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From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Online...ory_772087.html Calling East Coast Park and vicinity 'home' Published on Mar 1, 2012 I GO for my daily early morning walks to East Coast Park, behind my condominium. Lately, I have noticed an increase in the number of people, especially foreign workers, who sleep on the benches or grass or camp at the beach, especially during weekends or public holidays. During weekends or public holidays, the beach is full of camping foreign workers, some with makeshift cooking facilities. So, I dread going for my walk on Mondays or after a public holiday because the beach is littered with rubbish and leftovers of these campers. I also discovered two people using a bench in the Siglap Park Connector next to Victoria Junior College to sleep, every day for weeks. When I informed the neighbourhood police post that they were making the bench their sleeping place, I was told that they were not doing anything illegal. Yong Lee Sen (Ms)

does this looks like a good buy? www.theseawindsingapore.com

Looking for a condo with the following - FH - Near MRT (less than 500m). Dun mind OCR - Less than 5 years old - 3 bedroom - Less than 2000 psf - With big pool (no need olympic size) + tennis court - good to have nice greenary in the compound itself Any recommendation?

Need to check it out as buying a condo soon to TOP with mech car park . Is it easy to use, noisy etc

Interesting case, let look at it from legal point of view, dun just shoot the mother what do you think??

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg..._next_door.html whoa the 2 house door so near each other

Where got recession?

One was the senior. The other the junior. But the two men behaved less like superior and subordinate and more like comrades-in-crime. During the period when Koh Seah Wee, 41, and Lim Chai Meng, 38, worked together to defraud their employer, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), they were so close they even went to a property viewing together to decide on whether to invest some of their ill-gotten gains in a condominium apartment each. Koh was then a deputy director and Lim a manager in the statutory board's information technology department. RELATED STORIES * Former SLA officers plead guilty in $12m fraud case * Ex-SLA exec accused of cheating Supreme Court * Duo allegedly cheat SLA of $11.8m * Lamborghini in SLA cheating case sold * 2 SLA officers on probe for $11.8m fraud Yesterday, Koh pleaded guilty to 46 cheating charges and nine money laundering charges involving the SLA and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos). He admitted to another 317 similar charges, which will be taken into consideration during sentencing. Lim pleaded guilty to 40 counts of conspiring to cheat the SLA, one count of cheating a finance company and eight counts of money laundering. He also admitted to another 260 similar charges, which will be taken into consideration during sentencing. They might have been close when defrauding their employer, but yesterday, it was clear in court that the duo were no longer chums. Even though they sat less than a metre apart, they barely glanced at each other. Instead, they left it to their lawyers - Mr Ravinderpal Singh for Koh; Mr Subhas Anandan and Mr Sunil Sudheesan for Lim - to push the blame around. The court heard that Koh and Lim, together with seven other accomplices, bled the SLA of about $12.2 million more than two years. Of that amount, about 15 per cent ($1.87 million) went to Lim while more than 70 per cent or ($8.54 million) went to Koh, said Lim's lawyers, Mr Subhas Anandan and Mr Sunil Sudheesan. The remainder was channelled to the other accomplices in the conspiracy. Two have since been jailed. http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...030-307747.html

:angry: Contributor said it is an FT in Jurong point condo. http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=3447247

It's a condo, not a refugee camp 60Share By Gabbie Yeap The New Paper Friday, Oct 14, 2011 I READ with great interest the article, "Why aren't others doing the same?" (The New Paper, Oct 1) on an American woman here letting foreign workers stay in her condo unit for free. I must applaud Ms Debbie Fordyce for the good work she is doing, for having a heart of gold and helping foreign workers in Singapore. I agree that we should have more people engaging in such activities to help the needy. But when a noble cause is achieved at the expense of others, it is no longer so noble. In this instance, I wonder who the victims are - the foreign workers or her neighbours in the condo. In the course of achieving her goal of helping the foreign workers, she has inadvertently created a new group of aggrieved parties - her neighbours. While she is praised as a "Florence Nightingale in Singapore", her neighbours are depicted as unkind and unsupportive of her work by talking behind her back and giving the foreign workers nasty looks. But the fact that she has housed more than 100 foreign workers in her unit over the last three years and is still allowed to do so indicates that her neighbours are possibly the best condo neighbours one could hope for. I am surprised to read that there is a condo here that allows the housing of so many foreign workers in a unit. It is like a dormitory. Aren't there regulatory requirements to be complied with when you are housing so many foreign workers? I, for one, will no longer be enjoying a peaceful living environment if there is an influx of so many foreign workers in my condo. It's not that I am unsympathetic to the foreign workers, but the issue here is different, and it is not as simple as being a "class issue". It is something more personal. It involves the shared living space that one has paid such a high price for. Noble work with great intention, yes, but in this context, I would think it is also rather inconsiderate to interrupt the peaceful living of the others in the condo. The presence of so many foreign workers in my condo would definitely give me unnecessary anxiety and undue stress that I would not have expected when I decided to buy and live in a unit there. One would expect condo living to be different in terms of the quality of people living there as well as the standard of safety and security. Obviously, the quality of the people or the standard of safety and security varies according to the category of the condo and the individuals living there. But I would not expect any class of condo to become a humanitarian centre or refugee camp or even a dormitory for that matter. While it is great to know that there is a Florence Nightingale in Singapore, it would have been better if the same noble work could have been done without usurping and invading other people's rights of peaceful living and the space they had paid for. If I have the same ability and means, perhaps I will think of better ways to do this good deed. I will definitely not be doing what she is doing in a condo as I own only a portion of that shared living environment and space. One needs to respect the wishes of the other people sharing that environment and space. http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/...012-304633.html So whats your view on this?

