Well I hope that this wikileak thing dies down faster than I thought and bilateral relations warms up again. Don't want to go around with a Singapore car and be a potential target of attacks from villagers like it used to. Pray hard it won't happen.
The entire Nusajaya is damn huge. It will take some effort to clear the thick vegetation.. We just cannot think that every country is as small as Singapore. Lim Chu Kang is really super small compared to Nusajaya, which is already 3 times bigger than whole of Singapore
You guys are more like investing rather than finding a place to stay?
Guys, my learned friend just SMSed me. He left the main entrance of HH at exactly 8am this morning and arrived in office before 9am near Orchard area.
property prices will surely keep appreciating. Even during the economic crisis, I have not heard of property prices going down in Nusajaya
Guys, my learned friend just SMSed me. He left the main entrance of HH at exactly 8am this morning and arrived in office before 9am near Orchard area.
8-9am there wont be jam at both the custom meh? Sorry for asking as I am early bird. I agree with you that AYE side is the cause of jams for motorists like us. I have never once encountered any jams on the highways back to Singapore
As for me, one unit is for own stay, extra units are for investment.
Yup... it seems the crowd came earlier around 6plus to 7plus.
I tried 2 or 3 times and gave up on the earlier timing.
Consistently set off between 8am to 9am for the last 1.5 years.
Hi ,
You mean you have been doing this for 1.5yrs already ?
Worth while or not ? Cost $12.8 toll + Gas $5 + time 3hrs x 20 days = S$500 ?
I only use my house as weekend home and maybe for retirement next time ,
I think should be more feasible
rdgs
I do have other reasons for moving here, but put that aside, strictly for assessing if it is worthwhile:
1) Gas costs me MYR35 x 20 = MYR700 per month ==> same as the S$300 per month i would incur to travel from Bukit Batok to Bedok + local commute daily
2) Toll was $9.20+MYR21.60 = S$18 daily ==> S$360 per month, if i work at office everyday (meaning i could chose to work from home some days) This has now been reduced and it is about S$280 per month.
3) Travelling time: daily to and fro office-bkt batok is 1:30 mins, daily to and fro JB-office is 2hr to 2:30 mins ==> in fact the incremental time is no more than an hour in total daily.
4) Food and Supplies: generally about 30% to 50% cheaper in JB, depending on what you spend on. Hence if meals and household supplies costs S$2000 a month, my savings is about S$600 to S$1000.
5) PUB Bills... my bill was about S$350 per month in SG, i incur about MYR300 per month in JB but with a 2.5hp aircon turned on 24 hrs.
6) House cost: Average S$800k condo in Bkt Batok. Now rented out at S$3k per month = MYR7k. Rented a corner terrace in Nusa Idaman for MYR1k p/mth ==> left with surplus MYR6k per month.
I've turned up with ~S$600 extra savings nett factoring other expenditures. More humble background as a single and not owning any property to reap profits from in SG. I eat much better these days growing my own herbs in the balcony and cooking a fair bit of meals when I am home. These things could be easily done in SG too except I would not be able to live like I do currently. I was one of those chasing for a dream home in SG only to be priced out of it when I could finally afford the previous pricing.
Plus i can ram my car up to 200kmh every morning.