New Site Update – JUN 2024 Drove passed the site last weekend and saw the crane booms moving in the compound. So last minute decided to snap some picture of the progress. Piling completed and now casting ground beam & 1st storey slab. 1st storey slab casting in progress Blk 809A 2nd level Unit 143, …
New Site Update 2 years had passed since this post. Time flies. Beginning to see some foundation works in progress. The land is now clearly divided into 3 parcels. Hard to imagine that this small piece of land is going to have 1,068 HDB units comprising of 2 room, 3 room and 4 room. I …
To Loan Or Not To Loan You see, I already owned a private property when the SERS was announced. Hence I do not qualify for any HDB loan when comes to the new SERS BTO. HDB Loan Eligibility Criteria The HDB loan, also known as the HDB Concessionary Loan, is a housing loan provided by …
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Exploring my New Home with Google Earth Moving into a new home is always an exciting experience. But what if I could explore my new surroundings before I even step foot in my new place? With Google Earth, I can do just that. Here’s how I can use Google Earth to generate a view of …
How much are the sers flats? It’s been quite a while since the announcement and the big drama that quickly became the talk of the town in 2022. Finally, on 2nd October 2023 we started to hear some residents saying they received their booking Q numbers. The time has finally come to see how affordable …
After the residents submitted their preference for naming and co-designing the surrounding facilities on 28 April 2023, the results are finally out on September 2023. The new SERS estate will be known as Pine Ville @ AMK. Machiam some fancy condominium right? The exercise corners found at newer HDB estates like Pine Ville @ AMK …
一间换一间。。。等久久 Ever since the AMK SERS news broke the internet in 2022, until today on the street tons of people from taxi drivers to market stall owners to car workshop to provision shop owners still congratulating my spouse and I when hearing we from the AMK SERS. One common thing they always say was – …
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Received a SMS from HDB today 11:00am 28 April 2023 to inform me about going down to Blk 561 AMK void deck to visit the SERS pop-up booth and vote for the preferred facilities and name of the new estate. Hmmm..I thought it will be called Ulu Ang Mo Kio Drive…. The InVitation A Pop-up …
Received a SMS from HDB today 11:02am 24 Feb 2023 to inform me about going down to apply for a expensive pigeon hole that they called HDB flat. Not really excited to see this message as it only mean one thing – a drain on the CPF and another drain to cash pile due to …
The figures said it all. $850K – $950K for a stupid 4 room HDB. To the government, that’s ‘affordable’. How nice. And they kept bragging about how housing grants of up to $160K can help offset the property price. Just show us the figures how many percentage of people actually got the $160K grant? 1%? …