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Green Dragon residents shocked by £7,000 service charge bills

Croydon is reckoned to already have around 1,000 flats in converted office blocks, thanks to Tory relaxation of planning rules. Now residents in one block are facing the nightmare of service charges doubling to pay for safety works. By BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent The essence of what has become known as “landlordism” and, for that matter, “developerism”, was blatant in yesterday’s…

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From Buying to Remodeling: A Schedule For Your Singapore Landed Property Investment

Investing in a landed property in Singapore is a significant milestone, but it’s only the beginning of your journey. The process from purchase to renovation involves multiple steps, each with its own timeline and considerations. This article aims to provide you with a comprehensive timeline to help you navigate this intricate journey, ensuring a smoother transition from a property owner to a satisfied homeowner.

Step 1: Property Search and Viewing (1-3 Months)

Embarking on your landed property investment journey in Singapore begins with the property search—a phase that can span from a few weeks to several months or longer, influenced by your unique needs and the prevailing market conditions. While the allure of location and price might dominate your initial considerations, it’s imperative to also focus on the property’s long-term investment value. To navigate this complex landscape, enlisting the help of a real estate agent specialized in landed properties is highly recommended. But don’t stop there; make sure you bring along a trusted builder during your property visits.

Why is a builder’s expertise so crucial at this stage? Because they can offer invaluable insights into the property’s condition, helping you avoid unexpected costs that could strain your budget and disrupt your renovation plans. Their ability to align your renovation goals with Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) guidelines not only ensures a smoother renovation process but also enhances your property’s market value and appeal to future buyers. In Singapore’s competitive property market, making informed decisions at this early stage sets the foundation for a wise, long-term investment.

Step 2: Offer and Purchase Agreement (1-2 Weeks)

Once you’ve found the ideal property, the next step is to make an offer. If accepted, you’ll enter into a Purchase Agreement, which usually takes about a week to finalize. This is also the time to conduct a more thorough inspection of the property with your builder, to identify any potential issues that could affect the renovation.

Step 3: Financing and Legalities (1-2 Months)

Securing financing and navigating the legal landscape are crucial steps that can take up to two months. This includes mortgage approval, conveyancing, and securing any necessary permits for future renovations. Consult with financial advisors and legal experts to ensure that all paperwork is in order.

Step 4: Planning and Design (2-3 Months)

After the purchase is complete, the next phase is planning and design, which can take two to three months. This is where you’ll work closely with your builder and his team to finalize the renovation plans. Detailed blueprints, material selection, and a renovation timeline will be established during this phase.

Step 5: Renovation Work (3 – 6 Months)

The actual renovation work is the most time-consuming part of the process, often taking between three to eight or more months, depending on the scope.

Step 6: Final Inspection and Handover (2 – 4 Weeks)

Once the renovation work is complete, a final inspection is conducted to ensure that everything is up to code and meets your expectations. Any last-minute fixes are made at this stage before the property is officially handed over to you.

Step 7: Post-Renovation (2 weeks – 1 Month)

After the handover, you’ll likely need some time to settle in. This includes the final installation of furnishings, setting up utilities, and addressing any minor issues that may arise.

Conclusion: A Well-Planned Journey

Investing in a landed property in Singapore is not just about the purchase; it’s a long-term commitment that involves careful planning and execution. By understanding the timeline from purchase to renovation, you can better prepare for each phase, making the entire process more manageable and less stressful. Armed with this knowledge, you’re now better equipped to make your landed property investment in Singapore a resounding success.

This blog is brought to you by Inspired Homes, your partner in creating harmonious homes that evolve with the ever-changing dynamics of family life.

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trigunned the hades or hadesed the trigun (id in alt)

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Cartoon with identical looking boy/girl twins that's self-aware of the fact this implies one is trans, and keeps the audience guessing as to which one it is.

The girl laments that her friends are buying bras and her chest is still flat. The boy keeps his t-shirt on the whole time at the beach. Neither of them like using public toilets. The girl always seems to be eating pickles. The boy is giving himself an injection... But it turns out he's diabetic and it's his insulin. Oh look, one of them has a trans flag pin! But so does the other one, because the cis sibling is a very enthusiastic ally.

Bonus points if the twins are aware of this and confusing people on purpose.

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Moon Aligns with Observatory Dome Follow Souda on Tumblr

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Never giving him the whole paper towel roll anymore...

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i was just talking about this after being wrecked by the discovery that the little elf-goblin fellows my parents/family used to tell me warnings and stories about as a little kid are regionally specific, and that you can trace people's geographic origins by what word they use for "little spirit-fellows who live in your house". no matter what you call them (domovoi, kobolde, brownies, so on); for purposes of this post henceforth "little guys"

i think one of the things that i find frustrating about like, idk, modern animist revivalist movements is that very few of them ime spend a lot of time romanticising and spiritualizing human habitation. obviously, we as a culture need to think more about protecting and defending nature/the earth/so on, but like.

if you don't have room in your heart for making up a little guy who lives in the water heater, or who squats under your stove and makes it run 15 degrees off the programmed temperature, and thinking of him with the same kind of respect/affection as you do for the spirits (or whatever) of the wildlife you interact with like.

genuinely: what are you even doing. you are removing a source of richness and fun and whimsy from your life! like, pip @creekfiend made up the concept of "little guys who live in an airport (and are the reason it's so shitty to be in an airport)" and i already like airports like 30% more just knowing it's the little airport inconvenience guys doing that.

more importantly, like. genuinely: interrogate what parts of the world seem ~rich with spiritual meaning~ to you. what parts of the world are "wild"? what does that make the rest of the world - a chore? a burden? who has to carry that burden?

we're never going to like, "return to nature", because that's nothing and the concept of untouched nature is also nothing; we're always going to have some sort of human habitation and interaction and cultivation with nature. if you can't extend grace and whimsy and genuine and sincere meaning to human habitation, including its inconveniences and annoyances, you are making your own lived experience duller!

notably, most of these kinds of little-guy-spirits historically exist in the parts of human habitation that are partially abandoned, partially removed: haylofts, inside the walls, under the house, in the bathhouse, behind the furnace... i've been thinking a lot about urban wildlife lately, and the animals who make space for themselves in and around human habitation. the "natural" and the "wild" persist inside and around the edges of the "tame" and always, always have. if you have a crawlspace, there's a little spirit who lives there and he's the reason the dryer always eats your socks.

LIVE WHIMSICALLY.

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A farmhouse-style living room.

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lyla kill these idiots

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