[iceychie]

bob83hello wrote:

dont needa call them la. just do a check 1-2 days b4 your selection date lo... its actually q fun to see the takeups each selection date. for me, i will proli do a weekly thing like every saturday evening w my gf. its q fun n a good way to build togetherness as well...

choice-wise, we have set aside several units. anyone who hoped to get their 1st choice... small lamentation nia



probably coz the number of units are little. the number of subscribers for 3-room is considered little since it is jus barely oversubscribed. so u move slower, the timing for title deed signing will be just nice along w the rest? thats my opinion tho



yup 18D is 1st choice. i wanna as near to the mrt as possible since im not keen in the available amenities such as carpark, exercise corner etc

haha.... actually, I "ka-po" keeping track of the units taken up etc for 3room to post in FB M.R. Group meh moreever, my choices not that many, thus, if they are taken up before my date (end Jun) at least I have time to consider whether I want to change or give up meh..


Yes, maybe because of the number of applications, thus, not everyday. From what I read somewhere, it seems that's a period whereby only 5 go for selection instead of 10. Wait sssoooooo lllllooooonnnnggggg.....


btw, you going for holiday trip soon right? Enjoy your trip and hope there's no flight return delay haha... (*** touch wood ***)

[bob83hello]

iceychie wrote:

haha.... actually, I "ka-po" keeping track of the units taken up etc for 3room to post in FB M.R. Group meh moreever, my choices not that many, thus, if they are taken up before my date (end Jun) at least I have time to consider whether I want to change or give up meh..


Yes, maybe because of the number of applications, thus, not everyday. From what I read somewhere, it seems that's a period whereby only 5 go for selection instead of 10. Wait sssoooooo lllllooooonnnnggggg.....


btw, you going for holiday trip soon right? Enjoy your trip and hope there's no flight return delay haha... (*** touch wood ***)

waaaaaaaa u still remm!

thanks thanks... im going on a humanitarian trip... this wk gonna settle my HLE so tt on the selection day wont karang kabo...

yes they're q slow... actually 80% pickup rate is q good for us buyers but not for hdb... must really pray tt takeup rate is at 90-95% so tt the house will be built faster...

[twinkle17]

Anyone with a Q no. of 250 plus for Bedok BTO? When is yr selection date ar?

[iceychie]

bob83hello wrote:

waaaaaaaa u still remm!

thanks thanks... im going on a humanitarian trip... this wk gonna settle my HLE so tt on the selection day wont karang kabo...

yes they're q slow... actually 80% pickup rate is q good for us buyers but not for hdb... must really pray tt takeup rate is at 90-95% so tt the house will be built faster...

Humanitarian trip? hmmmm.....

heard from "rumor" market, highly chance its true, that HDB will only look for contractor to build after the selection date. Lets hope they dont rush due to the date and made inferior job.

[Limestone]

Clementi Ridges owners and potential owners, stand by k.. i'm creating a new forum, so that we can do more targeted discussion over there.

[bob83hello]

iceychie wrote:

Humanitarian trip? hmmmm.....

heard from "rumor" market, highly chance its true, that HDB will only look for contractor to build after the selection date. Lets hope they dont rush due to the date and made inferior job.

thats the contractors' work alrdy... hopefully it will be fast la... inferior or not cannot stop. the contractors contracted has to deliver it on the 18th mth upon groundbreaking. my fren used to be in the construction industry shared this w me.

i hope can get it earlier actually

[iceychie]

bob83hello wrote:

thats the contractors' work alrdy... hopefully it will be fast la... inferior or not cannot stop. the contractors contracted has to deliver it on the 18th mth upon groundbreaking. my fren used to be in the construction industry shared this w me.

i hope can get it earlier actually

18months? So, let said the groundbreaking and firming it takes around 6-8mths (will it be this long? as the foundation need to be stable), they have to build the top around 1.5yrs? Can be that fast?

If yes, than in total about slightly over 2yrs. After few months for doing up the interior, will be less than 3yrs we may get the key?

[Kevin10]

Limestone wrote:

Clementi Ridges owners and potential owners, stand by k.. i'm creating a new forum, so that we can do more targeted discussion over there.

