Bro ,
In the course of your recent house hunting , will you mind sharing what is your perception/ price trench of the various tamans that you being through ? Seem like there are still real gems to be found in the resales market ? Are the resales now on par with developer offering ? Look like house hunting in JB is getting tougher ? Thks for input , if any .
Thanks for asking Jason, it is my personal feeling that the prices are creeping north.
To tell you the truth, we had put in the deposit for our house last Sunday but we are still keeping our fingers crossed that the deal would be sealed soon – as the owner is out of town and wouldn’t be back till tomorrow to sign the option form. We are praying hard that he will not renege on the sale, lured by a higher offer from other people.
We have seen Nusa Duta but we preferred HH more because the feel is different. For the price we are going to pay for a ND semi-d, we can get only a terrace in HH: ( I am not saying that ND is not good, so please don’t shoot me for it (different strokes for different folks, I guess) haha.
When we first started, we short-listed some properties and we emailed and left sms messages with all the agents to ask if we can view the houses, and none replied. After more than a week, we were quite desperate. So we PM’ed our good bro WUQI, hoping to tap on his huge network, and asked if he knew of anyone selling his place at HH. We also did an appeal in this thread asking for the same. A number of you replied to us that we need to call directly, which was what we did! Thank you to all these bros. Thank you too Jason for your bit of encouragement during those time.
Bro WUQI eventually referred us to someone, one of his good buddies, who is selling his terrace. It was at the Golf precinct. We liked the location very much but we didn’t get to see the inside as it was a last minute call and it was rude of us to intrude upon his tenant unannounced. We were scheduled to view it last Sunday actually but this didn’t materialise as his buddy had to be away for the weekend:(. Because of this, we went along with an agent (whom we
called directly and he responded, phew!) to see some houses at Gateway and Golf. We felt in love with the units we saw and signed the option form that same day - afraid that the house may slip from our hands.
While we felt sorry for not being able to see the earlier house, we were also quietly confident that Wuqi’s buddy would be able to get a higher price for his property as the market is getting hot. It will be a blessing in disguise, and we also think his buddy secretly knows it too
Looking at our the thread right now, there are now more writings on finding the right place to buy a house for investment or own stay now than before. To all those who missed the SG property boom the last time round, what excuses can we give ourselves this time. Just my 2 cents .....
