Today was our pre house hunting trip. The idea was for us to get a feel of the type of housing available and give guidance to the real estate agent on what we want. This way, when we come back, we only visit places that meet our criteria.
There is one major learning today: apartments in Singapore are small!
I knew it would be smaller than what we are used to in Belgium or other European countries, more in line with what you get in Paris, but it's even smaller than that. So small that it makes you think how to smartly use the space. All my past habits from when I was a student will be needed again.
The conclusion from today is simple: we need to downsize! (BIG time).
Since we are in Meise we have had the luxury of space. Our apartment is big, one could even argue we do not need all this space, and therefore we've expanded to cover the space.
If we bring everything to Singapore, it will either not fit into a two-bedroom apartment or will cost us a fortune as we will need three or more bedrooms.
Our super king size bed would not fit in most of the bedrooms we've seen. By super king size, I mean a 1.8m by 2m bed, which as you can imagine is big enough to fit a whole army of Asian people.
Our dining table might be a challenge as well as most living rooms were quite small as well.
Basically, everything is smaller, and often not smartly designed. Some buildings are looking great from the outside, but once inside, curved walls are not practical and waste a lot of space.
Dishwasher is often not provided... seems most people don't eat enough at home to need a dishwasher or have a maid who does the dishes.
All condos have swimming pool, gym, BBQ pit, tennis court etc. However the size and quality is not equal. There are many types of pools: lap pool, kids pool, waddling pool, decorative pool, etc.
Net, after the day touring apartments, we saw three we could imagine live in, assuming we leave half of the furniture behind. Now the agent knows what we like, our budget and our constraints, like the super king size bed :) Let's see what magic they can work out.
There is one major learning today: apartments in Singapore are small!
I knew it would be smaller than what we are used to in Belgium or other European countries, more in line with what you get in Paris, but it's even smaller than that. So small that it makes you think how to smartly use the space. All my past habits from when I was a student will be needed again.
The conclusion from today is simple: we need to downsize! (BIG time).
Since we are in Meise we have had the luxury of space. Our apartment is big, one could even argue we do not need all this space, and therefore we've expanded to cover the space.
If we bring everything to Singapore, it will either not fit into a two-bedroom apartment or will cost us a fortune as we will need three or more bedrooms.
Our super king size bed would not fit in most of the bedrooms we've seen. By super king size, I mean a 1.8m by 2m bed, which as you can imagine is big enough to fit a whole army of Asian people.
Our dining table might be a challenge as well as most living rooms were quite small as well.
Basically, everything is smaller, and often not smartly designed. Some buildings are looking great from the outside, but once inside, curved walls are not practical and waste a lot of space.
Dishwasher is often not provided... seems most people don't eat enough at home to need a dishwasher or have a maid who does the dishes.
All condos have swimming pool, gym, BBQ pit, tennis court etc. However the size and quality is not equal. There are many types of pools: lap pool, kids pool, waddling pool, decorative pool, etc.
Net, after the day touring apartments, we saw three we could imagine live in, assuming we leave half of the furniture behind. Now the agent knows what we like, our budget and our constraints, like the super king size bed :) Let's see what magic they can work out.
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