pilotswife wrote:Hi, Thank you so much for this information it's been a lot of help.
We're planning on moving out in Oct/Nov time and will be staying for at least a year then see how things go.
I've heard that hawker centres can sometimes work out a lil cheaper to eat at then cooking at home!
Whats the best way to find a place to live? internet, local viewing, agent?
I could never imagine doing a move like this if I was pregnant, It's hard enough with a toddler. How far did you have to move?
I must admit it was a bit scary but we are far better off having a baby here than back home in the UK. When you say how far did I move, do you mean, my move from the UK or from our Hotel to where we live now? We were put in a hotel called the Grand Mercure Roxy at Marine Parade. It's not an area we considered but after spending a Saturday/Sunday afternoon on bikes on the the East Coast we just fell in love with the place.
We didn't have much to move, just 2 suitcases and 2 sets of golf clubs (along with any stuff we bought when we arrived) and our lovely agent helped us out with the use of her car to move our stuff.
I used this web site's
condo directory to have a better look at more detailed info about the condo - like the facilities, pool, kitchen etc and age of the development, which was quite important to me as I found the sanitary ware in some apartments a bit grotty - I'm a bit weird about that kind of thing.
If you have any other questions just ask. You could always keep in touch on here and PM when you arrive and I could meet you for kiddies play date and coffee.