
Me only have living room, kitchen & pull-out dining table.
 
dear momocharz... i forward u liao... me sotong lah... was recalling very hard tat i tink i left out one person... sorry to have missed u!
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MomoCharz, for submitting of ROM cert, you call your Town Council, so its not the same person already. After you collect keys, your TO at HDB will not want anything to do with you liao.

Think if you ask for early release now, also not much use, cos they probably already sorted those urgent cases and not so urgent cases liao - not totally sure though. :P
 
hi lightz!
oops! then must be either afcai or vonz...heheh..
or greta?

hi shan!
eh my officer also not very nice leh...
how u managed to get them to tell u when can get huh?

roughly abt how long from receiving of PIN to finding out our appt date?
 
Shan, issit?? thanks for the explaination!

Then most probably won't ask for the early release le, mine is not urgent. Let them settle others who need it more like magical's case ba...
 
hi folks,

lightz: i have received your email.. thanks again!!! =D

ya, magical is so well-network(ed)... the few of us will def let her know the details..

see you ppl on sun!

hi shan! nice to see you here... ya loh.. how you get your TO to release keys so fast ah? i recalled you saying that your TO not very nice then you called her alot of times is it? is it you?
 
hi pple,

u guys just got the WIS...but r u guys aware that u can take up the housing grant call AHG?

if average household income is less then 1.5k u will get 20k from governemnt, 1.5 to 2k will get 15k, 2 to 2.5k will get 10k and 2.5 to 3k will get 5k..

and the best thing is when u sell the hse no need to return to government...
 
heheh..momocharz,
thnks for thinking of me...heheh..=D
but actually i think they have diffrent ppl handling different cases ba..so its ok ..=)

hi dreamer,
oh really, have never hear about that..where can we get more info?
 
its a new grant in the 2006 budget.

Ngjoan,

for this grant, it applies to NEW flat bought directly from HDB. it state average household income but the HDB officer told me just submit 1 applicant CPF statement can already whoever is earning lesser...if i am not wrong it only takes 1 applicant income althought it states average household income as mention to me by the HDB officer when i purchase the flat...

As for resale flat, they still can be entitle to the 30k or 40k grant. Its a total different grant for that....

maybe u can call HDB to verify...
 
Patience ladies! This is when the waiting game starts!
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Magical: I first called them the following week after my booking, i think early in the week, to make sure they know that we want our keys early (cos diff person from the one who did our booking mah). TO advises us to call back 2 weeks later. 2 weeks later my FH called her to 'chit chat'. She said no news yet. Then i found out that stargal called her TO and he told her the date for collection of keys. My number is 2 behind her, so mine must be soon too. So FH called my TO. TO then told us date, then ask us to wait for the letter. So that is about 2.5 weeks from time of booking. The letter came less than a week after, and the booking date is about 1.5 weeks later. Total is about 4 weeks+. I counted 38 days to be exact.
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Stargal got hers 3 days earlier than me.

Angel: Not my TO not nice, its Iceblue's. Mine is ok. Always chit chat with FH... hehe...

I think you gals can start calling your TOs towards the end of next week or early the week of 10th April. Should be about time they received some news liao.
 
the AHG is applicable to new flats as well :> it takes into consideration income fr both hubby & wife (income of both for last 24 mths/24mths - to get ave income) if less than $3k, will get. but must furnish payslip for past 24 mths + CPF statement for last 2 yrs.

mi going to take adv of tis grant - tat's y must buy flat b4 i start working in July. :p $5k better than nothing
 
Hi all,

shan: oops.. sorry.. so ard 1 month la.. so nice.. your FH will call.. he will make me call..

so letter for collection of keys should be coming ard 3 weeks from selection of flat (so 2 weeks from now).... wa.. sounds very short but feels very far away..

hey.. jus wan to ask.. will you ppl choose a liang2 chen1 ji2 ri4 to 'open' flat? =P
 
yah, letter of collection of keys should come about 2 to 3 weeks from now... IF you ask for early collection of keys.

Iceblue who is 1 number behind me didn't ask for early release, she got her keys about 10 days after me.

I didn't choose any dates, cos i'm not superstitous and not into the FS thing. Wendy also didn't. Iceblue did, but just nice her good day is on the day of key collection itself.
 
winnie, paiseh ah...
i still dun undertand.
meaning to say 2 yrs combine income of both owners then divide by 24 mths ah?
 
hi all,

shan: wa.. iceblue didnt ask for early release still can get her keys so early ah.. i thot if didnt ask for early release will be 2-3 months.. if she is 10 days after you then thats means less than 2 months eh.. tat is 38 + 10 days = 48 days.. tats quite fast eh...
 
you definately have to sign the papers within 3 months, thats the validity date, so they will definately release keys before 3 months is up.
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hi shan! thanksfor the info! all i wanted was for the hdb ppl to tell me this!!

okay so now i wait for 2-3 weeks more la...ok ok...
i keep going into the enquiry for key collection date n always got nothing..hhehe..
 
joan: yup. total combined for 2 yrs divide by 24mths :> but usually if both of u working, will definitely be more than $3k
 
thanks winnie...
tat's y i said not possible for us to apply lor.
i oso just called HDB to ask too...
so... hmm...
no extra grant frm HDB... keke...
 
hi joan!
oh okay... then hafta scrimp n save loh..haha..
btw juz now i was reading the old posts, n remember how i got u in our this team..haha! so funny!!
time flies hor? now we got our flats liao..hahaha! yayy!
 
