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Reader:
By the way , there is nothing wrong to stay at condo also what ... ( AK also stays at condo ) , so long you can afford it , why not ?
You work so hard , deserve to upgrade and enjoy also .
Save tons of money and not using it also can't bring them with you one day .
So , we don't have to keep comparing la .
If I can afford GCB , I will go for it too ! Why not ? 😁😁
AK:
I would have bought BTO HDB flat if I had qualified.
I like good quality subsidised housing from government.
99 years lease at a discounted price is OK for me.
I thought of buying a resale flat but:
1. I had to wait till I was 35.
2. I was reluctant to pay non-subsidised price for an old flat with about 70 years left to the lease.
In buying a condo, I chose to buy freehold and I chose to buy what was, at that time, the smallest format available.
I didn't need a bigger unit.
I was lucky that the property price more than doubled from when I bought it.
I decided to sell it because I thought it became too expensive for me to stay in.
It felt extravagant.
I was also lucky that smaller format one bedroom condo became quite popular and I was even luckier to find one freehold option that offered great value for money a year after I sold my place.
My current place is practically free of cost since the capital gain from selling my old place could pay for this in full.
Now, you know why I stay in a condo and why it is a small condo.
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