Recent content by teck21

Thank you Investor and everyone else. It is quite unfortunate that my family and I are not going ahead with our move. The reasons for my reversal are purely personal, and everyone's circumstances are different. I still retain a great deal of confidence in the longer term prospects for...

Hi LGLab and DoA, Thanks for your concern. I'm fine, just that some family conditions have changed since we bought the place so I think I would prefer to stay in SG for the time being. At least I think the blog is useful for people lol. Lizzert, try http://www.iproperty.com.my/.

Hi everyone, Hope everyone's doing fine. Can see so many old names still giving out good advice on moving to JB, led by Wuqi still. And so many new people taking positive steps in that direction as well. Cheers for you guys. Unfortunately I have shelved my plans to move, possibly indefinitely...

Tuas is terrible, jam stretching almost all the way across the bridge now. I'm stuck in it.

There is no rationale for this practice at all, zero. JB have different law? Screw that. I have also thought about complaining to somebody, but first one needs to find out who, and then even after that, one has no way of ensuring disciplinary action on offending agent, or in fact any kind of...

Re: Should I take loan from SG bank or MY bank? Javier, like Reds, I'd consider it a no-brainer if you are indeed eligible. Sharp differential in interest rates, relative stability of SGD vs MYR (if anything, possible appreciation of SGD vs MYR).

Good? No idea, but it seems popular so I don't think it's bad! Near? It is actually in HH itself, you could walk there from your home. It's just opposite the Gateway entrance.

At least your children should not have a problem with Chinese since they are exposed to it at home from your mom. Previously I went to the Ming Chih primary school in HH to speak with the principal, who told me bluntly to think very carefully about putting my child there because I will 'ruin'...

I don't have loan with any M'sian bank, so that option not available to me. Lol, good idea, but I rather not. Maybe I get my father be my introducer instead. He M'sian some more. Thanks for the tips everyone. I will definitely try a foreign bank, just didn't occur to me. Yah, I will...

No luck opening a current account. Alliance bank manager I spoke with on recommendation from another bro here said a work permit, student visa or MM2H was required for the opening of one. Will try all the others. Currently applying for MM2H, but I understand that does take several months at...

Probably actually because not many here have children of that age living and schooling over there. Most either have grown up children/no children/or children who still study in Singapore, and they still live here, or commute like Cathy. Wonder who else besides Cathy does the daily commute...

I will probably just go settle the electricity tomorrow, needs to be done sooner rather than later anyway. As for HLB, I actually just walked into the Nusa Bestari branch to ask. I didn't take a bank loan, so don't have that option. Anyway, fellow bro here has kindly offered to be my...

Glad you're safe Wuqi, yep always drive carefully in M'sia. But once I am back on SG soil, I drive like an absolute monster again. Finally managed to get the renovation moving today with the selection of tiles to be used. But need to go to a TNB shop to open an account and connect my...

But that opinion piece is so full of .......selective statistics! Can't really disagree too much with the second statement, a lot of Singaporeans are struggling. Simple observation however should reveal that the ones truly struggling, are not subject to a whole bunch of hidden taxes that the...

In my case, agent also asked me to pay balance 9% (10% minus 1% earnest deposit fee) when going to lawyer's office to sign S&P, and the owner wanted that 9% (about RM57k) in cash. So I had to walk down Jalan Wong Ah Fook carrying that amount on me. Frightening. Turns out seller didn't know that...