Oh... so it was u...
i was oso thinking who's the one saying knowing me & bluff me into emailing... keke...
ya... so funnie & finally we r gg to have our own hse liao...
 
hi ppl,

jus went to see my house yesterday.. overall, it was still ok cos the previous owners were a young couple too.. so the design still ok..

want to seek advice from all of you..
my unit is on the 28th floor.. cos the previous owners were a young couple with no kids so they did not put up any window grills.. (so strange.. so high and still didnt put..)

then now i wan to have window grills but my hubby said dun need.. how to convince him huh? sigh...

i aledi told him even if we dun have kids now, whta if other kids come our house? very dangerous loh.. then he said since we going to air-con the living room too, jus on the air-con and close all the windows when there are guests... argh!!!

i have attached a pic of our window.. as you all can see, the window is separated into diff parts.. he said if we were to put grills, its going to be very ugly.. (which i agree.. but i still think better safe than sorry)

how? how?

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Hi Angel: wow! envy u leh...so fast can get to see how yr love nest looks like liao... *so good* .. wah! the flat u got is actuali so high up...28th flr leh! so u do enj a fantastic view as well , i suppose?
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as for yr prblm... i would tink u can install those nicer looking grills..i saw one couple at Bt Gombak which install those white colour grills (very country like type of grills) .. dun go for those typical green grills with design.. *duno if u noe wat i mean* BUT .. watever it is, my bf advice was watever grill u install...u must match the overall frame...

tell u wat...since we r going to meet tmrw rite... lets discuss loh...mayb more pple can help to pool in more ideas mah.. dun wori! we r all here to help
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Hi angel_z,

ya, i agree with u. Its definitely saver to install grilles, not only for guests but also for the owners themselves. I dun think grilles would spoilt the designs. I suggest u look around your blocks, nearby blocks and I'm sure some units would have install some nice looking grilles to match the window.

Anyway, not surprising that young couples nowadays do not install grilles. I've been to one unit at TPY located more than 30 floor and the owner did not install grilles. It was really very scary.
 
Wow! Just happened to chance upon this thread. glad that so many of you are interested and got bukit gombak flats
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Me a resident in Goodview too.. got our flat in Oct'03 ballot. Just shifted in not long, after our AD
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Hi sunnyday

hehe... we are one of those who didnt install grills... somehow we feel that it will spoil the view.. but once bb comes along, we will install
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Hi Sweet,

Happen to chance on your photos in another link. Wow! A shocking pink room! very adventurous...like your kitchen's sleek look. =)
 
Hi MoMoCharz

Welcome to Goodview! Glad that u manage to secure an unit here
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Thanks! We went for modern look...Pink has always been my fav color... hehe...

My BIL also stayed in your blk on the 16th floor... hehe
 
hi folks,

sailormoon: thanks for the advice.. heehee... ya... the view at the 28th floor is one of the main reasons why i chose tat unit. heehee.. =D

sunnyday: hihi... ya... i think so too.. i will feel safer with grills.. but i have to compromise la.. so for the moment dun put grills 1st loh.. like what sweet suggested.. but thanks for the advice... =D

sweet: hihi.. thanks for the suggestion so me n hubby now compromise loh.. now dun have grills, when we if ever have baby then put loh.. =P

lightz: ya... thanks for the warm hospitality yesterday.. =D hope you n mrs lightz didnt have to do a lot of cleaning after we left.. and your house is very nice!! heehee.. =P
 
hello everyone!

lightz,
thanks again for inviting us over..=)
learnt alot leh..now i know got tornado type stove..=D
hope we didn't leave a terrible mess ..so pai seh about leaving you with the HUGE amount of FOOD! think u n mrs lightz can eat in for the next few days..
 
Aloha everyone!

*sigh* the wkend so fast over liao..today is another new day of the week... hope everyone's not having monday blues ooh~~ so far so good for all of us
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Lightz: thanks for your invitation yesterday... plus the special movie screening .. hehe.. tink we all had a warm potluck lunch yesterday ...hope we arent too "loud & explosive" ... didnt scare u by asking u to guess who is sailormoon & magical...hahaha!!!

oh yes...Mrs Lightz-to-be special agar agar very unique leh.. very tasty! :p~~~

Lightz...look forward to our invites nxt time yeah.. when we r all done with our reno!

hey ladies! i read stacy posting in the other thread "comments no more flats left" ...(her very 1st posting).. & hv invite her over to tis thread!!!