Thinking of buying one of the unit from Guilin view condo @ bt batok , like to check wif all bro & Sis do anyone know well or any feedback on this condominium ?

Hi, what do you guys think? will you go ahead to buy if it is cheap? Last time not many wish to sell the units there until last few weeks which has another suicide case again. There last one was 2008 if not wrong. Initially I always wanted to buy as it is near to my parents place. It is also the cheapest seaview unit u can get ( i think) both malaysia straits and the reservoir view.My wife and parents are very against the whole idea. One incident is already quite hard to accept but now there is another! I am not really a superstitious person. I always look forward in staying there. I guess I will have to shelf that idea for my family good.Sian!

Lai... looks like FINALLY i get to see THE celestial being after staying here for 9yrs... Let's compile a list of question and concerns you have about their policy. Serious one hor.. 1) Why should i vote for you? 2) Why is new HDB prices so high now, and what will be the P8P govt's solution? 3) 4) 5)

Hi guys, I would like to know how to sell a condo by myself without an agent. Basically I bought one unit at a condo launch over the weekend. However, I feel that maybe it wasn't such a wise buy and want to let it go. Of course with the recent govt regulation of stamp fee penalty if selling within 3 years would hurt too. But I don't want to go back to that crappy agent from KF who sold me the condo to flip. Felt that the agent was just full of sales crap which I saw through and I really didn't want to buy. But don't know why parents wanted to buy... So they signed and now they are suffering from buyer's remorse... So anyway, I would let to explore options to sell the property by myself if possible, without an agent. I believe there are some property experts out here. Some pointers would be appreciated. Thanks!

