Official May 2017 BTO

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villan said:
take up rate for geylang 3 room seems alot slower than 4room ...not sure if its worth a switch since 1st timer less than 1
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Total number of 3rms,

Pine Vista: 183 (2 designs - BS in living room or Outside kitchen)
Dakota Breeze: 117 (1 design - BS in living room)

Actually Pine Vista isn't that bad but just be mentally prepared 3rms are spread across these 2 areas.
 
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GeraldineT said:
That's what I am thinking too
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windwaver said:
Total number of 3rms,

Pine Vista: 183 (2 designs - BS in living room or Outside kitchen)
Dakota Breeze: 117 (1 design - BS in living room)

Actually Pine Vista isn't that bad but just be mentally prepared 3rms are spread across these 2 areas.
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pine vista is not that far off from MRT station...
 
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BombVoyage said:
hmmmm... this batch BTO like 2022 - 2023 then complete...

SOBF will be how fast?
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Every BTO will take 3 to 4 years to complete. You pay more for SBF because of shorter waiting time but that doesn't change how fast that BTO is being built.
 
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Warning about Geylang/Dakota BTO

Hey guys, I was going to apply for the Geylang BTO, so I talked to a friend who's living in nearby Cassia Crescent.

What he said shocked me. Yes the place is supposedly quite far from the chicken pen. But always have suspicious character loiter around the void deck. His neighbour's daughter also kena molested at the Guillemard Road bus stop once. This is even though the blocks are quite new.

I also asked my friend who's living at the Greentops project at Aljunied. The block is a mix of 3-room and 2-room flexi flats. And... it's just awful. It's a den of single senior folk and poorer families (with crime and drug problems etc) and no place for a pleasant home for a decent family.

As most of the 3-room flats in the Geylang BTO are in similar config (i.e. full blocks of 3-room and 2-room flexi), I think the environment will be very bad. This might just turn into a slum. I think the 4-room flats at Dakota Breeze are still okay, but the prospect of staying in a 3-room there is just too scary. I will not feel safe for my child.

I wonder why the government doesn't know about this 2-room and 3-room flat problem. Why not mix it up? Why create slums? If got ethnic quota why don't have an income quota where a flat have all kinds of flats that cater to different stratas?
 
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kyleung86 said:
Hey guys, I was going to apply for the Geylang BTO, so I talked to a friend who's living in nearby Cassia Crescent.

What he said shocked me. Yes the place is supposedly quite far from the chicken pen. But always have suspicious character loiter around the void deck. His neighbour's daughter also kena molested at the Guillemard Road bus stop once. This is even though the blocks are quite new.

I also asked my friend who's living at the Greentops project at Aljunied. The block is a mix of 3-room and 2-room flexi flats. And... it's just awful. It's a den of single senior folk and poorer families (with crime and drug problems etc) and no place for a pleasant home for a decent family.

As most of the 3-room flats in the Geylang BTO are in similar config (i.e. full blocks of 3-room and 2-room flexi), I think the environment will be very bad. This might just turn into a slum. I think the 4-room flats at Dakota Breeze are still okay, but the prospect of staying in a 3-room there is just too scary. I will not feel safe for my child.

I wonder why the government doesn't know about this 2-room and 3-room flat problem. Why not mix it up? Why create slums? If got ethnic quota why don't have an income quota where a flat have all kinds of flats that cater to different stratas?
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The mixture of 2 rooms have been a concern for me. But recent projects have all been mixing with 2 rooms.
 
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kyleung86 said:
Hey guys, I was going to apply for the Geylang BTO, so I talked to a friend who's living in nearby Cassia Crescent.

What he said shocked me. Yes the place is supposedly quite far from the chicken pen. But always have suspicious character loiter around the void deck. His neighbour's daughter also kena molested at the Guillemard Road bus stop once. This is even though the blocks are quite new.

I also asked my friend who's living at the Greentops project at Aljunied. The block is a mix of 3-room and 2-room flexi flats. And... it's just awful. It's a den of single senior folk and poorer families (with crime and drug problems etc) and no place for a pleasant home for a decent family.

As most of the 3-room flats in the Geylang BTO are in similar config (i.e. full blocks of 3-room and 2-room flexi), I think the environment will be very bad. This might just turn into a slum. I think the 4-room flats at Dakota Breeze are still okay, but the prospect of staying in a 3-room there is just too scary. I will not feel safe for my child.

I wonder why the government doesn't know about this 2-room and 3-room flat problem. Why not mix it up? Why create slums? If got ethnic quota why don't have an income quota where a flat have all kinds of flats that cater to different stratas?
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Are most of the 2-room flexi flats consisted of senior citizens?
 
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kyleung86 said:
Hey guys, I was going to apply for the Geylang BTO, so I talked to a friend who's living in nearby Cassia Crescent.

What he said shocked me. Yes the place is supposedly quite far from the chicken pen. But always have suspicious character loiter around the void deck. His neighbour's daughter also kena molested at the Guillemard Road bus stop once. This is even though the blocks are quite new.

I also asked my friend who's living at the Greentops project at Aljunied. The block is a mix of 3-room and 2-room flexi flats. And... it's just awful. It's a den of single senior folk and poorer families (with crime and drug problems etc) and no place for a pleasant home for a decent family.

As most of the 3-room flats in the Geylang BTO are in similar config (i.e. full blocks of 3-room and 2-room flexi), I think the environment will be very bad. This might just turn into a slum. I think the 4-room flats at Dakota Breeze are still okay, but the prospect of staying in a 3-room there is just too scary. I will not feel safe for my child.

I wonder why the government doesn't know about this 2-room and 3-room flat problem. Why not mix it up? Why create slums? If got ethnic quota why don't have an income quota where a flat have all kinds of flats that cater to different stratas?
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This bto so expensive, only elites will stay one la.

The Govt did not create slums, the people did.
 
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windwaver said:
Every BTO will take 3 to 4 years to complete. You pay more for SBF because of shorter waiting time but that doesn't change how fast that BTO is being built.
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Isn't 2022-2023 5 to 6 years from now?

Those in their 30s wait till almost 40?
 
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