*WELCOME ON BOARD... STACY*
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Hi MoMoCharz, diaodu, angel_z, magical & sailormoonwt,
Thank you for "giving me face" by coming to my open house.
There's nothing much to clean up as most of the plates and cups used were already washed before you left.
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The left-over food can really last me for a few meals. Can saved me 2 dinners & a breakfast. :P
Will be finishing up the last 8 piece of Shun kway (4 each) for dinner tonite. Hahaha...

Sailormoon,
Dun worry, I didn't got scared. I paused a while to "analyse" who is who... LOL...

Angel_z,
As for my window grills experience, actually, i don't like grills also. However, due to some nagging (err not a lot lar) from mother & in-laws, I decided to do grills.
1 advantage of grills: You can hang clothes on the window... :P

My sis bought a unit 5 yrs ago, she only do grills for bedrooms but not the living room. For the same reason: Not to block the nice view. Only intend to do grills after having kids.

Now she already have 2 kids (age 1 & 3), but still no grills. Reason: Too lazy to get contractor to do 1 piece of grill for living room. So now, all the portable stools & chairs are prohibited in the living room. Troublesome ahhh...
 
weiii Lightz...
r u saying i'm not giving u face to go to ur hse??
haha...

find one day, surprise u wif my sudden visit man!
keke...
 
keke... Lightz, after we all left, who did the sweeping and mopping ah!? =)
Mrs Lightz is a nice sweet lady, enjoyed talking to her too.

Angel, my bf said the same thing as yours! *pengz*
but if you intend to have kids in the near future, say within a year, then might as well do everything once and for all. Jus my opinion lah.
 
hi all,

sailormoon: got monday blues.. =( cos now keep thinking about reno n our house.. no mood to work.. like what magical used to say, if only we can all take 2 months no-pay leave so tat we can devote all our time on reno and furnishing our house.. then after tat can concentrate on work ma.. heehee...

after much scouting (2 weekends of walking around with magical), there is no luck at all.. all the reno jobs quoted to us very ex eh... sigh... spent so time on getting quotations (weekend all burnt) and still didnt find one i like.. so sian.. i think ever since i got my flat, the most fun weekend is spent at lightz's house yesterday le.. got free 'guided' tour, got food and entertainment too.. heehee.. =D

hows everyone's scouting of ID or contractors so far?

lightz: thanks for advice about the grills.. but have to compromise loh.. i dun wan the grills cos my hubby has to live with a pink toilet.. haahaaa.... our master toilet's floor and wall tiles are pink.. (done by HDB) haahaa... n hubby very sian about it but no choice have to live with it.. =D
 
hi diaodu

hehe! so qiao... he same floor as u... anyone of you got the 4 room unit on 17th floor of blk 394? me on that floor too! realise that the unit vacant for quite some time liao... hehe...

hi angel

we got our keys in 2004 and finished reno by mar05 (we did alot of scouting ard for a reliable ID, so didnt start on reno immediately) and our AD in oct'05.. not planning to have kids so early, thus decided not to install the grills first... hopefully by the time we have kid and he/she can climb liao, we wouldnt be too lazy to install... hehe

wow, got pink toilet tiles! i like... hehe... i hate the green tiles in my master bedroom
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hi everyone!

yeah i saw stacy's posting liao..but she not here yet...

hello stacy?! where are you~~?

haha..yeah poor lightz gotta guess who's who ..
not bad ley...he guessed all correct..heheh..

think overall went to abt 13 IDs/contractors already..these 2 weekends really tiring.. i feel super drained..
dunno why feel so stressed out..last night my insomnia came back, until 5 am still couldnt' sleep..sigh..actually today on mc.. got a horrble headache n so giddy.. =(

no joke having to juggle work, wedding preps n reno stuff man.. only hope to get everything done soon then i can get to rest in our new home..
 
Hi Joan,
Surprise visit?? Hopefully you'll find i day when i'm overseas... hahaha...

Hi angel_z,
Before you ask for quotation, you should tell the IDs your budget. So that they can design according to your budget. If not, they'll think that your printer can print money...

Hi magical,
Wahhh... 13 IDs/contractors!! of cos giddy lar...
The more you source, the more headache you have.
For me, i source about 4-5 IDs, choose 1 i like best & go for it.
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hi lightz,
haha/..but i cannot find anyone that i really like n have confidence in..
the one i really liked quoted me the highest!
then back to square 1 liao..
now waiting for quotations from 5-6 shops..
some shops that we went to, already mentally crossed them out once we spoke to them..sigh..
its so hard to find! even worse than when i was scourcing for my bridal package n hotel banquet..
 
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