ahberden

Is Benedict's services really expensive? His first quote is really shocking... !!

interested to go down to their office... are they open on Sundays??

HDB sent me a letter at the end of July, asking me to collect my keys on 11 Aug 2007. I got the regular shaped flat. My queue number to select unit is 4. The queue to collect keys is probably its based on who selected first. Not very sure also... just my opinion. Anyway now 7th month already started, so most chinese wont want to open the door during the 7th month. Hope you get your unit soon!

Not high floor one. A few floors below mid level. Based on current market... should be a good price.

Hi, No one else used this ID. Was quite impressed with their design. Planning to get ID for my new 5rm flat in Clementi Heights. Cheers, Ahberden

Hi, You got PM!

Just collected my keys from HDB on 11 Aug 07 Sat morning. Whole process took approx. 1 hr. Have already opened the door to my new home as the 7th month is coming monday. So quickly proceed to go open door... Have ard 7 days to report any defects. Any idea what are the stuff to check??

For my other friends, their combined income is > $3000 and < $8000.

Hi all, Anyone contracted Designscale 1:3 before? How is their works? Any photos to share? Any positive/negative feedbacks? Cheers, Ahberden

Hi all, I have been staying in Blk 326 Clementi Ave 5 since 1997. Moving to Blk 458 Ave 3 by CNY 2008. Cheers, Ahberden

Oh he is not eligible for the 30k he says because he and his wife combine salary is over 8k. so thats why he bought Casa Merah. and waiting to sub sale it now. !! Yah, i personally went to read up at the website. for those wanting to buy new flats through HDB, there is a Additional CPF housing grant. But it is only for those lower income category which i do not fall in. Now im definately sure my friend is giving the wrong info. He even tells me that he has read the HDB site and asks me to go read it.

I suppose that the odd shape floor plan will not affect your valuation. However, when you are trying to resale your flat in the market in future, the buyer will definately take the floor plan into consideration and thats a disadvantage and might haggle the price with you. That's just my personal opinion. !!

Yah... Im happy with my new house. I just making sure that im not shortchanged by HDB. Thanks for the reassurance. I lost contact with those friends... if i ever meet any of them again... i will clarify with them.

Thats what i thought too. But my friend says im the only one who don't have the 30k grant. The rest of my JC mates doing the same thing as me all got 30k grant. Dunno to believe him or not... sigh...

Hi all, This question has been bugging me for the longest time. How do you qualify for the HDB Housing grant? 1. Me and my wife are both 1st time buyers for a house 2. Combine salary of < $8000 3. Buying a balloted flat from Feb 2007 HDB balloting exercise 4. Same estate as parent's flat Why didn't I qualify for any HDB housing grant? I recently met up with 1 of my JC classmates. He told me all of my JC classmates who bought a new flat from HDB, earning combine salary of < $8000 and got through balloting system. All got 30k HDB housing grant. He says im the only one he heard that does not have any grant from HDB. Im very confused... From what i know, I will only get a 30k grant if i buy from resale. And 40k if its resale and close to parents. So anyone can enlighten me? TIA Cheers, Ahberden

Not sure why HDB never open it to WIS, probably because Clementi heights is under SERS scheme. So never open for WIS. I have been staying in Clementi for 10 years so i really love the area excluding the pathetic town centre which is gonna change soon. Expecting to see a nice shopping mall and cinema coming up. So close to the upcoming one BV hub at BV mrt, Holland Village, IMM, Orchard, City Centre and Bugis. Access to AYE and PIE. Need only 15 mins to reach bugis. Do not need to fight with others for the expressway. My personal opinion, compare the AYE and the CTE, i will take using the AYE over the CTE any day. Plus its close to my MIL place who is gonna be our child's care giver. Your unit is facing the road right? I initially wanted to choose the road facing units in blk 459 between level 12-14. However my wife thought that it is really noisy as the road leads to west coast and the AYE. So early morning and late night, there will be unbearable noise from the road and the mrt track. Hopefully, you are taking the units with the normal shaped floor plans. Personal opinion is not to take the units which are odd shaped. Its going to be hard to place your furniture and it will definately hinder you when you try to sell it later on. Do you realise that there are very little normal shaped floor plan units for the balloting exercise. Most of them are 1st to 14 floor units. I had tried window shopping for resale units are clementi heights 3 mths ago after submitting my ballot application. The results: 4rm (Valuation - 380 to 390k; Asking 420k) These are the odd shaped units. 5rm (Valuation - 450 to 460k; Asking 500k above) These are for high floor normal shaped units. But these are already 3 mths ago. In the end, you have to weigh the pros and cons, if you are really keen on the unit. Will you be happy to stay there for the next 5 years. For me, I will gladly stay there for the next 20 years. Cheers, Ahberden

Hi guys, Im new to this forum. I will be getting a new unit at clementi Blk 458 for 390k. Will be collecting my keys this weekend! Im currently staying opposite clementi mrt with my mum and have been eyeing the units at clementi heights for a long time!