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You can set rule, e.g. can only switch on aircon from 10pm to 10am. 1 of my ex-tenants bochap the rule even after I set the rule. It depends on the tenant hehe. I bought a big fan for my ex-tenant. In the end, she still switched on her aircon ~14 hours on working days and ~24 hours on non-working days. Beside that, I have no other issue with her.

No windows... How about bamboo blinds? I notice some owners install bamboo blinds, place some plants, table and chairs at the balcony. It makes the balcony such a cosy place for coffee and chitchat.

http://shanghaiist.com/2011/03/19/local_go..._rumours_of.php The local govt has come out to clarify that a man's death from salt overdoze is not true today.

Yes, these products from Japan may increase in price due to shortage. Do u all read of the chinaman who died from salt overdose ahlamah?

I will reply to the contractor "You are not selling Sashimi please! " Japan does not produce construction materials, so supplies of construction materials are not affected. The shutting down of Japan factories will instead slow down the demand for raw materials these few months.

You must be very heart pain over your new laminated flooring. I know HDB is responsible for repairing external walls + pay for cost of repairing of external walls. But so far, I never hear HDB helping houseowners to pay for cost of replacing things inside the house. It will be good for you to give HDB a call.

MOP starts from your 2nd appointment date with HDB.

The black WC looks stylo! Hehe I think the owner can afford to skip washing toilet bowl for months.

Thanks Anthen for the information. I appreciate it. Initially I thought the whole service yard wall can be hacked off since it's not drawn in bold on the HDB floorplan. Maybe I will just hack my wall into half like what you did. It will still provide kitchen with wind from the service yard windows. How much did you pay for the hacking etc for that piece of wall?

For certain things, I will not go for water-saving, eg. Toilet bowl flush and tap. Later "chocolate cakes" cannot be fully flushed off. My office is using water-saving toilet bowl flush and tap at pantry. Colleagues and I don't like them. Think we use even more water, as we do >1 time flush and wash our cups longer at tap.

Yeah no regret! I care the most about durability when I buy electronic products.

Yap that's the one. Buyer has no choice of the type of spray. It comes with a default one. It's not fair for me to compare LG and Hitachi washing machines because I never use LG one keke. I'm not particular about the water consumption, electricity consumption or noise level, because to me, the washing machine does not run 24 hours like the fridge and aircon. As long as it is durable and last a few years, I will be happy enough.

Yeah it's the plastic thing (page 5 photo) that sprays water out on top of the basin haha. Serviceman said that my house's water pressure was too low, so the default one sprayed water to the edge of my basin.

It is working well for me My washer isn't spoilt actually. The serviceman just changed the water inlet sprayer to another type to spray at the middle, then no water would be sprayed onto the side of my washer and landed to the ground.

Has anyone hacked the wall between service yard and kitchen area? I noticed newer HDBs have that wall. I like my house to be airy and bright. Somemore my new kitchen is going to be tiny. Will HDB grant the permit to hack the wall between service yard and kitchen area? Thanks.

Nice decals!!

It must be a human cos spirit doesn't take stairs.

Try to look at the figures of resale prices more rather than just reading the newspaper articles that says the measures are taking effect (GE advertisements for PAP). Valuation prices of HDBs are still creeping upwards these few quarters. I waited and waited in late 2008, thinking that prices would drop in 2009. In the end, prices leaped from April 2009 onwards and I paid extra 80K for my 1-year wait LOL.

Properties at North area are cheaper cos there is no direct expressway linking from North to CBD now. It is currently not so convenient to drive to CBD and CTE is always jammed. New north south expressway: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_625821.html Before KPE was built, people at Punggol and Sengkang had problems selling their properties. I knew of 1 who took 1 year to sell her Sengkang property. After KPE was completed and opened, see how much the properties there have gone up in price hehe.

Yap, my windows are swing type, inherited from previous owners.

Filipinoes. + They sometimes don't flush toilet bowl after big business

He sounds like my ex-tenants LOL~ , except that they never ask me to install water filter. Bobian, if we want to earn other people's $$, we have to bear with certain things.

Congrats to your new house. I'm in love with your kitchen! Your Jade Spring BTO construction is really fast. My BTO was launched 3 months after your BTO but my BTO's progress is far far far behind your one. I will only get my keys next year.

Erm... there is indeed this submission period on the OTP form leh. The standard submission period that ppl put down is 30 days. You can pull out your OTP form and read.

*Shake head* We have been hearing such cases on renotalk quite often. Sellers got mislead by agents about extenstion of stay and then got played out subsequently. I feel sorry for these sellers man.