I wrote these entries on the way to church this morn and now just typing them out... I went to our 1st showflat with Ken yesterday... Interesting... There was a super long queue... Yeah, think of the publicity it has been getting... And it was the 1st day of the showflat and it was a Sat... And it's the 1s dbss project undertaken by a pte developer... Yep! It's the Premiere@Tampines. NO NO!!! We're not getting married yet!!! Hahaha.... This flat will only be ready in 2009... June... We thought of planning ahead. so went to check it out...
The showflat was until 6pm... We managed to reach ard 515pm after his tuition... And we were the last 2nd grp allowed into the place. Of course, they later extended the time and allowed more ppl to go in. Hahahaha... We were just thinking, had we been a little later, it would have been a wasted trip from Jurong!!! Hehehe....
After viewing the showflat and talking to the ppl abt the eligibility, we realised that we may not be able to get this flat cos of the finances... I've only started working for a year and paying back my study loan... So not much saving done... Needless to say abt Ken who's still studying... In addition, this flat was not very cheap... Perhaps cos it's the 1st dbss proj undertaken by a pte firm. And then the pubilicity will surely escalate its cost... At the end of the day, we learnt that it was really not possible for us to get a flat now...
If we were to get housing loan to finance this house, the interest incurred would be enough to sap us... And 3 years seem a little short... So we looked at the showflat and decide to let it go... One day, when there're more projects that have been undertaken by pte developers, the prices might go down... Especially when firms compete with each other to push prices down... Heh...
And we learnt one impt lesson... It's never too early to start saving for a flat... You need at least 20K cash or CPF for a 200K house which is not easy to find liao... Most houses cost at least 300K after renovation... Thus we need to save n save too... Or do we have any sponsors? Heee....
