It has been about 4months since I started my renovation journey. Had started a T-blog but work and laziness got to me and have not been posting. Now that the renovation is at it's tail-end, I thought I'll come back to recap the journey. Unfortunately, I couldn't locate the old entry so here I am re-starting. I started looking for a 4-room middle of last year and after viewing about 10 units of so, found one that fits 80% of what I wanted. Key criteria I had when searching for my bachelorette pad includes: Near to my parents place (so I can still visit, they can come over and of course, easy access to home cooked food:))Walking distance to mrt stationNo corridor unit (I prefer unit where passer-by cannot look into house)High floor (unfortunately I bought a lower-floor, more on that later)Reasonable COV (yes, it was before all the new rules kicked in)Before my agent brought me to my current unit, he told me it fits 80% of what I want but unit is on 5th floor and COV is slightly above my budget. Nonetheless we went ahead with the viewing. Upon setting foot into the house, I felt a connection (pyschic huh) and can imagine myself owning and living here. I liked that all the rooms are hidden from main door view (condo-style layout they say). Immediately I asked for a 2nd viewing with my parents who fortunately quite like the place too. Did some negotiation on the COV and within a span of 1-week, I signed on the dotted line and was on my way to owning my very first apartment:) Here's the floorplan, 90sqm, plenty space for me