2 Room BTO flat

[DEREK88888]

Anyone here bought 2 Room BTO flat? How you find the unit? Care to share more....

[blurblur]

Err...if u r over 35.. just apply via the BTO...pray that u get a queue number....then head down to select a unit then wait for it to be completed lor...

[Friendly]

We are staying in a 2 room BTQ flat in Punggol.. Love it and friendly neighbours i would say.We did not install a bedroom door so that the flat looks a little bigger lor.Nice to have all the wire and pipe conseal. Floor tiles and wall tiles are nice too. Nothing to complain about if you want a simple life and simple flat just to sleep lor. For us since we are only two person no huge furniture and keep everything else in the storeroom. No big sofa just a long cusion sofa and no dinning table too.. to keep it simple.. thats it.

[Zerosum]

Please please please, if you can afford, get a 4room HDB or 3room HDB. Reason being is for your financial security in old age.

3room HDB have 2 bedrooms - 1 master, 1 common.
4room & 5room HDB have 3 bedrooms (mostly) - 1 master & 2 common.

Assuming that you (and possibly your bf) stays in the master, you got at least 1-2 more rooms to rent out. Most common rooms have asking prices of between S$500-S$700 depending on location, conditions & rules. Near MRT, Bus stop, not too far from coffeeshops & supermarket, availability of wifi and/or aircon, allow (light) cooking, not racist will get higher rental rates.

If you are really desperate for money, 3room can stay up to 7 people and 4 room can stay up to 9 people. Minus your partner and yourself, thats 5 or 7 respectively. Add in double bunk beds (each bed around S$250) also can get up to S$1000 (2 double bunk bed - 4 person in common room) or S$1750 (2 double bunk bed - 4 persons in 1st common room & 3 persons in 2nd common room).

In the early stages where there is no such need, can always use the rooms as entertainment rooms, mini-library depending on interests. 

[Cube3]

15 hours ago, Friendly said:

We are staying in a 2 room BTQ flat in Punggol.. Love it and friendly neighbours i would say.We did not install a bedroom door so that the flat looks a little bigger lor.Nice to have all the wire and pipe conseal. Floor tiles and wall tiles are nice too. Nothing to complain about if you want a simple life and simple flat just to sleep lor. For us since we are only two person no huge furniture and keep everything else in the storeroom. No big sofa just a long cusion sofa and no dinning table too.. to keep it simple.. thats it.

 

Yes, very compact, serviceable, yet spacious and not crammed. Nicely designed.

[Friendly]

Please please please don get a hdb too big u spent all your time managing the house and the tenants living with u and u cannot do things like walking around the house with your BF in the nude. We had a 4 rooms before and we are much happier now. More freedom in lots of things including more money to spent in our income. When gov give money also we get more. He he 

[ThinkTank]

38 minutes ago, Friendly said:

Please please please don get a hdb too big u spent all your time managing the house and the tenants living with u and u cannot do things like walking around the house with your BF in the nude. We had a 4 rooms before and we are much happier now. More freedom in lots of things including more money to spent in our income. When gov give money also we get more. He he 

 

true enough, I stay in 4rm hdb with my mom n I spend too much time just to do the house cleaning !!

[lovehandle]

22 hours ago, Friendly said:

We are staying in a 2 room BTQ flat in Punggol.. Love it and friendly neighbours i would say.We did not install a bedroom door so that the flat looks a little bigger lor.Nice to have all the wire and pipe conseal. Floor tiles and wall tiles are nice too. Nothing to complain about if you want a simple life and simple flat just to sleep lor. For us since we are only two person no huge furniture and keep everything else in the storeroom. No big sofa just a long cusion sofa and no dinning table too.. to keep it simple.. thats it.

from your previous bigger flat,  u could adapt to this ? I guess the profits gained from selling the previous housing was too attractive bah?

no doors, wah , a no for me(cos there are times , between a couple , they wish to be left alone and cry or do their own stuff, so it is good to have segregation, no matter what ) while walking nude is fun, w the doors it s still workable too...

 

not quite support zerosum: ended up it is a zero sum game, why spent on a big rm flat, pay more for conservancy charges etc, lesser govt rebates, govt handout money based on your size of flats too
sacrifice all freedom, might as well you and your bf (like what friendly did) stay in your flat, your bf get his own flat and rent that out- all the tenants could do what they wish to in that ...(provided your bf is a local and abv 35)
I cannot even accept a very "confined" space, ie anything smaller than each pax 2bed rms, hence 2 person in the flat, must be at least a 4rm flat

- some of us are in those eras, where many kids and siblings squeeze into a small flat....now as we progressed, lesser in the family, I wanted more space (knowing this is sg, land are scarce)
I applaud all of u who could accept a pax less than 1.5 bedrm, ie 2 pax less than 3 bedrm(even if u alone, rent out to another couple your 3 rm flat ie (3 divide by 3) 1 pax 1 rm , I don't like the idea too)

a flat is a cage, to many

 

there are some in this circle, live alone in an condo - all by himself hor.......

 

 

21 hours ago, Zerosum said:

Please please please, if you can afford, get a 4room HDB or 3room HDB. Reason being is for your financial security in old age.

