I will be relocating to Singapore later this year with a wife and two young children, and would like to ask for recommendations to achieve a smooth arrival.
As (I assume) most new arrivals, our personal effects will ship on our date of departure from our origin country. This means we'll have a ~10 week delay until it arrives in Singapore.
We would like to understand the options for arriving to a fully furnished apartment, but transitioning to our own personal effects when they arrive.
We've seen several apartments advertised which are offered as "fully furnished" with the option to have them "partially" or "unfurnished" (presumably the landlord will add/remove furniture accordingly). We've also seen fully furnished apartments offered on a "flexible" lease.
The question is whether we are able to take an apartment as "fully furnished" initially, and negotiate with the landlord to remove his/her furniture when ours arrives (~2-3 months down the line)? Alternatively, we can take a fully furnished apartment on a short-term lease (e.g. 3 months) and move to an unfurnished apartment when our lease is up and stuff has arrived.
We don't really want to spend the money on a Serviced Apartment, as all the ones we've seen have been prohibitively expensive. We also want to minimise the number of moves given the young family members. We're looking a condo apartments, not HDB.
Do any members have recommendations based on their "smooth arrival" experiences?