Since Condo got more lots than cars, why the MC must impose such charges? This should only apply to those condo with more cars than lots! ====================================================== http://www.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story...129-249798.html Parking woes spark a parking war at Sea View condo The car's owner, Mr Sia Kong Wah, used his car (above) to block the entrance of Sea View condominium to show his frustration over the estate's new parking rules. By Hedy Khoo FOR more than an hour on last Wednesday afternoon, a silver Nissan was parked at the entrance to this condominium estate on Amber Road. The car's owner, Mr Sia Kong Wah, 55, refused to move his vehicle, which was blocking cars from entering the 546-unit private estate, The Sea View. Mr Sia left the car's bonnet open and switched on the hazard indicator lights. Asked why the vehicle was there, Mr Sia, who is retired, claimed that his car was "sick" and that his mechanic was on the way from Johor Bahru. The incident resulted in the police having to be called in to settle the matter. But Mr Sia's antics were the culmination of anger simmering since October among a group of residents at The Sea View towards the condo's management committee (MC) over car parking issues. The MC comprises 14 owners who volunteer their time to manage the estate. When The New Paper turned up at the estate on Wednesday, Mr Sia was standing near a lift lobby, about 6m from his car, saying he "had no choice" but to do so. He said he had applied with the management office for a temporary carpark slip for his sister-in-law who would be visiting from Malaysia on Sunday. He claimed that the management had demanded that his sister-in-law produce the log card for her car on arrival. He said: "For two years, she has been visiting us frequently and stayed over almost every weekend. There has never been an issue over the parking. Suddenly there are all these new regulations." Saying the MC chairman wouldn't meet him, he said: "This is the only way to get her attention. I wanted her to solve my problem." Sick car can't move Click on thumbnails below to view more photos. Story continues after photos. (Photos: TNP) On the dashboard and back windscreen of Mr Sia's parked car were four A4-sized copies of an unsigned handwritten note. The notes were attentioned to the "residents of Sea View (with or without grievances)". They said that the vehicle "is very angry" with the management of The Sea View "for setting ridiculous carpark rules". The note ended with an apology: "Sorry for the inconvenience caused." As a result of Mr Sia's car blocking the driveway, the condo security guard had to divert incoming traffic via the exit driveway. One resident who came downstairs to see the commotion was Mr Dawson Lim, 32, a senior executive with a bank. He said that while the obstruction at the barrier gates was inconvenient, there was an alternative entrance along East Coast Road. At 4.30pm, two policemen arrived and spoke with Mr Sia. Another three policemen arrived on the scene. They spoke with Mr Sia and staff of the management office. Mr Sia, who owns two units in the estate, was overheard telling the officers that he wanted to see the MC chairman. A staff member from the management office, who only identified himself as Mr Pung, showed up. He spoke with the condo security guards and the policemen. He later told this reporter to leave and even raised his voice. A police officer advised him to calm down. Mr Sia finally moved his car at 5.15pm. However, he stayed around the area and continued speaking with the policemen. Thursday's drama wasn't the first incident last week. On Wednesday, 10 residents including Mr Sia, tried to submit a petition signed by 159 residents, each representing one unit. The petition called for transparency in the way that the council has decided to impose the carpark charges, as well as a removal of the charges. The group gathered outside a meeting room in the basement carpark where the MC was having a meeting. Mr Sia gave his name to a security guard stationed outside the room and entered the room to ask who the chairman was. He also wanted an update on the status of his visitor lot application. When told by the chairman that he was not allowed to speak, Mr Sia demanded to see the rules. A heated exchange ensued. Two security guards were then called in to escort Mr Sia out of the room. In the end, the residents who were waiting outside the room to submit the petition were turned away. Frustrated, a few of them tried to prevent the council members from leaving. Others whipped out their camera phones and took videos and photographs. New charges, but residents say there are enough lots ON OCT 7, residents at The Sea View received a letter from the condo management informing them of new parking charges for their second, third and fourth cars. Residents were advised to apply for new car decals and pay by Nov 1. The rates are $120 for the second car, $300 for the third car and $400 for the fourth car. The circular stated that as of Sept 1, the number of issued carpark labels was 115 per cent of the available lots at the estate. The New Paper spoke to six residents with more than one car, who feel there are more than enough lots in the estate. In the letter, the council stated that each unit is given one carpark lot. There are another 30 lots for emergency vehicles, the handicapped and visitors. The letter said the council had agreed during the first annual general meeting (AGM) held last year that "should the allocation of parking spaces go above 85 per cent, the MCST would act to restrict the allocation of second, third and fourth car lots using a combination of parking fees and outright restrictions"." Council chairman Tan Lee Keng told The New Paper: "The management reserves the right to impose the charges or any other amount that may be decided. "So, there are no conditions attached to how we can exercise this by-law, but we just have to do it for the best benefit and best interest of the estate." When asked for the numbers of cars issued with carpark labels, Ms Tan replied: "We do not have to give absolute numbers because they fluctuate all the time." Several residents who refused to pay the fees found their vehicles wheel-clamped from Nov 8 They had to pay $160.20 per car to have the wheelclamps removed. Resident Madam Sim Kain Kain, 45, who runs a real estate business, was one of them. She owns three cars together with her husband but parks only two at the condo. She leaves her third car at her office carpark. On Nov 18, she drove the third car as the car she usually drove was sent for servicing. She claimed she had explained that to the guard and got a temporary parking slip. Said Madam Sim: "They have my unit number and name. The security could have easily contacted me via the intercom and let me know if there is any problem before putting the wheelclamp on my car." Mr Ken Lum, 31, an operations manager at a bank whose family owns three cars, feels the carpark charges are unjustified: "This is absurd. There is no reason for the fees because there are more than enough lots available for residents and visitors." On Nov 15 and Nov 18, at 1am, his mother and other residents counted the number of cars parked in the estate. The tally was 368 cars for the first day, and 383 cars for the second. Residents say there are 570 lots in the estate. Their findings and petition were submitted to the council on Thursday morning when the residents made a second attempt to hand it in at the management office. On Friday the council chairman, Ms Tan, said a resolution had been passed to reduce the carpark charges to $70 for the second car, $250 for the third car and $350 for the fourth car, from February. Rules, fees depend on estates DIFFERENT estates each have their own policy when it comes to issues like parking. However Mr Francis Zhan, 65, the chief executive of the Association of Management Corporations in Singapore, said having parking charges set at $400 per month for a resident's fourth car is quite unusual and exorbitant. In estates where there is a shortage of lots, it is common practice to charge residents a nominal fee of $50 per month for parking a second car and $100 for a third car. Said Mr Zhan: "Usually there is no parking charge set for a fourth car because the assumption is that if a resident can be allowed to park a fourth car, it means there are sufficient lots which would not justify the high charges."

