Our Saturday.

On and off we had been buying things for our house even before the renovation starts and now we have to keep it at our place. So here we are at Punggol!

How I wish they are always this loving.....


The hus was cleaning up the dust on car and the boys volunteer to help!


Meetup with their god-pa after that as they stay just few streets away. =)
Another reason to love this area as I've lots of friends and relatives staying all around Punggol and Sengkang.


Bullying his god-pa. Lol!

Delivery of washer.

Yea! First appliance is here and hus is there to receive it. A front load washing machine that I bought during fair. Expensive purchase but I believe it's gonna be worth it. =)

As it's a front load washer, the pipe that connects from the washer to the tap is different. It's either changing the pipe or the tap. We couldn't try it as we don't have it thus we will be going back after buying the fitted equipment.

*Update*
Manage to get the adaptor from one of the hardware shop at Punggol Plaza and it fits perfectly!

Sunset..

A view that will last only 1.5yrs.......

Defect check.

This is crazy....
So much defects that it took us 1 whole day to check and still not complete...
Maybe we are too detailed... Every little things also mark as defect. Way before I collected my keys, I had been closely following our BTO FB group on the defects our fellow neighbours found. They are so nice that they even drafted out a copy of defect list and save in our group for our reference and this certainly helps a lot.
What makes me to be this detail in checking is because for this amount of money I paid, I had to make sure I'm getting quality work.
Adding on, BSC (Building Services Centre) which is located right under 1 of the blocks for this project will only be for a certain period of time. During this period of time, any defect I found, I can just WALKED over to submit and check status. So if there's any issue after they leave, I can only report to HDB and I believe it will takes them ages to retify.

Lots of defects photo I've taken and it is obviously a defect and HDB officer APPROVED them. #rolleyes

The first 'Opening Door'

Finally this day has come!!!
During these 3 years of waiting for the project to be complete, we had drove here umpteen times to look at the construction progress. Level by level and only able to view from a distance by the roadside. But today, holding the keys to our place, we are going in for the first time! How exciting this is and I believe all new home owners will definitely understand how we feel!!!

We had got the date and time 'calculated'. Today is the 'opening door' date and we have to do all the offerings and leave the home by 2pm. It's quite a happening day as there's quite a crowd with us. Good as it means "人气旺" =)
Now for the process.
We have to step aside after opening the door meaning do not stand in the middle of the walkway. This is to let whatever 'things' inside to leave the place.
Rolling of pineapple. This has been a practice for many generations when they first open the door of a new house. Rolling in of a pineapple or "Ong" (Prosperity) sounds like rolling luck into the home! Shouted 'Huat Ah' when doing this procedures. I was laughing away then!
Start to doing the prayer etc....

Oh ya! Remember to keep your mind calm and say only speak positive words!
Took a video while hus roll the pineapple in but I had yet to upload. Will post a follow up post!

Waited 3 Yrs For This!

Busy settling the investment thing for the past week! Due to some issue, we didnt submit our investment on time and thus I have to keep making calls to bank, cpf and investment coy. But thank God! Everything settled by thursday and I can proceed for key collection today!!
While waiting for our no. to be called, was telling hus this had been a long wait and him holding my hands and said 'this is all worth it.' Awwwww........
No. called and we are told to proceed to level 2 to buy the flat insurance and back here again for the signing of agreement. Tons of papers to sign...... after confirming the loan period, looking at our cpf once more... and we sign on that dotted line that will make us be in debt for the next 20yrs + cpf all swipe out!!!!

Upcoming Punggol Safra project!

Good news for this month!

First, gotten a date for key collection.
Secondly, Punggol LRT West loop, right beside my block will offically open in 29 Jun 2014!!!
Thirdly, Punggol Safra, which is just less than 10mins walk from our place will be ready by 2016!!!

Actually me and my hus has a bit of arguement when we are at HDB hub selecting our unit. Why?

We got queue no for 2 BTO. 1 of it is the current and the other Fernvale Riverbow. the Q-no we got for current flat isn't that good but still have the chance to choose a unit with not-that-good-facing. Whereas for Riverbow, our Q-no is around 200 out of the total 944 4rm units. Pretty good no yea? With this Q-no, we are pretty sure can get high floor and prob good view unit. This is what the hus wanted….. But I prefer the other although the views and floors aren't comparable with Riverbow.
Waterway park is right at 'our doorstep', LRT right beside our block, near to MRT, supermarket, shops and childcare right below our blocks. And now, upcoming project Punggol Safra! Well, the hus seems pretty happy with this location now and make plans to bring the kids to explore the area when we move there. Happy us!

