Buying a home is an indispensable part of the Singapore dream. After you placed the deposit, followed the progressive payments, signed up for a 30-year housing loan, and finally collected the key to your new home, a big surprise is awaiting for you - the bare unit is totally different from the showflat you can recall. Wait, there are more surprises on the way. You … [Read more...]
Bad quality properties – a big surprise for home owners
Today my mother called about problems with her flat in Hong Kong again. Since she collected the keys 15 years ago, she has done countless fixing and touch-up of defects in her apartment. Two years ago, the neighbor downstairs complained about water seepage from her master toilet. She spent thousands of dollars to fix it. Next came the second toilet. Again they had to … [Read more...]