Owning your first home!
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I hope the people who came up with this goal die slow and terrible deaths. As if we're not horrbibly overcrowded already!Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Unless Singapore annexes Johor, look for this to be a continuing housing trend as the government works toward its goal of 7 million inhabitants by the year 20XX.
MG
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they wanna be like hong kongOriginally posted by av98m:I hope the people who came up with this goal die slow and terrible deaths. As if we're not horrbibly overcrowded already! 
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4 roomOriginally posted by shinta:5 room? -
At least Hong Kong is not that bad only the flats is much much smaller, roads much narrower...Originally posted by shinta:they wanna be like hong kong
At least their container port terminal is together -
Then I'll be on my way to the land of wallabies faster than expected.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Unless Singapore annexes Johor, look for this to be a continuing housing trend as the government works toward its goal of 7 million inhabitants by the year 20XX.
MG
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Fantastic romantic place, until you have to do the housework, gradens and lawns.Originally posted by elindra:Well my first home turned out pretty much what I wanted (It has a tatami, it has a pond (tiny one)). I'm never a big fan of the walk-in wardrobe unless it is as big as a room
One thing I didn't get which I really one is an outdoor kitchen which we had in my old place (parent's home) The space and the feeling of cooking "outdoors" is fun, plus you do get interesting visitors like inquinsitive birds when you're cooking
and the neighbour's cat .
Anyway my dream home is not one by the sea (the corrosion to metals is not a myth) but one near a forest/park, near a lake with mountains in the background (Something like those nice quaint villages in Austria....or something like Queenstown in NZ) where I Can have a GIANT koi pond with a pavillion in the middle , a nice garden with a BBQ area which leads to an outdoor kitchen.
How are you ever going to find time for WOW -
If I can afford that, I won't even be doing the housework. I'll hire a maidOriginally posted by Kan_i:Fantastic romantic place, until you have to do the housework, gradens and lawns.
How are you ever going to find time for WOW
I'll have more time for WoW than ever before -
Don't forget the gounds keeper and landscape artist.Originally posted by elindra:If I can afford that, I won't even be doing the housework. I'll hire a maid
I'll have more time for WoW than ever before -
To own your first home, better make sure you have some savings in the range of tens of thousands (at least) - for the downpayment, conveyancing fees, renovation and/or buying of furniture, home appliances, etc.
Otherwise, one may find him-/herself in debt for several years, and hardly any $$$ in the bank account, and no long holidays and no luxuries for several years too. -
how about an apartment with nth insideOriginally posted by Wanda:To own your first home, better make sure you have some savings in the range of tens of thousands (at least) - for the downpayment, conveyancing fees, renovation and/or buying of furniture, home appliances, etc.
Otherwise, one may find him-/herself in debt for several years, and hardly any $$$ in the bank account, and no long holidays and no luxuries for several years too.
go for the minimum = maximum thing
just a bed and a pc and a tv n ps2
is enuff atm -
Wtf has container ports have to do with owning your own house?Originally posted by sbst275:At least Hong Kong is not that bad only the flats is much much smaller, roads much narrower...
At least their container port terminal is together
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U can afford it... NZ houses are cheap and land is plentiful.Originally posted by elindra:If I can afford that, I won't even be doing the housework. I'll hire a maid
I'll have more time for WoW than ever before
Infcat if you go outside metro of Australia land is cheap and big.
No maids though.... i think you people in SG, HK, Macau have it easier.
Maids are cheap. -
Anyway, back on-topic, I remember thinking to myself when I was signing the papers for my apartment, "Yep! My backside now belongs to the bank!!"
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Originally posted by Kan_i:U can afford it... NZ houses are cheap and land is plentiful.
Infcat if you go outside metro of Australia land is cheap and big.
No maids though.... i think you people in SG, HK, Macau have it easier.
Maids are cheap.
NZ is my dream location for retirement
I can't imagine doing all the cleaning though especially when I like materials like wood and natural stone and that's like expensive and needs maintanence -
Originally posted by av98m:Anyway, back on-topic, I remember thinking to myself when I was signing the papers for my apartment, "Yep! My backside now belongs to the bank!!"
I think it is to most peeps.
Anyway ultimately it all boils down to debt management on how long you want your funds to be tied up, or not at all.
Usually that is the leverage between a really wonderful looking house and something more practical
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Originally posted by elindra:
NZ is my dream location for retirement
I can't imagine doing all the cleaning though especially when I like materials like wood and natural stone and that's like expensive and needs maintanence
lots of good books then cause u aint going to NZ for shopping -
No need for maids... our house will be a manageable size, about 600sqmOriginally posted by Rhonda:SL, I hope your dream home comes with a dream team of maids to help out with the housekeeping!! My brother's place is nearly 1000sqm and he & my sis in law manage the whole house by themselves & it is dead neat -
I love readingOriginally posted by Kan_i:
lots of good books then cause u aint going to NZ for shopping -
Are you familiar with / from Sydney? Am looking at the northern districtsOriginally posted by Kan_i:I guess its a matter of location. Which area are you looking in?
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SL, Kan is living in Sydney but I'm not sure which district he is inOriginally posted by SydneyLibrarian:Are you familiar with / from Sydney? Am looking at the northern districts -
Fool lah youOriginally posted by charlize:Wtf has container ports have to do with owning your own house?
Stop introducing your pet topics into the thread lah.
If your facilities are scattered all over the places, land usage is not maximised -
The one golden rule of home ownership that I learned the hard way after acquiring my home some years back:
Home improvement projects never cease. The completion of one project usually highlights an inadequacy in one's living space that can only be addressed by initiating another home improvement project.
And thus the cycle continues...
(My current HI project: repainting the upstairs bathrooms with paint that is a little more, shall we say, 'water resistant.')
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now you know why Home Depot managed to grow to be so big ...Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:The one golden rule of home ownership that I learned the hard way after acquiring my home some years back:
Home improvement projects never cease. The completion of one project usually highlights an inadequacy in one's living space that can only be addressed by initiating another home improvement project. -
spacious n simple...n a lill elements of javanese
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I still want to live at Dandaragan Bay, or Scarborough Beach, Perth.
whatever the case, my house/flat must have rustic elements..