Bah, my landlord said that due to personal reasons she needs to move back into the apartment after the end of our lease in July

Any of you have any experience engaging professional movers? Any idea of an indicative charge rate for moving an entire 3 bedroom apartment? Just exploring some options cos big items like the bed and etc can't really be moved by ourselves ...

depends on your location (from where to where).
but professional movers will costs around SGD400
they will move the things for u (everything, u just "babysit" them)...u can ask them to visit and give u a non-obligatory quote.
engage a few so u can compare.

This post has been edited by crazy25kid: Mar 27 2013, 10:27 AM

Price have to get quote when they go and view the things to be moved in your unit. Depend on distance from old to new place, got lift access or not, how many box, how many bulky item like furniture, need them to help you pack or unpack or not. The guy will give quote for few packages. They will provide box for you to pack your small things. Ask for plastic wrap for your furniture to prevent scratches during transport.

welcome to singapore
perhaps i might have to leave
sienz

Previously do it together with friends un-pro ways, using the SG-style low pickup truck (from friends also)
2-3 trips all done for an entire apartment.
Get a sheet of plastic, put on ground floor/road next to lorry, put the mattress there. Then just start throwing things off the balcony upstairs (luckily is just 1st/2nd floor) instead of carry down.
Warning: You can't simply throw things off balcony in SG.

It was a fun way to move things, compare to in KL.

that's a superb idea....

Your aunt will never be consider a true blue Singaporean. At best a FT Singaporean like some sport players. Even you aunt win a gold medal, many local will think she is still not Singaporen enough.

PR pay more to the gov for less subsidy and zero benefits when there is any bonus. These Sinagporean should be thankful to PR for not diluting their bonus share. If Sinagporean alone are capable to fill up all the demanding jobs here then there is no reason why the Gov NEED to bring in the FT since long time ago. So don't bother these anti FT talks.

PR don't buy HDB with gov subsidy. They only help Singaporean to be richer by buying their HDB at higher markup price. They should blame their ex minister for linking the new HDB price with resale price which make the new HBD unaffordable to young Sinagporean.

so means to say that everyone is link in some sort of way
and should be leeching of each other

Correction

We sound kinda bitter Sigh.

and they always complain and complain and complain.

and they think they sacrifice themselves a lot of by going ns.

got one issue i read that sg government give scholarships to students in constructions field,

and citizen get 4k more than PR out of 30k. they say they serve ns for nothing. they only worth 4k.

!!!

Uh, be careful with that sort of statement.
They have a degree of rights as citizens, and that the government, which they elected, is supposed to best serve their interests.
This is their home, for us, we are just here to make money. (unless u are a citizen urself).
They don't have a hinterland called Malaysia where, if shit don't work out in SG, we can always go back. For them, they have to make a stand here, because they don't really have any where else to go.

ok lah. let them complain as much as they can.

like what i said earlier, learn not to care.
there's nothing you can do apart from making urself miserable.
let them rant all they want.
hehehe

other ppl rant nvm.

but own relative also like that, it makes me

its like every word she said to me i also feel offended.

maybe this is a part of being a foreigner.

Are you actually staying with this Singaporean Aunt of yours ?

I do not believe that's the way it should be.

Look, they (the Singaporean) need us as much as we need them. Don't let them fool you into believing otherwise.

Although you could call it a marriage of convinience (we need the job and money - they need the manpower to do the job to get money), do note that we have our rights as well. Rights that include not being discriminated against.

Arguments that they don't have a hinterland where they can hide in, is not valid. Serving NS is their national obligation. Using it to complain is just not a valid reason.

This is becuase without the "foreigners" and "PRs" they love to "hate", Singapore will be nothing more than a tourist destination. We help them build SG to where it is today.

I think people do have choice. If they don't like certain place/country why don't they just leave ? No point ranting over things that can't be change.

Category Current COE Price ($) Quota Bids Received
A CAR (1600CC & BELOW) 64,209 337 923
B CAR (ABOVE 1600CC) 73,900 307 940
C GOODS VEHICLE & BUS 54,111 225 312
D MOTORCYCLE 1,909 543 634
E OPEN 73,301 279 635

40%/50% downpayment also COE at $64k, lots of cash rich people with money in Singapore

only two type of people in sg, rich people and poor people
rich people can straight buy condo, drive to work, they feel at home everything is within reach
poor people rent and stay in hdb and squeeze in train and complain

i look at my ang moh colleague on expat package,
u think beign white he is foreginer
bloody hell he feel more at home than in UK
he is not going back to UK and pay high tax

can conclude your aunty is in the P category