Catfeine

If you are planning to stay for a short term (i.e. not more than a year) and you have no other option, then you can choose this condo. For a longer-term it is not a good option due to the following reasons: Poor Construction Quality: Construction quality is extremely poor. Almost in every unit, water leaks through the wall or ceiling. In several units, the under-basin wooden cabinet spoils due to water leaking, and landlords ask the tenants to pay for the damage. Poor Quality Whitegoods: In this condo, every unit comes with white goods preinstalled. However, none of these white goods had a standard 3 to 10 years warranty, they were on one year warranty. As the quality of the white goods was extremely poor, breakdown of microwave, fire in the refrigerator, breaking of switch covers, etc. are frequent events. Tenants need to bear the costs of these small repairs. Poor Maintenance: Maintenance is substandard in this condo. The swimming pool remains closed for maintenance for at least 6 months per year. Only 3 out of the 16 lights work in the pool. In one case, a dog was drowned in the pool. In 2021, the pool flooded during rain and spoiled the Lift in Block 176. The lift was repaired after 2 months. Noisy and Dusty Location: The condo is located just beside the busy Jalan Jurong Kechil road and there is a bus stop just at the doorstep of the condo. So, the avg. noise level is nearly 71bd during the daytime (max. I recorded was 98db). At night, loud bangs can be heard even when the windows are closed. Currently, there are three constructions sites adjacent to the condo expecting to finish construction on or after 2025. Therefore, the environment is super noisy and dusty. Frequent Impractical attempt of Rent Increment: Since 2017, every year I saw landlords are trying to increase $500 to $1000 in the monthly rent. Considering the location and the problems mentioned above, the increment is impractical. Therefore, every year tenants need to change their units. The funny point is, URA rental transaction record also shows that the rent actually did not change much since 2017, just tenants had to change their units as the landlords wanted to try their luck.

Amenities seem nice, but upon using the facilities this condo were full of flaws. It was raining and I asked for advice to avoid being drenched, the lady receptionist was hesitant to provide direction and seemed busy with playing her phone and listening to music, I asked again and she told me that there are no options except to walk through the rain. Never have I seen a condo designed this way. Forcing visitors to fill up and sign a form which was supposed to be done by the counter staffs, never seen condos where multiple visitors from the same group having to fill up separately (what is the point?). Next, I asked if there was a way from carpark at the basement level. Weirdly she said yes, I walked 7minutes from the carpark only to found out that the entrance to the compound was locked by a gate with no intercom for visitor entry. Very disappointed in this place, together with the useless receptionist, I’m also not sure what the architect was thinking.