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by AD1982 » Mon, 08 Sep 2014 2:54 am
Hi Guys
Subject to employment pass approval I should be moving to Singapore from Australia (originally from UK) next month. I am looking for some advice on which district to live (flatshare) based on the following basic criteria. I haven't included all the items in the criteria template used by others as at this stage I am just looking for advice on location.
Budget: $1600
Private / master bedroom
Commute: 30 mins approx (to Raffles Place)
Close to: Red/Green MRT, pubs/bars/social areas, supermarkets
As a single male that doesn't know anyone in Singapore, the social aspect will be important initially and as such I would prefer 'hustle and bustle' to areas that are quieter from an entertainment perspective. I can be flexible on however so it would be great to hear your thoughts and experiences.
Cheers
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by life_is_great » Mon, 15 Sep 2014 4:32 pm
Try The Plaza Apartments at Beach Road. Lots of European interns rent rooms there. Google the intern forums in SG. Location is Central and rooms should be in your budget.
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by waleed123 » Thu, 09 Oct 2014 6:58 pm
Your next step would be checking out this website's classifieds. Some landlord/main tenant advertise for a single expat to move into one of the available rooms in the house.
Your budget is definitely enough for ONE room within Orchard. In fact, it is enough to rent a whole
condominium for yourself a little bit farther from the city centre.
aliiiii
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by sundaymorningstaple » Thu, 09 Oct 2014 8:02 pm
Waleed, how long have you been in Singapore? Two weeks perchance? Is one of your nicks hassan321?
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by the lynx » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 9:20 am
waleed123 wrote:Your next step would be checking out this website's classifieds. Some landlord/main tenant advertise for a single expat to move into one of the available rooms in the house.
Your budget is definitely enough for ONE room within Orchard. In fact, it is enough to rent a whole
condominium for yourself a little bit farther from the city centre.
Gawd, if you can find me a
condominium for $1,600 farther from the city centre, I will give you 120% commission.
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by rajagainstthemachine » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:21 pm
waleed123 wrote:
Your budget is definitely enough for ONE room within Orchard. In fact, it is enough to rent a whole
condominium for yourself a little bit farther from the city centre.
pray! where may I ask is this fabled location far away from the city center?
JB?
To get there early is on time and showing up on time is late
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by Strong Eagle » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:27 pm
rajagainstthemachine wrote:waleed123 wrote:
Your budget is definitely enough for ONE room within Orchard. In fact, it is enough to rent a whole
condominium for yourself a little bit farther from the city centre.
pray! where may I ask is this fabled location far away from the city center?
JB?
No, no, no... wrong sentence construction... May I know the location of this fabled establishment?
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by x9200 » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:35 pm
By any typical, regular size country standards, "a little bit farther" could be well into Johor.
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by rajagainstthemachine » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:41 pm
Strong Eagle wrote:rajagainstthemachine wrote:waleed123 wrote:
Your budget is definitely enough for ONE room within Orchard. In fact, it is enough to rent a whole
condominium for yourself a little bit farther from the city centre.
pray! where may I ask is this fabled location far away from the city center?
JB?
No, no, no... wrong sentence construction... May I know the location of this fabled establishment?
thanks for the correction, I was trying to figure out how to word it

To get there early is on time and showing up on time is late
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by MikeJones » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 2:15 pm
rajagainstthemachine wrote:Strong Eagle wrote:rajagainstthemachine wrote:
pray! where may I ask is this fabled location far away from the city center?
JB?
No, no, no... wrong sentence construction... May I know the location of this fabled establishment?
thanks for the correction, I was trying to figure out how to word it

Well stick commas after the where and the ask and you would have been fine

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by CaptainBullus » Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:39 pm
Look around Tiong Bahru, a lot of my single mates hang out around there...
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by amarettoSour » Sun, 09 Nov 2014 11:42 pm
River valley and tiong bahru area fits the bill. But for a master bedroom you may have to shell out a bit more ($1800-2000) depending on the
condo. Ours is $1600 for master but we got pretty lucky with the landlord.
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