I dont know your standard of living, but SGD 3,600 is more than enough to get a nice
condominum here. 80% singporean lives in HDB apartment, that you cant rent from 5000 to 1,000 SGD for a month. But, many also lives in luxury condo that you ahve to pay at least SGD 5,000 per month. For my own standard, with SGD2,500 per month I get a nice condo already.
I live in the anchorage, alexandra road. nice place for reasonable price. but unfortunately not really close to MRT station. you can walk to queesntown MRT station, but it will be 10-15 minutes, i never did it. just take any bus passing in front of the apartment complex and only 2 or 3 bust stop you can stop in red hill or quessntowns MRT station. This station is only 4-5 station to Raflles place (CBD).
There is also direct bus to Raffles, from the back gate and crossing a bit another apartment (HDB) complex.
taxi is plenty in alexnadra road, it will take you 10 minutes to Raffles place or Orchard and cost about SGD 5-6 dollars. But, as you know later on, there is some surcharge for taxi riding in spore, like office hours surcharge, CBD surcharge. To get to to my office in Raffles place, in the morning, i have to pay 1 SGD peakhours surcharge, 2.5 CBD surcharge, it costs me in total about SGD 9.
Taking bus/train will cost about SGD 1+ one ride to Raffles Place (where my office is).
A shopping mall with supermarket and food court is attached to this apartment. A popular IKEA just in the opposite street, cheaper queensway shopping centre and police building in the other corner of the street.
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condominium with full facilities, spacious area, green and nice garden, well maintained, just renovated and repainted few months ago.
with SGD 3,600 you cant get a very nice decor and furnished, a 3 bed room for a spacious 1600sqft. You may get a bigger 4 BR. Each unit has 2 balcony, in living room, and main bedroom.
Most of the residents here is expat, Japan is the most, then westerner, also Korean Indian, as well as Indonesian like me. Also many local residents.
But, if you are single or youg couple with no kid (like me), and dont like a bigger complex with some childrens palying out in garden and swimming pool in weekend, and really want MRT station close to you, i will recommend Queens or Novena Suites.
Queens apartment is newer, built 2004 , and just next to queenstown MRT station, for SGD 3,600 you can a good 3 BR, but with less space compared to the Anchorage, probably 1,200-1,300 sqft. A nice apartment, but there is no decent shooping center around; and no balcony. There is a string of shopshouses and food stalls in the oppiste apartment.
Queens and Anchorage is to the west of City/Rafless place.
Novena suites is a smaller condo building, very new. next to Novena MRT station (6 station to the north of Raffless place, 2 station to Orchard). A number of shopping mall are around, nice area. You can get a big 3 or 4 BR there. But facilities is limited, like small swimming pool, etc.
I like Novena area actually, may move to this area someday.
There is also Thomson condo just the oppiste Novena suites, you can try.
Between Novena and OCrhard is Newton Road, there are plenty of nice condo in this area, but I dont know many, because I dont want to pay more than 2,500 SGD. And, not all condo in tis road close to MRT station. later, if you become familiar with Bus route, you will forget your preference on MRT, becuase bus is very covenient and can stop just the opposite of you home.
YOu can try bukit timah area further up to nortwest, but not MRT line.
I am working with an investment banking here, have just moved to singapore 3 months ago.
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