3room HDB have 2 bedrooms - 1 master, 1 common.
4room & 5room HDB have 3 bedrooms (mostly) - 1 master & 2 common.

Assuming that you (and possibly your bf) stays in the master, you got at least 1-2 more rooms to rent out. Most common rooms have asking prices of between S$500-S$700 depending on location, conditions & rules. Near MRT, Bus stop, not too far from coffeeshops & supermarket, availability of wifi and/or aircon, allow (light) cooking, not racist will get higher rental rates.

If you are really desperate for money, 3room can stay up to 7 people and 4 room can stay up to 9 people. Minus your partner and yourself, thats 5 or 7 respectively. Add in double bunk beds (each bed around S$250) also can get up to S$1000 (2 double bunk bed - 4 person in common room) or S$1750 (2 double bunk bed - 4 persons in 1st common room & 3 persons in 2nd common room).

In the early stages where there is no such need, can always use the rooms as entertainment rooms, mini-library depending on interests. 

 

[lovehandle]

6 minutes ago, ThinkTank said:

 

true enough, I stay in 4rm hdb with my mom n I spend too much time just to do the house cleaning !!

your mum will help too , right?Or u choose to let her rest?

a 2 pax 's laundry and ironing shouldn't be too much (esp she doesn't work), washing of utensil esp in modern days , all will eat out

 

but for the space, if given a chance to rewind, u will take a 2 room???????

maybe once a while, we will hold gatherings, kids and etc will run about, I cannot imagine it to be evn a 3rm! allowing room for playing is good

[ThinkTank]

27 minutes ago, -Ignored- said:

your mum will help too , right?Or u choose to let her rest?

a 2 pax 's laundry and ironing shouldn't be too much (esp she doesn't work), washing of utensil esp in modern days , all will eat out

 

but for the space, if given a chance to rewind, u will take a 2 room???????

maybe once a while, we will hold gatherings, kids and etc will run about, I cannot imagine it to be evn a 3rm! allowing room for playing is good

 

Hi Hi... you cannot expect an old lady to the house cleaning thingy like mopping the floor, windows, toilets, etc... only wish her healthy and not-nagging  is good enough

[lovehandle]

17 minutes ago, ThinkTank said:

 

Hi Hi... you cannot expect an old lady to the house cleaning thingy like mopping the floor, windows, toilets, etc... only wish her healthy and not-nagging  is good enough

yes, just to help w some
certain activities are not cleaned on a weekly basis bah

 

 

kekekeke the "nagging" part is funny

[7heaven]

On Saturday, November 05, 2016 at 0:34 PM, Zerosum said:

Please please please, if you can afford, get a 4room HDB or 3room HDB. Reason being is for your financial security in old age.

3room HDB have 2 bedrooms - 1 master, 1 common.
4room & 5room HDB have 3 bedrooms (mostly) - 1 master & 2 common.

Assuming that you (and possibly your bf) stays in the master, you got at least 1-2 more rooms to rent out. Most common rooms have asking prices of between S$500-S$700 depending on location, conditions & rules. Near MRT, Bus stop, not too far from coffeeshops & supermarket, availability of wifi and/or aircon, allow (light) cooking, not racist will get higher rental rates.

If you are really desperate for money, 3room can stay up to 7 people and 4 room can stay up to 9 people. Minus your partner and yourself, thats 5 or 7 respectively. Add in double bunk beds (each bed around S$250) also can get up to S$1000 (2 double bunk bed - 4 person in common room) or S$1750 (2 double bunk bed - 4 persons in 1st common room & 3 persons in 2nd common room).

In the early stages where there is no such need, can always use the rooms as entertainment rooms, mini-library depending on interests. 

 

Be careful not to break the law by renting to too many people. There is a limit on the number of people allowed in a residential unit. 

[lovehandle]

You will have to consider the Non-Citizen Quota for Subletting of Flat if any subtenant renting your flat is a non-Malaysian non-citizen (Singapore Permanent Resident or foreigner). The quota is to help maintain a good ethnic mix in HDB estates. Malaysians are not subject to this quota in view of their close cultural and historical similarities with Singaporeans.

The quota is set at 8% at the neighbourhood level and 11% at the block level, and applicable if any subtenant renting the whole flat is a non-Malaysian non-citizen (Singapore Permanent Resident or foreigner) . If the quota is reached, only Singaporeans and Malaysians can rent a flat in that neighbourhood/ block. Note that this quota does not apply to the subletting of bedrooms.

You may use our e-Service to check if your flat can be sublet to non-Malaysian non-citizens. The e-Service can also be accessed via the HDB Map Services.

Maximum number of subtenants

These are the maximum number of subtenants allowed in each flat:

Flat Type	Total Number of Subtenants
1-room and 2-room	4
3-room	6
4-room and bigger	9

[Zerosum]

On 11/14/2016 at 6:51 PM, 7heaven said:

 

Be careful not to break the law by renting to too many people. There is a limit on the number of people allowed in a residential unit. 

2-Room flats - Cannot be sublet to others

3-Room flats maximum of 7 people

4-Room, 5 rooom, EA EM maximum of 9 people

Racial Quota and Non-citizen quota only applicable if you are renting out the entire property. If you are renting out solely the room(s), it doesn't apply because you continue to stay in the property.