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by teegs » Mon, 02 Feb 2009 9:17 am
Hi all,
I am relocating to Singapore mid Feb with a friend and we will both be working at Tan Tock Seng hospital as Occupational Therapists. We are in the process of looking for an apartment and would like to live somewhere not too far away from the hospital which is near Novena MRT station. Are there any
condos (with pool) that can be recommended that are not too expensive?? I have found a few in Maplewoods that seem reasonable but can anyone recommend any other areas/condos that would be good for two young Australian girls to live in?
Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated

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by BodyBlitz » Mon, 02 Feb 2009 4:15 pm
You will need to state your budget.
If its tight, then living at whampoa or toa payoh is very near, they're hdb estates.
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by teegs » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:02 am
Hi,
Our budget is around S$3000 per month. We would love to have a pool if possible, and maybe be in an area with other expats.
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by napalm » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 1:07 am
you can try looking for
condos around balestier road
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by durain » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 9:25 am
teegs wrote:Hi,
Our budget is around S$3000 per month. We would love to have a pool if possible, and maybe be in an area with other expats.
just about all
condo will have a pool and your budget will cover a condo. as for area with other expats, there's no such area. there's no white area or yellow area. expats are everywhere.
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by teegs » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 9:32 am
Thanks for your suggestions. I wasn't really looking for a "white or yellow area" just somewhere that has a young sortof croud where we may be able to make friends at our age level

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by inselaffen » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:08 pm
Have been in or
condo in East Coast now for 3 months and havnt really met anyone. The locals really seem to keep to themselves and the Western Expat social scene seems to be based entirely around kids, which we don't have (yet)
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by Saint » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:29 pm
inselaffen wrote:Have been in or
condo in East Coast now for 3 months and havnt really met anyone. The locals really seem to keep to themselves and the Western Expat social scene seems to be based entirely around kids, which we don't have (yet)
We live on the East Coast and have a good kidless social life with a mixture of locals and expats, ok so it revolves around having a few beers but I can cope with that

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by inselaffen » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 3:18 pm
Saint wrote:inselaffen wrote:Have been in or
condo in East Coast now for 3 months and havnt really met anyone. The locals really seem to keep to themselves and the Western Expat social scene seems to be based entirely around kids, which we don't have (yet)
We live on the East Coast and have a good kidless social life with a mixture of locals and expats, ok so it revolves around having a few beers but I can cope with that

maybe you condo has more expats. guess ours is at least 90pct local
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by Saint » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 3:40 pm
inselaffen wrote:Saint wrote:inselaffen wrote:Have been in or
condo in East Coast now for 3 months and havnt really met anyone. The locals really seem to keep to themselves and the Western Expat social scene seems to be based entirely around kids, which we don't have (yet)
We live on the East Coast and have a good kidless social life with a mixture of locals and expats, ok so it revolves around having a few beers but I can cope with that

maybe you condo has more expats. guess ours is at least 90pct local
Should have said, go out and meet up with people.
Don't actually know anyone from our Condo, well except our Agent

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by jamesjo » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 3:44 pm
stay at where is the best?
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by inselaffen » Tue, 03 Feb 2009 3:45 pm
Saint wrote:inselaffen wrote:Saint wrote:
We live on the East Coast and have a good kidless social life with a mixture of locals and expats, ok so it revolves around having a few beers but I can cope with that

maybe you
condo has more expats. guess ours is at least 90pct local
Should have said, go out and meet up with people.
Don't actually know anyone from our Condo, well except our Agent

am starting training at my hockey club from tonight so hopefully will get to know more people through that.
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by lipandayan » Sun, 08 Feb 2009 8:56 am
hi, i think for australian, they would love to live near Holland Village where most expats hang out. There are good restaurants and shops in there.. and the living environment around there is nice.
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