It is a tough decision. M prefer new flats, whereas I will prefer convenient location with many amenities. Our parents, like most parents hoped that we stay next to their place. Even though our parents' house is just 20 minutes bus ride.. it is a very tough decision. The problem is there are no new flats available at my parents place. And we can't get the new flats at M's parents place cos too popular demand & resale flats are too expensive. So u can see it is such a dilemma having to make our parents pleased or ourselves pleased?
Last year we have first apply for Duxton flats at tanjong pagar, onie to discover later that it will be completed only 5 years later. So we cancelled our application. After which, we went for 2 ballotings but was not selected. Of course, my mum knew that we are not very willing to stay next to her and was very unhappy. We have thus decided that in the event if we cannot get a new flat near, we will buy a resale flat to be near my parents.
Soon after we rom, we received news that there is Walk in selection exercise coming. M rushed to HDB to queue. To our astonishment, people has started queuing from the previous night even though news only published today. So even though M arrived at 9.30am, the queue number we received is already 200+. Our appointment to select the flat is scheduled on the second day of selection. Later, i received news from my friends WX that her queue number is 500+ and another friend gotten her number at 2000+.
Just at this crucial point, M received news that his grandma has passed away. As he will be busy for the wake, we do not have ample time to visit these flats only until the night before our scheduled appointment for selection. On the first day of selection, we were checking frequently for units booked at the HDB website. When we see more and more units being sold, we were so worried that it is yet another disappointment! We are both in a dilemma between 2 places so much so that we are still undecided even when we went to HDB on the next day!
Haaa.. so eventually we decided upon our flat purchase in.. hmm u can called in at a spur of moment. I am quite happy with the purchase but concerned about my mum's feelings. She is sad and unhappy of course and it saddens me that she is unhappy. It is really very hard to satisfy all people's feelings. And what i can do now is to assure her i will take care of her even if i stayed out and she finally cool down. It is lucky that our flat selected is just 20 min bus ride.
I am happy that my friend WX is able to get a new flat even though her queue number is 500.. I understand that several fellow BTB are still not able to obtain a new flat at preferred location even after so many ballotings. It is kind of disappointing and tiring.
After going through this flats purchasing.. i really think that HDB need to increase their release of new flats at mature estates as the demand is so much compared to new n undeveloped estates, perhaps by building more flats for SERS redevelopment so that more can be catered for new couples. Resale flats are so much expensive even after the CPF housing grant and lesser tenure left. So even we wish to stay near our parents to take care of them, also not easy. In an aging society, we will need to stay near our parents to take care of them more so than our generation before.
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