My wife went out last night and if I was still staying at my parent's HDB, I would have gone downstair to wait for her....given all the gangcident recently. I was thinking it's good that I am staying in a condo with security guards constantly patrolling. Just had a chat recently with one of the security guard and found he's ex police senior staff sgt...experience certainly count. I let my wife come up on her own. Will condo security be a plus point for you when you deciding to purchase one?

Guys, anyone went to the showroom? Any property agent bros care to comment on the location and rent potential of this development? http://sfsrealty.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/...rve-residences/ Thanks.

Interest check. Wondering if anyone here would consider renting furnished apartment for short trips to KL over serviced apartments?

NV Residence 2 bedder - approx 800sqft - approx SGD700k - very good take up rate...more than 50% sold after first few days 3 bedder - approx 1000sqft - approx SGD800k - so so take up rate... The Esparina (EC) 2 bedder - approx 800+sqft - approx SGD630k - no one is buying..more than half is still available after the first few days 3 bedder - approx 1000+sqft - approx 750k - almost full sold after first few days... My view : 1) anything above SGD800k for mass market will have rather high resistance...very obvious that unit above SGD800k are not moving fast 2) if you buy something for own stay...800+sqft is something that is barely sufficient...looking at the buying trend for Esparina EC 3) Those who buy a small private mass market still have a kind of speculative essence... Side track : Those mickey mouse unit (less than 600sqft) will only be for rental for sure...no one can live long in a mickey mouse house...so unless rental is good for mickey mouse unit...else their price will crash like mad that we having so much going TOP soon...

Hi, Just shifted in to a condo unit. The property tax I will be paying over 1 year is $816. Is this the norm for condo units?

http://news.asiaone.com/News/The%2BStraits...0212-49187.html http://www.wctc.org.sg/S&CC.html are we paying too much for our stay in HDB flats (applicable to those staying in HDB) i keep getting this feeling but without concrete evidence that the answer is YES

http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,235208,00.html? The management committee (MC) of a Yio Chu Kang condominium has been putting up the names of residents who are behind in their maintenance fees on notice boards and in lifts of blocks where they live. The New Paper counted 36 names of Castle Green Condominium residents, who owed between $1,000 and nearly $10,000. Collectively they owe nearly $70,000. Next to each list was a notice warning that legal action may be taken against those who fail to pay their fees. Click here to find out more! The move has upset some residents at Castle Green – including those not on the list. They feel the MC is being overzealous. The Castle Green MC, made up of elected residents, declined to comment. But a managing agent for another condo said that "shame lists" are effective in making errant residents pay up. Hmm, Of coz u have to pqay, no $$$, stay condo, PHUI.... KNS.... pricks

I saw 2 security guards riding motorcycle up and down a condo car park without any helmets on. I spoke to them and they replied - private porperty, traffic rules don;t apply here . Is it true? Means can ride harley up down without helmet and let the air fly liao and don;t need seat belts on also isit?? Condo is Bishan Rafflesia, 2 indian security guards, slipper, unbutton shirts, maciam gangsters

Hi All, Just curious...for those that have upgraded from HDB to condo, what went into the decision making process beside the perceived or real incentive/comfort that comes with staying in a condo? 1. Is staying near to family a big part of the decision? i.e. you bought a condo near your parents' or sibblings' place? 2. Is school a big factor? You bought a condo that is near top notched primary school for instance. 3. Is locality/convenience a big factor? You bought a condo near major expressway, supermarkets, neighbourhood shopping hub etc. 4. Is distance to workplace a contributing factor? Or proximity to Orchard/CBD a key factor? 5. Or is it also due to the fact that you like the neighbourhood estate that you grew up at, and you wanna get a condo in the same estate. Besides the above, what are your main considerations when choosing and deciding on the condo that you purchased?

The other day we went to see an apartment for sale at Hillview Regency near Bukit Batok. Drove in, security said park at Level 4 mscp, turned right couldn't find it... hundreds, literally HUNDREDs of empty lots so just parked. After that, one guard straightaway come up and said park at multi-storey - so lan lan got back in the car to drive to the other tower side and found the mscp. Already late for the appointment, but nevermind. Went to Level 4, it was full, but all the other storeys not full so I park on level 2. Guess what? They bloody wheelclamp my car and then in the end even after all the argument made us pay $107!!! [rifle] Want to shoot that fat lady manning her post - rude as well. She forced us literally by EXTORTION means saying that if we wanted our car back, we'd have to pay, no choice lorrr...GRRR what would you do? even if you had a lambo or type R, got to pay still got to pay. Make matters worse, only pay by cash... agent offered to fetch us to the ATM, cuz we didn't carry large notes with us. The RE agent also couldn't believe how stupid the security is.... this is the best way to chase off buyers. Guess what, the STUPID condo has got 82 units up for SALE. Don't ever buy from this LOUSY condo with such shitty pighead idiots running the show. Never met such a dumb condo security.