A few years ago, I moved back from the UK to Singapore. As all Singaporean singles know, getting your own place when you're unmarried is prohibitively expensive, due to the many BTO restrictions singles face.
Moreover, I did not inform the company when booking that I would be writing an article about the experience, so you can take my experience as a "generic" one. 1. Too expensive. Even when I included a minimum size filter when searching for a small unit for oneself , it was useless as listings would state that they were over 1,000 square feet, but still be shared rooms! Of course, the low price was a dead giveaway but, nonetheless, all the inaccurate listings make the rental search super troublesome!If you're wondering how much it costs, according to this article, the average lowest rent in 2023 is $2,000 for an HDB in Woodlands, so you could try setting a minimum...
As for the other, the agency said the credit card machine was not working so asked for the deposit in cash and gave me a receipt.
If you're one of those sceptical about living with strangers - as many of my friends are - check out this video of an awesome co-living place in Seoul. That narrowed my search down to three companies: Figment, Coliwoo and Hmlet, which I'll share more about next week!I filtered down to a bedroom with a private bathroom in a landed house and, at the time of writing, the cheapest option was $2,150. However, what I didn't like about the site was that it felt more like an impersonal hotel website than a real co-living experience. Moreover, the additional fees aren't obvious.