"To live in?" - this is the most common response I received, especially among the Singaporeans, when I shared that I ended up buying a shophouse after a few months of house hunting. Well, I guess a sh

<12 Mar 2019> Today's supposed to be our selection date for our SBF. We initially thought there would be no chance cos our queue no exceeded Chinese quota by 40+! And we were literally single digits f

Bye kallang 👋 So previously I mentioned about waiting to share a plan that we had... But I guess the deal is gone so we can't jinx it anymore So we went to view a block at Kallang and then realised t

<17 Feb 2019> Going to view another flat now. But praying hard we get our first choice still Update: Oh gosh. The house was so cui 😨 We decided to throw in ballot for ROF this round since we will kno

<14 Feb 2019> Fingers crossed in my heart Please let today's viewing be good!! Pinning so much hopes on this. _____________________ OMG. I think we might have found 'the one' ?? Fingers crossed that e

<14 Nov 2018> Hehe can't wait to go home and pour over the site plans for the SBF and figure out how much we can also afford. The flats are most likely going to be completed in end 2020 or early 2021.

<13 Jan 2019> We viewed 8 units today! #KJlovenest It’s crazy but we are so so so thankful Joseph took time out to come with us. We eliminated 5 of what we viewed and one cluster! What a big narrowing

<12 May 2019> Have been reading up on the new cpf hdb changes and trying to gather my thoughts to analyse the whole situation. As a summary I can only say that this move is great for older folks who w

<6 March 2019> OMGGGGG WE GOT THE HOUSE!!! Can I just say how thankful I am 🙏🙏🙏 and how the timing was just right. It was the very last house we had on our radar already. Before we had to start ou

<19 Feb 2019> Really?? Are we getting more grants ?? Eh no leh. Hahaha. I compared but it's still the same. Guess housing issues for first timers isn't their priority now. Maybe winning back the Merd

<16 Feb 2019> Hoping for new properties to pop out for the area I want So we offered OTP just now. The agent called and tried to nego slightly higher but not as kuazhang as before. We totally didn't r

<17 Jan 2019> So I spent yesterday night reading forums of our bto when it was first launched to see people's analysis of the stacks, and also all those fengsui analysis and all and OMG my head is swi

<20 Feb 2019> WE’RE GONNA EXERCISE THE OPTION. It’s ours!! Gonna start meeting IDs this weekend 😁 #KJlovenest So so so excited and I have abit of inspo here and there.. color schemes are more or le

#happitat HDB informed seller that the door must be changed to fire rated door before completion due to the distance to the lift lobby, what a bummer! I thought as long as I change during reno will d

19 Mar 2019 Feeling slightly annoyed cos our exercise OTP has been dragging for almost a week?? Like first I asked my agent if we needed to cancel our existing bto applications cos it will affect gran

<25 Feb 2019> Hahaha it's like nothing in my life is as interesting as trying to find a house So we went for second viewing of this house we potentially thought could be the one.. but then we realise

<18 Feb 2019> Hoping for good news today 🤞 Will the budget give us more housing grants? Is that why the agent is not wanting to commit to my offer :( I'm so happy that R is also as excited as me abou

<12 Feb 2019> ITS OUT!! let me go check the rof! WOW half way through day one and it's already like this?? Got to be kidding meeee omg Y'all go fight for kallang leh haha As of 5pm on day one. Wah are

<15 Nov 2019> Trying to read up more on bank loans vs HDB loans! Confused af hahaha. OMG. Help. HDB loan: +straight forward -/+ lesser down payment needed (but this doesn't really apply to us cos we

<21 Jan 2019> There’s another couple interested in the unit we want and they might offer today. KA still has some loose ends to tie up before we confirm the house so we really don’t know if we can of