We got something to announce...
I'm sure most of our friends should know the news already, but in case we accidentally missed anyone out, or we forgot anybody.... We got a flat!!!
Looks like luck is on our side after all. :) Actually, at the time of a previous post, we have given up all hope of getting a new flat already. After all, we got 1190/490, who would have expected that we would actually stand a chance of getting a new flat.
So after getting the ballot results, we dedicated all our efforts into looking for a resale flat and totally put the new flats out of our minds. So we searched high and low and talked to 2 housing agents regarding the flat, with no results. Then one day, I had itchy hands and went into the HDB site to see how the sales were going. Very surprisingly, we actually stood a chance, as the take up rate was slowing down due to the fact that only the Jurong West flats were left.
By the way, that was 3 weeks before our appointment with HDB. I did some simple maths and realised that if the rate did not change, we actually stood quite a good chance! So I told ah mi about it and our focus was back on new flats. I monitored the website everyday, refreshing at least 3 times an hour, for 3 weeks! It was torturing to see the number of remaining flats drop after every refresh.
Our expectations were initially 5th floor and above. After a few days, we were like 4th floor also get. On the week before our appointment, it became "Please give us a 3rd floor!!" and on the day before, we were like "So which of the 2nd floor unit do you think we should get". It is surprising how expectations of people can keep dropping like this. And we were not the only one, as I observed similar behaviour on the SingaporeBrides forum. Unfortunately for them, they did not get it.
I do not expect people to understand our plight, and the reason why we even want a 2nd floor unit. To this, I can only say, you will understand when you get there. :) Anyway, it's not really desperate/impulse buy, we did recce the area, and we actually got quite a nice quiet corner for our 2nd floor 5-room premium unit. We love it (actually, ah mi does not really know where the unit is yet :P).
So boys and girls, with this, we announce, we have a new flat! It will be our home and we will welcome you to visit. (provided we know you lah)
Looks like luck is on our side after all. :) Actually, at the time of a previous post, we have given up all hope of getting a new flat already. After all, we got 1190/490, who would have expected that we would actually stand a chance of getting a new flat.
So after getting the ballot results, we dedicated all our efforts into looking for a resale flat and totally put the new flats out of our minds. So we searched high and low and talked to 2 housing agents regarding the flat, with no results. Then one day, I had itchy hands and went into the HDB site to see how the sales were going. Very surprisingly, we actually stood a chance, as the take up rate was slowing down due to the fact that only the Jurong West flats were left.
By the way, that was 3 weeks before our appointment with HDB. I did some simple maths and realised that if the rate did not change, we actually stood quite a good chance! So I told ah mi about it and our focus was back on new flats. I monitored the website everyday, refreshing at least 3 times an hour, for 3 weeks! It was torturing to see the number of remaining flats drop after every refresh.
Our expectations were initially 5th floor and above. After a few days, we were like 4th floor also get. On the week before our appointment, it became "Please give us a 3rd floor!!" and on the day before, we were like "So which of the 2nd floor unit do you think we should get". It is surprising how expectations of people can keep dropping like this. And we were not the only one, as I observed similar behaviour on the SingaporeBrides forum. Unfortunately for them, they did not get it.
I do not expect people to understand our plight, and the reason why we even want a 2nd floor unit. To this, I can only say, you will understand when you get there. :) Anyway, it's not really desperate/impulse buy, we did recce the area, and we actually got quite a nice quiet corner for our 2nd floor 5-room premium unit. We love it (actually, ah mi does not really know where the unit is yet :P).
So boys and girls, with this, we announce, we have a new flat! It will be our home and we will welcome you to visit. (provided we know you lah)
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