Our 2 cents
Me & my partner have been house hunting for months, we have searched high and low, from North, East and West, based on our budget and preference. This condo was the first few that we saw amongst other 20-30 different condo units. And we are glad we did buy this condo.
For us, there are few areas of consideration in buying a condo unit: Accessibility to nearby transport & amenities, Chance of cap appreciateion or rental yield, exclusivity (the latter is quiet important), and design
As most people and even agent has pointed out the 1st and 2nd factors, we'd just elaborate more on the 3rd & 4th factor.
When owning a condo unit, I would want to have the feeling of exclusivity not having a claustrophobic having the condo being too clustered or surrounded by high rise HDBs, and also easiness to get to your own unit without having to feel like walking through a labyrinth where there are lots of crying babies, people playing loud music/instruments, family feuds, wet clothes being hung, narrow pathway, and so forth. Yes there were a number of condo that has that "feel".
Also, Some people don't mind having a crappy interior since they think they would easily renovate the space. We have seen lotsa HDB dwellers magically renovated their space to look like 5 star hotel room, and spent 50 - 100K, especially newlyweds. And just to find out that when they sold their house, after minusing off their spendings on renovation, CPF interest, furnitures, etc, they only got so little back in their hands. With this condo, we don't need to do much on the renovation, we would just furnish it as the basic interior has shown promising layout and design (i.e. bar concept and open kitchen, hotel-like bathroom, etc)
Of course, this review is quite subjective, but it's our honest 2 cents.
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Interior / Units
5
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Common Areas
5
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Condo Facilities
5
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Transport Links
4
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Nearby Amenities
5
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Management
4
Families with Children
Peace & Quiet
Students
Western Expats
Asian Expats