Will be waiting for it and will ask those in the FB to join as well..

[bob83hello]

iceychie wrote:

18months? So, let said the groundbreaking and firming it takes around 6-8mths (will it be this long? as the foundation need to be stable), they have to build the top around 1.5yrs? Can be that fast?

If yes, than in total about slightly over 2yrs. After few months for doing up the interior, will be less than 3yrs we may get the key?

nope, groundbreak means the time they whack into the ground... means day 1. thereafter u just add 18mths. roughly on the 20-22th mth, you will most probably get your key.

the time frame they give you is 24mths. reno will be the day when u sign w your designer or the day u get your key. reno im not sure how long, i assume it to be abt 3-5mths?

if u taking AHG, u gotta submit your marriage cert within 6mths u take key, otherwise is 12mths thereafter. but this 1 can flexible la

[iceychie]

bob83hello wrote:

nope, groundbreak means the time they whack into the ground... means day 1. thereafter u just add 18mths. roughly on the 20-22th mth, you will most probably get your key.

the time frame they give you is 24mths. reno will be the day when u sign w your designer or the day u get your key. reno im not sure how long, i assume it to be abt 3-5mths?

if u taking AHG, u gotta submit your marriage cert within 6mths u take key, otherwise is 12mths thereafter. but this 1 can flexible la

Oh!! if its from day 1, its fast for 1.5yrs to build the whole place. But, I know the foundation will take longer and thereafter quite fast. I happened to witness the building of NLB at Bugis abt 10yrs ago. Its fast after the ground foundation to be up into the sky. But there's only 1 bldg, few blocks that fast? hmmm..

The "renov" referring to is the their putting up the tiles for us inside the unit... basically each day will take about 1-2 days (exclude the waiting for the water-proof stuff to dry) for each unit.... hmmm.... should be quite fast on that...

today 2nd day selection, so far, no more movement at blk 18D. But only 3 out of 7 selection shown on web. Slow moving upload today.

[bob83hello]

iceychie wrote:

Oh!! if its from day 1, its fast for 1.5yrs to build the whole place. But, I know the foundation will take longer and thereafter quite fast. I happened to witness the building of NLB at Bugis abt 10yrs ago. Its fast after the ground foundation to be up into the sky. But there's only 1 bldg, few blocks that fast? hmmm..

The "renov" referring to is the their putting up the tiles for us inside the unit... basically each day will take about 1-2 days (exclude the waiting for the water-proof stuff to dry) for each unit.... hmmm.... should be quite fast on that...

today 2nd day selection, so far, no more movement at blk 18D. But only 3 out of 7 selection shown on web. Slow moving upload today.

good to hear no movement on 18d

im not sure of the laying of tiles n door in the units. should b packaged tgt btw hdb n the contractors... will u b taking the tiles n doors?

there're fast coz if late, they have to compensate hdb n in turn hdb to us

maybe everyone waiting for the may boon keng bto

[iceychie]

bob83hello wrote:

good to hear no movement on 18d

im not sure of the laying of tiles n door in the units. should b packaged tgt btw hdb n the contractors... will u b taking the tiles n doors?

there're fast coz if late, they have to compensate hdb n in turn hdb to us

maybe everyone waiting for the may boon keng bto

The kitchen and bathroom/toilet tiles have to take, cannot opt out. But the rest, ie bedroom and living room, I'm not taking, doors too. The door on display is open outwards n semi-timber type, I find the sliding door will be more suitable for toilet/bathroom, thus, I'm not taking too.

If they fast and do not good job, also no use, we will still complain to HDB meh. Do you know within how long is the "warranty" for the unit after we occupy it? Just in case, something crack or whatever, we can charged back to HDB haha..

Gee... latest news. 1 unit at Blk 18D taken up. So now, its lvl 8, 12, 16 to 19 of unit 228 occupied. Is your 2nd choice taken up too?

[bob83hello]

iceychie wrote:

The kitchen and bathroom/toilet tiles have to take, cannot opt out. But the rest, ie bedroom and living room, I'm not taking, doors too. The door on display is open outwards n semi-timber type, I find the sliding door will be more suitable for toilet/bathroom, thus, I'm not taking too.

