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Matt
Moving to Singapore in June from India.Total salary is 4000 SGD per month. I want to rent a studio apartment so that I have access to kitchen.Which area can i find one and How much does it cost along with food and transport and maybe once ina week going to movies or out for a drink .
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Dear Matt,
Welcome to Singapore. Yes, sure one can live decently in Singapore for SGD4000 or less.
You can rent a 3-Room (2 Bedroom + 1 Living Hall size approx 600-700sq ft) Housing Development Board (HDB) Flat for about 30-35% of your monthly income. You may go to the following website for a rough idea on location and cost of rent... http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10323p.nsf/w/RentOpenMktStatisticRent?OpenDocument
Please be wary of con-Landlord as the whole HDB flat are NOT suppose to be rented out unless the owner has approval from HDB. Get a licenced property agent to help you on this but there will be a agency fees of "half month rental" per 1-year of lease. Usually flat comes fully furnished with Sofa, CTV, dining set, bedding set, wardrobe, kitchen cabinet, fridge and washing machine.
Rental cover Maintenance Fees & Property Tax. But you got to pay your own utilities bills should you rent the whole unit instead of just a room. Usually renting a room would not allow you access to the kitchen. Electrical & Water Bill usually cost SGD100-150 per month depend if your unit comes with air-conditioner and also depend on your usage. TV licence cost SGD110 per year. Cable TV, Broadband & Mobile are also very affordable, depend on your preference, cost about SGD130-200 per month.
Eating out is also very cheap in Singapore. A decent meal cost no more than SGD5.00 include soft drink in a Coffeeshop or Hawker Center which are all over Singapore. You may check out the following website for grocery shopping...
http://www.fairprice.com.sg
A drink (beer) at a coffeeshop or hawker center cost no more than SGD7 but can cost twice or more at a pub. Movie cost about SGD7-8. Check out the following website for eating out in Singapore...
http://www.hungrygowhere.com/
Public Transport are cheap and efficient. Depend on your place of work and where you live, usually cost no more than SGD2 per trip. A short journey cost less than SGD0.70! Get a EZ-Link Card after you arrive and it will save more.
Fyi, you may also consider visiting our National Library where you can borrow books, CD, VCD, DVD for free. Hope you have a wonderful stay in Singapore.
Dear Matt,
Welcome to Singapore. Yes, sure one can live decently in Singapore for SGD4000 or less.
You can rent a 3-Room (2 Bedroom + 1 Living Hall size approx 600-700sq ft) Housing Development Board (HDB) Flat for about 30-35% of your monthly income. You may go to the following website for a rough idea on location and cost of rent... http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10323p.nsf/w/RentOpenMktStatisticRent?OpenDocument
Please be wary of con-Landlord as the whole HDB flat are NOT suppose to be rented out unless the owner has approval from HDB. Get a licenced property agent to help you on this but there will be a agency fees of "half month rental" per 1-year of lease. Usually flat comes fully furnished with Sofa, CTV, dining set, bedding set, wardrobe, kitchen cabinet, fridge and washing machine.
Rental cover Maintenance Fees & Property Tax. But you got to pay your own utilities bills should you rent the whole unit instead of just a room. Usually renting a room would not allow you access to the kitchen. Electrical & Water Bill usually cost SGD100-150 per month depend if your unit comes with air-conditioner and also depend on your usage. TV licence cost SGD110 per year. Cable TV, Broadband & Mobile are also very affordable, depend on your preference, cost about SGD130-200 per month.
Eating out is also very cheap in Singapore. A decent meal cost no more than SGD5.00 include soft drink in a Coffeeshop or Hawker Center which are all over Singapore. You may check out the following website for grocery shopping...
http://www.fairprice.com.sg
A drink (beer) at a coffeeshop or hawker center cost no more than SGD7 but can cost twice or more at a pub. Movie cost about SGD7-8. Check out the following website for eating out in Singapore...
http://www.hungrygowhere.com/
Public Transport are cheap and efficient. Depend on your place of work and where you live, usually cost no more than SGD2 per trip. A short journey cost less than SGD0.70! Get a EZ-Link Card after you arrive and it will save more.
Fyi, you may also consider visiting our National Library where you can borrow books, CD, VCD, DVD for free. Hope you have a wonderful stay in Singapore.
Where can I find best bedroom decorations?
Gorgeous C
I have been to do it yourself.com and about.com that they haven't catered to what I want to do with my bedroom. I need to be inspired by the pictures which i will decorate my room. website and links are helpful but I want them to give a lot of pictures to choose from
Answer
Depends on what you like or what your interests are. The number one thing that I believe is to shop around!
Pick a style you like. For example, my room is Indian style. I found a comforter set at JcPenny's, then shopped around for reasonable decorative pillows. I found them at Pier1. Then for pictures I just looked up some pictures on Google with the word "India" and came up with some more good ideas along with pictures that I could enlarge and get printed and hang on a wall for decoration. I also found a few book ends with their gods on them and some other cute decorations at Romancing the Stone.
My personal opinion is just to find a style that you like, and stick with it. Possibly look in Better Homes & Gardens or any home decor magazine at Low's maybe... Also watch alot of those channels on tv where they makeover rooms. Can't think of the name of them offhand, but I'm sure if you look around you can find them. They are usually on the same channels as the DIY stuff. They provide ALOT of ideas, and inspire you to come up with your own.
Good luck!
Depends on what you like or what your interests are. The number one thing that I believe is to shop around!
Pick a style you like. For example, my room is Indian style. I found a comforter set at JcPenny's, then shopped around for reasonable decorative pillows. I found them at Pier1. Then for pictures I just looked up some pictures on Google with the word "India" and came up with some more good ideas along with pictures that I could enlarge and get printed and hang on a wall for decoration. I also found a few book ends with their gods on them and some other cute decorations at Romancing the Stone.
My personal opinion is just to find a style that you like, and stick with it. Possibly look in Better Homes & Gardens or any home decor magazine at Low's maybe... Also watch alot of those channels on tv where they makeover rooms. Can't think of the name of them offhand, but I'm sure if you look around you can find them. They are usually on the same channels as the DIY stuff. They provide ALOT of ideas, and inspire you to come up with your own.
Good luck!
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