Redditer: Young married couple trying to rent a house, why is this so painful?

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Young married couple trying to rent a house, why is this so painful?​

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My spouse and I are currently in the BTO waiting game. In the meantime, we're looking to rent an entire place, somewhere that feels like our home, even if it's temporary.

The search has been more challenging than expected.

Finding the right listings is harder than it should be Even after filtering for entire units, room rentals still show up regularly. It makes the search feel a lot noisier than it needs to be, and you end up spending more time sifting than actually finding. Exhausted.

Some listings aren't quite ready yet. A few that looked promising, followed the link to WhatsApp agent - turned out to have no photos, no floor plan, and uncertain availability. It's a little disheartening to get excited about something and then find out the basics aren't there yet. Exhausted.

The agent conversation can feel a bit transactional. Some agents quick respond with a long checklist of questions right away, asking for nationality, occupation, gender, pax, work pass, lease start date, lease term, and more. I understand the information is useful, but when you're just starting a conversation, it can feel a little overwhelming before any rapport has been built. Yet, when I just provide a every info in a sentence, they replied "please fill in accordingly". hahaha exhausted.

I get that agents have a job to do, but it’s so annoying. I’m just asking basic questions "is this unit include furniture" and they’re already demanding my whole life story and documents before I’ve even seen the place. It really feels like landlords in SG are kings and we’re just lucky to even be considered.

BTO is already a long and tiring wait. I didn't expect the rental search to feel just as heavy.

If anyone has had a better experience or knows a smoother way to navigate this, we'd love to hear it. Still searching, still hopeful.

 

[WangChuk]

no money then rent a masterbate room .... if cannot afford then rent a common room .... while waiting for BTO or HDB rental room ... why die die must rent "a house" to piak so painfully?