Buyer & Seller Must Know

One Tree Hills Gardens is a Singapore Condo that was not built recently, its completion year being 1988, but it always managed to capture the attention of people that wanted to purchase a beautiful home. Located near large shopping centers, banks, schools, and others, and providing its inhabitants a set of great facilities, it is still a good catch. Perhaps this is why this particular condominium started this year’s collective sale market, being the first deal of this kind in 2017. The En Bloc market resurrected last year and it appears to be continuing to expand in 2017 as well, the One Tree Hills Gardens being a strong proof of this aspect.

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The sight of public waste collectors driving up and down our streets may soon be a thing of the past, if a two pronged initiative for pneumatic waste conveyance systems (PWCS) is as successful as it is hoped it will be. The traditional method of rubbish disposal is far from perfect, especially in a country with a climate like Singapore, where the high temperatures means food and vegetable matter quickly becomes rotten, becoming a haven for rats and other vermin and pests, and creating a unpleasant environment.

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When a person buys a new home, he or she pictures it perfect, almost dream-like. When you invest money into a brand new residential unit, these are the way things should be. But the home-owners of Austville Residence faced a big disappointment shortly after moving in into the modern executive condo. What caused their discontentment? First of all, these were defects caused by a faulty construction process all around the building, and there were amenities missing, in comparison with what the developer of this residential area promised to the people that were interested in buying a home here. A mediation process already started between the management company, which represents the voice and interests of the Austville residents, and the development companies that took care of the construction.

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Choosing the type of kitchen countertop for your home not only has an impact on the look and feel of your kitchen, it also has a dramatic effect on the future value of the property. In this article we will look at the most popular types of kitchen countertops and examine the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Quartz

One of the most popular and stylish choices, quartz countertops are actually engineered, unlike marble and granite ones. Quartz makes up approximately 93% of a quartz countertop, with the remaining 7% being binder and colour. Read more

Committee of collective sale of Shunfu Ville that was formed four years ago and the estate of Bishan sale has ultimately gotten the attention four years later.

The Shunfu Ville is an old HUDC ( forerunner to Executive Condo) with tenure of a ninety nine year lease hold. It is located in Shunfu road, district 20 in Singapore. The Shunfu Ville is in location with just mere meters away from the Marymount MRT Station . It has facilities of an open car park including a playground. The Shunfu Ville is located in one of the most convenient locations with many schools, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants and many more others in close vicinity .

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Singapore has again moved to the top rank as a World’s maritime capital. Singapore ranked on the first position in 3 groups, they are:

• Logistics
• Shipping

According to the Norwegian Consultancy, Singapore was ranked second for maritime technology. It was ranked fourth in law and finance. Previously, Singapore was in the fifth position in maritime technology. This movement upwards displayed efforts in research and technology.

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Bishan is a residential district situated at the centre of Singapore which spreads across 743 ha area. It’s basically a HBD estate built in the mid 1980-90 having excellent transit connectivity via MRT and bus. Besides this it has also got all the basic amenities like schools, town centre, sports facilities and parks.

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Home – the most valuable asset of our life. The place where one finds peace of mind and cherishes moments spent with the loved ones. When we invest all our hard earned money to make that house, we need to have a protection against unexpected casualties.

Now, imagine you are at your workplace and you receive a call that your house is ablaze. One would obviously panic at this situation. One would go wild thinking about the valuables and other belongings inside the house? Is all gone? What to do now?

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The modern history of Ang Mo Kio – or AMK as the locals often call it – realy begins in 1973 when development started on the previously forested and farmed land. The new town, located in the North-East Region of the island, was to become the HDB’s 7^th satellite town, and notably was the first to be built in the then new metric dimensions. Covering an area of 27 hectares, the town is comprised of 7 neighbourhoods, and won the esteemed Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Outstanding Buildings Award three years after it was fully completed, in 1983.

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The prices of the property market in China increased in the previous month. The property market is a huge contributor to the growth of China’s economy. The strategy introduced to reduce the demand were not effective in controlling the increase.

In China, prices of home in the main cities went up by 0.6% in comparison to February,2017. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the prices in 15 cities were stable. But the prices for latest homes in 3^rd-tier cities increased by 0.4%.

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Natural ventilation – simply opening the windows or doors, and allowing the natural flow of air to cool and freshen the interior of a building or room – is often the preferred choice for many people. For a variety of reasons however, mechanical ventilation is often needed as an alternative or at least an addition especially in certain rooms such as bathrooms and kitchens. This is especially the case in a place such as Singapore and in South East Asia in general, where firstly the temperatures tend to be high year round, and secondly the humid conditions mean that the air contains high quantities of water vapour meaning it is not ideal for drying wet or damp rooms.

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One of life’s frustrations could be consigned to history – or at least reduced – with the advent of Mechanical Parking Systems (MPS) which are currently being trialled in Singapore. A relatively common sight in Japan, and one that is already used in several hotels and private condominiums in Singapore, the system is being considered by the HDB to see if it is something that would be worth rolling out to more, or even all of its car parks.

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Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development in Singapore is of the view that the existing technology used for developing the buildings needs to be changed as they will be no longer sustainable in the longer run. He believed that optimum use of new technology is the need of the hour to construct the new buildings in Singapore.

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The HUDC estate in Eunoville is on the market for collective sales. This was the 2^nd collective sale in the month of April. This marks the revival of the collective sales market in Singapore. Another HUDC estate, Rio Casa was also ready for sale in April 2017.

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In response to the Committee on the Future Economy’s (CFE) acknowledgement of a changing emphasis in the way companies are operating in terms of embracing new technologies, combined with a further push towards realising the government’s Smart Nation initiatives, it was announced that Punggol North would become an Enterprise District, and the first on the island where new planning concepts will be introduced.

The CFE recognised that in today’s dynamic industrial environment, more and more companies are collaborating with both academic institutions and other companies in order to develop and utilise new technology. Furthermore, the so-called live-work-play-learn environments that have started to become a feature of business parks create the vibrant conditions that play a major role in attracting and retaining bright new talent, which in turn leads to innovation.

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