Just like home, very friendly neighbours, that bring our washing in if it rains, have a drink with the local shop keeper now and then, actually he's mixed but born here and always lived here...There are plenty of friendly people, I also have some Indian friends, only know the grandmother, mother and kids, but I often chat with them....I gave up the California fitness and go to the local gym now too.SGBoyxxx wrote:compare to condos or landed houses?
Seem like most expats either stay in condo or landed property here in sg.
I am stay in HDB flat . My blk here , I do see a few european staying around in my place here.
but lately didn;t spotted them.
one of my neighbours told me they have shift to stay in the condo at bukit timad there .I know that places alot of expats staying.
same like holland V..ect place where most expats spotted.
I am seldom see europrean people stay in hdb
so curious here .
if you happen to stay in HDB how u find it ?the environment ?
cool because I noticed expats seem hardly spotted staying in HDBksl wrote:Just like home, very friendly neighbours, that bring our washing in if it rains, have a drink with the local shop keeper now and then, actually he's mixed but born here and always lived here...There are plenty of friendly people, I also have some Indian friends, only know the grandmother, mother and kids, but I often chat with them....I gave up the California fitness and go to the local gym now too.SGBoyxxx wrote:compare to condos or landed houses?
Seem like most expats either stay in condo or landed property here in sg.
I am stay in HDB flat . My blk here , I do see a few european staying around in my place here.
but lately didn;t spotted them.
one of my neighbours told me they have shift to stay in the condo at bukit timad there .I know that places alot of expats staying.
same like holland V..ect place where most expats spotted.
I am seldom see europrean people stay in hdb
so curious here .
if you happen to stay in HDB how u find it ?the environment ?
Condo's remind me of UK housing in size, like chicken huts, compared to what we have 150 sq mtr....so no condo for me, thank you very much! Condo's are also the quickest way to end up in negative equity too, if you buy at the wrong time, which many have fallen victim to.
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Last year I celebrated my 10th year in our HDB flat that I bought on the resale market just after the financial meltdown of '97. I am also a member of our residents committee as well. There are quite a few 'whities' in HDB flats now as more and more realize that they aren't so bad and usually the older estates have all the amenities you could want including good bus & MRT/LRT links. What I really like is the fact that through 2 recessions and the current depression my flat is still worth more than 100K more than what I paid for it. I hate living in and HDB flat. I would hate living in a condo for the same reason though. I'm a farmboy and unless I can run out the front or BACK door into the grass barefooted, I'm not happy. I'm also not happy being incarcerated every night (at least that's what it feels like with locked bars on the doors & windows). What to do? 3 more years tops! Then it's fishin' pole & isky full of beer sittin' on the dock fishing.
And no underpantsI'm a farmboy and unless I can run out the front or BACK door into the grass barefooted, I'm not happy.
This must be a guy thing because my husband says the best thing about living in a B&W is being able to pee on the lawnsundaymorningstaple wrote: I hate living in and HDB flat. I would hate living in a condo for the same reason though. I'm a farmboy and unless I can run out the front or BACK door into the grass barefooted, I'm not happy.
2 more dayssundaymorningstaple wrote:Out of Quarantine yet?
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Last year I celebrated my 10th year in our HDB flat that I bought on the resale market just after the financial meltdown of '97. I am also a member of our residents committee as well. There are quite a few 'whities' in HDB flats now as more and more realize that they aren't so bad and usually the older estates have all the amenities you could want including good bus & MRT/LRT links. What I really like is the fact that through 2 recessions and the current depression my flat is still worth more than 100K more than what I paid for it. I hate living in and HDB flat. I would hate living in a condo for the same reason though. I'm a farmboy and unless I can run out the front or BACK door into the grass barefooted, I'm not happy. I'm also not happy being incarcerated every night (at least that's what it feels like with locked bars on the doors & windows). What to do? 3 more years tops! Then it's fishin' pole & isky full of beer sittin' on the dock fishing.
How do you know they're European?SGBoyxxx wrote:I do see a few european staying around in my place here.
from their accents they speak .teck21 wrote:How do you know they're European?SGBoyxxx wrote:I do see a few european staying around in my place here.
true .I know many expats come to singapore work.sundaymorningstaple wrote:SGBoy, I still live in my HDB flat.
I will continue to do so until I leave Singapore. Hopefully that will be about 3 years from now if all goes well. (I'll will have been here 30 years and have had enough so I will be retiring) I will then go back to the US where I have a 100+ hectare waterfront farm to enjoy my retirement on. Singapore is a great place as long as you are working, but not so great if you are living on a fixed income as it's expensive and noisy due to traffic and smelly due to to vehicle density and Indonesian forest burnings every year.
With the noise and traffic and expense it's not conducive to relaxation which I've worked a long, long time to get to. It's been a good run but the last 7 years have been rough for a number of reasons.
nakatago wrote:I live in an HDB flat too, not that I could afford to rent a condo or landed property...which I share with other expats...and expats, I mean, people not living in their country of origin, not those on generous expat packages from their companies.
Our current flat is actually quite nice but having pipes above my head while I'm on the can kinda perturbs me. I mean, what if there's a leak?!?
I also miss having a lawn; having a space where you could do dirty, messy activities and projects and still have a clean, tidy space to have your meals without cleaning up right away.
The HDB flats are quite nice and quiet...if you're on a high floor. We moved flats; from 14th to second floor. Now, the local school buses wake me up in the morning before my alarm goes off. But at least it's a short trip when the ice cream man comes. Or when you're late for work.
I've lived in a flat where it's just a no-nonsese, no frills housing project and also in if-you-add-a-fence-security-a-gym-and-a-pool-in-the-compound-it'll-pass-for-a-condo type of flats. So unless the price for a condo unit is very, very, competitive, I will settle for an HDB flat. I don't know about buying one yet, though. Still not sure how long I'll be staying here.
HDB's...they're a mixed big, have their broad spectrum, and have a little something for everyone.
@SGBoy,
You don't have to be alone. Find a girl, get hitched and then, make more local Singaporeans
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