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Hi Friends, Don't know if this thread is still active or not? Or is there a facebook on tanglin halt road? Wondering if anyone can share their experiences with bird poo, droppings on window ledges. Is there a surefire, cheap way to prevent those birds from resting and pooing on window ledges?

Thanks mumulovenest, the pics are very helpful

How are the prices for small philips kitchen appliances like steam iron at the carnival? Are they considerably cheaper than those big electrical stores or neighbourhood stores? Don't want to waste time to go to find that the prices are the same.

hi emma, did you get the flat from hdb sept balloting? how much is the price of the flat? thanks

Hi Kari, when did you buy the flat at tanglin halt? which hdb sales exercise was it? is it high floor or low floor? Btw do you know how much your 5-rm flat neighbours bought their flats for?

hi, a couple more questions 1) Do/ Will resale prices drop below what was initially paid for the flat? Will their prices ever deppreciate? 2) If not, why? 3) A 4 room built since 1990 resale flat, 10 mins away from mrt that costs about 400k in Tampines. Will I recover my investment shall I eventually sell it in a couple of years? 4) What hidden costs are there in resale flats? agent fees and? 4) If I do book a flat and take up gov subsidies, I cannot sell it for the next 5 years. In the meantime, if I like a BTO flat that is due for completion in 4-5 years, I cannot apply for that right? 5) If so, can my parents apply for it, and if they do get it, transfer the deed to me? 6) With the recession, is demand for rental rooms still high in sg? Generally, how much is the rent for a room within 10 mins from Tampines mrt now? Thanks in advance.

Dear forum readers, I am urgently seeking advise on a number of questions and would greatly appreciate your expert opinons. First of all, a bit of background. I am a first time hdb flat buyer, not familiar at all with hdb housing policies. I sincerly seek your kind understanding if my questions sound noobish. I am singaporean, my FW is PR and we have been together for more than 2 years. We have not gone to ROM. She is living with me in my parent's home but my family does not welcome her. It is impossible to mend the differences due to a very traditional thinking old school parents. We urgently need to move out with or without their blessings. We have been working for a number of years, are financial independent and debt free but due to the recession, I dare not say that our ricebowls are safe especially so since I am in banking, my FW is in manaufacturing and retrenchment looms on the horizon for both of us in 2009. We do not consider renting a room due to the high cost of rent. We also do not consider resale flats as we do not have enough cash and do not think it is worthwhile to buy an old flat which might deappreciate in value? Please correct me if I am wrong. In our first and current ballot exercise, we do not have a good queue number and the flats that we have shortlisted are all taken up. However, there is only one flat left that we are interested in, and might have a good chance of booking it. We have been to the site of the flat once and are very disappointed with a few things. I understand it's logical that the flats left in BE come usually with very poor external factors. I seek sound advise from forum readers here on these concerns. 1) The flat is on a very low floor, very close to a school, all the living room and bedroom windows all open up facing the school, and costs half a million! In your expert opinon, is this a worthwhile investment and will the value deappreciate come 5 years down the road? Especially since all the noise and bells from the school in early hours of morning and all through the day will seriously put off anyone and half a million is a very huge investment decision for us. 2) HDB launched a BTO in december that we are also very interested in and we are aware that there is no gurantee that we will get a good queue number and most importantly, it takes 4-5 years to completion. We cannot afford to wait for so long. What will anyone do in my shoes? Sorry for the long post but I really need a second opinon and sound advise from kind souls in this forum. Thank you in advance.