Staying at "The Clift"

[mele123]

Hello,

I am looking for a good condo either in the central area at River Valley or in the Marina area.

Yesterday my agent showed me the clift. It looks quite good but I read a lot of bad reviews on ..

So is there anyone who has some experience with the clift?

[Brah]

Is The Clift a hotel?

[Strong Eagle]

Private condo

http://www...sg/condominium-di ... EC-17-GOO-[The%20Clift-condo-sale]-S-[the%20clift%20singapore]

[Brah]

I was being facetious.

The title of the thread is "Staying at "The Clift"".

One stays at a hotel, and lives in a condo.

Unless of course one was staying at a friend's place like The Clift.

I've only heard that since coming here. And consistently.

[Addadude]

One stays at a hotel, and lives in a condo.

Not in Singapore. It's very common for locals to ask "where do you stay?" in place of "where do you live?" I even find myself saying it these days.

[JR8]

The concept of having a full on airport-style cocktail lounge on the ground floor is very different. [I wonder how that fits in with the owner's service charge accounts, and the knock-on into the rent].

It's hard to give an opinion, since you have not outlined your circumstances/wishes.

For me, I'd hate to live so 'downtown'. Like moving to London, working in the City, and getting a cocktail lounged up condo on Finsbury Circus or something...

[JR8]

One stays at a hotel, and lives in a condo.

Not in Singapore. It's very common for locals to ask "where do you stay?" in place of "where do you live?" I even find myself saying it these days.

To throw a further spanner into the works, one of my traders used to live at the Oriental Hotel. Yes, really, apparently it is possible!

[Brah]

One stays at a hotel, and lives in a condo.

Not in Singapore. It's very common for locals to ask "where do you stay?" in place of "where do you live?" I even find myself saying it these days.

To throw a further spanner into the works, one of my traders used to live at the Oriental Hotel. Yes, really, apparently it is possible!

That makes perfect sense.

But I won't do what addadude does and accept the mangled English.

My usual respose - "Stay? Oh no, I live here".

[JR8]

Besides I think 'The Clift' is a jarringly awkward name. [Side thought: I wonder who dreams these things up, and whether they speak English]. It's one stop short of D'Clift.


Resident: I've moved into a condo: The Clift
Resident's mother: The what?
Resident: The Clift!
Mother: Isn't that a medical condition?
Resident: No Mum [sigh], the condo is called The Clift
Mother: Oh no you're living on a cliff, do be careful!?

[bgd]

Besides I think 'The Clift' is a jarringly awkward name. [Side thought: I wonder who dreams these things up, and whether they speak English]. It's one stop short of D'Clift.

Even The Economist has noted the "pounding" English takes in Sg property circles.

http://www.economist.com/node/21525464

[JR8]

Brilliant....

Where to live...

'Poshgrove East' > http://condo.singaporeexpats.com/condo/ ... GROVE-EAST

[Thinks: From Westbourne Grove > Poshgrove.... can only be good right? ]


'The Morning Glory' @ Sirat Road. (the site auto-deletes any link)
Do they run no kind of linguistic audits on what these names mean?

[Barnsley]

Brilliant....

Where to live...

'Poshgrove East' > http://condo.singaporeexpats.com/condo/ ... GROVE-EAST

[Thinks: From Westbourne Grove > Poshgrove.... can only be good right? ]


'The Morning Glory' @ Sirat Road. (the site auto-deletes any link)
Do they run no kind of linguistic audits on what these names mean?

Use to have a friend who lived there

[JR8]

Use to have a friend who lived there

Ooh which one!

[Barnsley]

Use to have a friend who lived there

Ooh which one!

Poshgrove ..... I thought she was kidding when she gave the name.

Who thinks up this stuff.

[JR8]

Poshgrove ..... I thought she was kidding when she gave the name.

Who thinks up this stuff.

Brilliant. I'm going to go and stand in front of a mirror and try and repeat.. 'Yah, I live at Poshgrove, yah really, no'really I do, yah no rilly I do yah'...