If they fast and do not good job, also no use, we will still complain to HDB meh. Do you know within how long is the "warranty" for the unit after we occupy it? Just in case, something crack or whatever, we can charged back to HDB haha..

Gee... latest news. 1 unit at Blk 18D taken up. So now, its lvl 8, 12, 16 to 19 of unit 228 occupied. Is your 2nd choice taken up too?

im not sure how long to complain but its proli futile since its big bro HDB we r talking abt which equates to the garment?

i will opt out of the doors since timbre doors for toilet is q

i will opt in for the tiles to save the trouble and more costs during the actual reno ba... i have heard tt the standard is degraded over the years and many ppl r opting out but i will proli give it to them for the tiling due to my personal views...

i rem if it cracks like wall and floor, u can actually call hdb office and ask them to inspect. its q bad if it really cracks on u...

i dont really like the window design... hope the design helps ventilation...

yup sliding doors r more compact for the toilets and kitchen... if u dont cook, maybe not need door for kitchen?

[iceychie]

bob83hello wrote:

im not sure how long to complain but its proli futile since its big bro HDB we r talking abt which equates to the garment?

i will opt out of the doors since timbre doors for toilet is q

i will opt in for the tiles to save the trouble and more costs during the actual reno ba... i have heard tt the standard is degraded over the years and many ppl r opting out but i will proli give it to them for the tiling due to my personal views...

i rem if it cracks like wall and floor, u can actually call hdb office and ask them to inspect. its q bad if it really cracks on u...

i dont really like the window design... hope the design helps ventilation...

yup sliding doors r more compact for the toilets and kitchen... if u dont cook, maybe not need door for kitchen?

From my pt of view, the quality of the tiles not degraded, its actually the workmanship of the contractor. Thus, I'm thinking of finding own contractor (thou intro mayb) and ad-hoc supervise on the quality of their workmanship. Because they have to rush the construction, they may not do good work on the tiles mayb.

Quite a no. of ppl comment on the 3 slide window panels. Its not nice thou, but think alternatively, since there will not have window along the corridor like old HDB flat in the 60s up till those build in the 2000, the only ventilation will be thou the bedrooms/utility windows. In the past when it rains, we will close all back windows and the windows/doors along corridor will be open wider. Thus, mayb with the 3 window panel, at least we can have some air coming in since its open upwards and not out or sidwards (for sliding windows).

Nope, like no doors for kitchen, only for toilet/bathroom. Save of space since look so cramp from the showflat

[bob83hello]

iceychie wrote:

From my pt of view, the quality of the tiles not degraded, its actually the workmanship of the contractor. Thus, I'm thinking of finding own contractor (thou intro mayb) and ad-hoc supervise on the quality of their workmanship. Because they have to rush the construction, they may not do good work on the tiles mayb.

Quite a no. of ppl comment on the 3 slide window panels. Its not nice thou, but think alternatively, since there will not have window along the corridor like old HDB flat in the 60s up till those build in the 2000, the only ventilation will be thou the bedrooms/utility windows. In the past when it rains, we will close all back windows and the windows/doors along corridor will be open wider. Thus, mayb with the 3 window panel, at least we can have some air coming in since its open upwards and not out or sidwards (for sliding windows).

Nope, like no doors for kitchen, only for toilet/bathroom. Save of space since look so cramp from the showflat

a sigh of relief tt the quality nv go down...

but like u say, we cant monitor but well, when the contractor tt we engage is doing the work, we cant always be there to see also... so its best we get good contractors, possible thru strong recommendation by many is the best, but well, it will tend to be pricey since they r strongly recommended.

reno is gonna be another huge costs aft the house which if possible, i wanna keep it low... opting in tiling will help factor that away. yea, 3-room is cramp... but most houses these days r like SMALL! we r becoming more n more like HKG liao... haiz~

even u close the windows, the rain will splatter in despite it being downwards... but well, no window in the corridors, thats the only thing we can look for since it will splatter less due to the downward design ba

currently, im looking at the aircon costs, beds, kitchen cabinet and wardrobe costings. looking at it, kitchen cabinet will make the bulk for now...