First, welcome to Singapore.
Which apartment did they take for you? I looked at the 2BR at Lucida. I really like the location as it is about equidistant between the Newton and Novena MRT stops. Will you be driving?
I really loved the building, the bedrooms was big enough and the bathrooms were exactly what I was looking for. There are a few reasons that I didn't take any of the apartments I saw at Lucida.
The kitchen is way too small for me. I love to cook and there is really no space to work. The appliances are built-in so don't take up much space but I couldn't even imagine trying to spend time cooking in the small space.
The living room was very small. Everyone said "Well you can put the dining room on the 200 sqft balcony. Yeah, right. Luckily one landlord bought some furniture and put it in the living room and that gave me the ability to see and decide unequivocally that I couldn't live there.
Though not a deciding factor, in one of the units the landlord decided to do some decorating and had a huge tree painted on the wall. It looked nice in principal, but not what I wanted for the apartment I'd live in. Why don't they get that they should just go with neutral decor?
So I'm about to close on a place on Irrawaddy called I-Residence which was built by the same contractor it seems. Similar finishing and style with similarly large balconies but with a layout that is a bit better for my needs.
Note that in this second place I saw a 3 bedroom and was in love. Everything was really perfect. I don't understand why they make a 3 bedroom with correct sized rooms and everything but can't do the same in a 2 bedroom. However, if this is an indication that the 3 bedrooms in Lucida are similarly perfect then it is ideal.
Pics of the 2 bedrooms at Lucida that I saw can be found at
https://picasaweb.google.com/1017344200 ... directlink#[/list]