BIG news!!!

Ok, this is gonna be a major piece of news that may surprise some of you.

Anyway, i'll just cut to the chase... I have purchased an apartment!
Only a small one, but a bit expensive... 218k!

It is part of a project called tropicana city, where the apartments will be on top of a mall(tropicana mall).

The name of the apartment is called the tropics. Go to this link to have an overall view of the tropicana city project

http://www.dijayacorp.com/project_detail138.asp?articleid=138&zoneid=14&t_status=14

The tall V-shaped buildings are the apartments, the one i bought is facing the other side of the V(the sharp part of the V).

More info about the project, the tropics info is only around the 6th page of the pdf.

http://www.dijayacorp.com/images//12-Dijaya%20Project%20Update%20-%202nd%20Quarter%202006.pdf


The apartment i got is only 675 square feet! But the design is pretty well done with lots of windows so it will feel more spacious.

The only negatives are that it is facing the evening sun and that it is right behind the lift. The apartment is only the 25th floor out of 29 though, so i guess there won't be that many lifts going past my apartment.

here is the floor plan for the apartment:

As you can see its quite small, but i think well designed. At least the 2 rooms are next to each other so i can bash down the wall and make it 1 room if i want to. Or make the living room bigger. Anyway, it is just nice for a bachelor

Actually, i would have wanted the loft unit(pic on page 7 of the pdf), but i can't afford the installment(almost 2k per month). So i had to settle for one of the smaller units. I chose this one because it has a better design with many windows which will make it seem more spacious and to enjoy the view from the 25th floor! The only problem would be heat from the evening sun, so i have to make sure to have good blinds or some sort of tinting.

Anyway, the facilites are pretty good there. Besides the fact that you are living above a mall(they plan to make the mall more upscale with la bodega, alexis, mph, starbucks and carrefour, rather than like amcorp!), they have two tennis courts, one 40m lap pool with jacuzzi and wading pool. Gym, squash court, jogging track, laundromat, concierge...etc. Also the apartments are freehold which is a bit hard to find. The best thing about the place are the facilities and the convenience. If you are cooking something and run out of eggs, carrefour is just an elevator ride down! Want to watch a movie, go to the cineplex down there! I guess the reason why its so expensive is the lifestyle. Other apartments are going for 196k for 1000 square feet! hehehe, but naturally they don't have all the conveniences.

For buying the apartments during the soft launch, they gave a 10k discount, 2 free aircons, 1 free carpark, 800rm of astro subscription and waived the smp fee.

Anyway, this was a big step for me. I was quite worried about it as it was a huge commitment, but i prayed and felt that it was the right step. It was a whole new world with terms liek BLR, smp, mrta...etc that i had never heard before in my life.

Also, i couldn't have done it without the support of my family as they were very supportive. I thought that i would have to convince them to let me buy it...heheheh.

Anyway, i hope you are not too shocked...heheh cos i still am myself. If you want more pics and stuff just ask!