My selection date for Sembawang is on 30-09-13 afternoon. I'm still not comfortable with sembawang bto being very close to Iskander Power Station and Malaysia Heavy Engineering in Pasir Gudang. I surf the net in Google for street direction and found these two spot just across the straits of Johore. Can anyone convince me for taking up the selection.
I have checked the HDB website, it is true that from July bto, 2nd timer are given 2 times to select a flat and if they reject they are barred from partipating in sales exercises for a year.
Wah, this time cannot anyhow just pay S$10 just to apply.
I think you should make a trip to the site and the estate around it then see how you would fit into it. If you do not have a good impression or do not feel good of it, there is no point convincing you to get it. Ultimately, you would be the one residing in it. Nonetheless, liked some have mentioned, the population here compared to other estates are lesser though rising, there is a high possibility that there would be an upcoming mrt station, it's surrounded in greenery with parks near it, cycle track connectors for cyclists, it's only 5 mins drive to the upcoming Yishun hub, seaside is 5 mins away, it's a "replica" of waterway just that not so much emphasized as there are canals around the establishment and finally, famous eateries are mins drive away (white bee hoon, famous curry fish head, Madina eating house for its roti prata, etc. however, do note that the accessibility at present is restricted to a few bus service only but I believe with so many bto projects on this huge piece of land, more bus would serve the area when all is up.
If you are looking at east bank, it comes with a basement carpark which not many bto projects have. So it's a plus point! Paying a fraction for condo's style carpark.
Just my 2 cents worth.