Actually wanted to start a T-Blog long ago but drag until now.
Been trying to get new house from HDB balloting since last year but after 4 unsuccesful tries decided to go for a resale instead. Actually the process of looking at flats was quite enjoyable. Our agent who happens to be my buddy's sister brought us to see at least 20 different units within our criteria over a weekend, and after that weekend of looking at flats we saw one that we like and its just opposite my mother-in-law block in Jurong West.
Its a unit that's 10mins walk to Jurong point and maybe only 5 mins walk to the new Pioneer MRT. Excercise our OTP at a COV of $18,888 in May and finally gotten our key in July.
Here's the floorplan. Its a 5I type of flat.
Went ID hunting after we signed our OTP in May. Basically went to a few that was recommended in the Forum. Finally settled with Bernard of Ideal House. Not going to touch on the rest of the IDs we went to since we did not engage them in the end. Bernard's quote was one of the better ones that we got and he's a really nice guy and is very practical with his suggestions. Our reno will cost around $40k in the end.