Collection of key!

It's indeed a long wait!
But I still haven't to delay the collection of keys as there's some pending issues that I need to settle before collection. But still... Happy !!!

2nd HLE assessment.

1st day of April receive my HLE application and last day of April to know it's being approved! =)
All the good things happen in April it will be even better for the rest of the months!!

I had to clarify, HLE loan status don't have to take so long. We did because we are checking with banks loans etc and thus when we decided to take up HDB loan and submit, it's already 2 weeks after we got the letter. So in fact our loan got approved within 2 weeks. =)

First meeting with ID

While in the midst of waiting for 2nd HLE approve, we started our meeting with IDs.
It rather late compare to neighbours who had started sourcing and looking around half year before?

I guess we still have enough time to look around since we are not in the rush.
Search online for the design I want and also learn more about the product and materials they used. It's indeed very informative as at least I can understand a little when the IDs explain to us.
Today's meetup we got a estimated quote and get to see ID's flat (he design himself) and another unit which just finish renovating.

Meeting another 2 ID in another week!
It is so fun!

Happiest April Fool day!

We had received letter from HDB for our loan assessment!! Yay!!!
Another step closer! =D

A peek!

Lervin is attending 2 sessions of class today as 1 of it is the makeup class thus it's the long 3hrs wait! After dropping lervin to his class, we shop around and brought leroy to aracde. He loves those exciting games like racing and shooting.



we went to our place to have a look! Did I mention the front blocks had started to get there keys? Mine is the 2nd last block and est key collection in Jun'14! Few more months to go! As we had a FB group for this estate, many are sharing their lobangs and ongoing sales and some of them even offer to let us view their units! It's really nice to know the neighbours before moving in. =)

Family day @ Punggol End.

Went to mum's place to fetch didi before bringing lervin for his class.
1 is too cheeky and the other is too decent.


After Lervin's class, we decided to go to our soon-to-be-done flat at punggol to look at the progress! I think getting an HDB in Punggol is really the best decision we made. When we told people we are staying at Punggol, they were like, "WOAH... So Far!" It's true. But, thinking about all the activities we can do with our children and family, I think it's worth it. Activities like cycling, playing sand/water, feeding farm animals (at Sengkang, which is very near to Punggol), horse ranch, etc. Can't wait to move in!
We always drive along punggol drive to reach our place and there's the stretch of road we never explore before. Taking this chance, we drive along Punggol Road and travel all the way in to Punggol End.


And that's a beautiful place!








Weather is too sorching hot!












Punggol Ranch!
You can experience horse riding, booked for a night stay at its chalet or simply just walk around the area and enjoy the countryside feel.




These are Gallop Wagons. They are catered for publics who wanted to experience staying at their "chalets". All are fully equipped with air conditioned, attached toilet/shower, televition set, Mio services, Wi-Fi services, safe box, fire place, kettle and cups. Their BBQ Pits can be rented at a charge of S$30.








Depending on their height and weight, they will either ride a horse or a pony at $10 each.
Lervin & Leroy were all ready for the horse ride with tickets on hand!
























Bacon and Booze





GALLOP STABLES Punggol (NOW OPEN)
Locaton: 900 Punggol Road Singapore 829168
Tel: 6690 0900

To the pool !

Weather is crazy these few weeks. It can be sorching hot now and sudden downpour another minute. Thinking that it won't rain today as the weather is seriously hot and humid, we brought the boys to Sengkang complex for a swim. I was sweating from head to toe, in and out during our 3hrs there! Too hot!
While waiting, play with my N2 camera functions.








But a change in weather later.. Raining cats and dogs.... Anyway we clean up the boys and went for early dinner. After we drove over to our BTO and have a look. It's already at the 14th floor out of the 16. =) Really looking forward to having our own home!
A walk along waterway and saw this really cute puppy! Only 4months old...


Really can't wait for our flat to be ready! Should be around mid of next year!