Last year, sometime towards end of August, we put pen to paper sealing a deal for the purchase of our new home. This comes after a series of house hunting which we had done parallely with the selling of our old flat. We had shortlisted a few units in Tampines area, and eventually found the one we both mutually like.
Needless to say, the unit we chose isn’t our first choice. It would have been that one unit right opposite the stadium near the mosque, had negotiations not turn out ugly. We had high hopes on that one. In the end, it was not meant to be.
So we scouted around some more and selected our next best option. Location-wise, it is perfect. Quiet, near a neighborhood park on one side, and opposite a school on the other. It is also easily accessible to the train station, malls, market, eateries, banks, bff’s home - all via a couple of nearby walking routes.
Since we downgraded from our previous flat, space-wise,it is slightly smaller. But I feel that doesn’t really matter as long as everyone is comfortable when our home is ready. We decided to hack down a wall just to make it appear “bigger”. We also made plans to renovate the whole kitchen and bathrooms for a whole new look-and-feel.
Here’s a preview of our unit before the reno works:
Here’s a preview of the place on the third day of reno (post hacking, before layering of new tiles):
More photos on my Flickr set here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157625979446664/
Renovation works will resume after the Lunar New Year holidays. I will be updating my photoset throughout the renovation process as and when I have new photo updates.
That’s all for now. Till my Part 2 update.
February 05, 2011, 7:22pm Comments
