, and you’ll find lots of snaps of her spacious HDB Executive Apartment in Hougang she shares with her husband Fairuz and their kids, Aadam and Aalia.
So after the family completed the Minimum Occupation Period of their BTO flat, they started house-hunting.
The couple, who have worked for 13 years, eventually paid $640k without cash-over-valuation for the 1,550 sq ft EA flat. At the time of the purchase in 2019, the flat was 27 years old.Despite buying a flat that was nearly 30 years old, Alfisyah and Fairuz decided not to do a full renovation. In fact, the first thing that attracted them to the EA flat was how well maintained it was. Plus, the kitchen was already open concept.
On the other hand, doing a partial renovation also meant that hidden faults were not rectified during the renovation, which could pose a problem in future. In their case, this hidden fault led to a leak on the ceiling a few months ago.“One tip we’d like to share that we didn’t practice during our reno was to find out the details of the reno work the previous owner did.