Ground units have their conveniences: 1. When you forget to bring something and need to go back to grab the item. You don't need to deal with the "lift waiting" time. 2. Like you mention in your video, when you have bulky items, it eliminates the concern for "can the item fit into the lift". 3. When it comes to grocery shopping, if you drive and have many bags of grocery to bring from car to your unit. You will appreciate that you have chosen the ground floor. 4. When you have children and they fell asleep when heading home during the drive and you don't wish to disturb their sleep; carrying them from your car to your unit is a blessing. BTW, do invest in those magnetic mosquito screen if you intend to open your windows. For sliding windows, you can mount the screen outside. If swing type windows, you will need to mount them inside. Congrats! You now own a "landed property" at a bargain price!
Agreed, staying on the ground floor is so underrated! I'm in my late 20s and I've lived on the ground floor for pretty much my whole life, except for 5 years when my family moved to a 2nd floor HDB, then moved back down. Regarding privacy issues, honestly once you've lived in a ground floor unit for so long, you'd care less about passerbys. I keep my windows, both front and back doors open all the time when I'm home. Sure, sometimes people might peek in the front door, I just stare back at them. But most of the times, people just mind their own business. And tbh, I preferred hearing the "human traffic" as opposed to total quietness, bc it can feel lonely/scary at times. What I dislike about lower floors is the dusts! In front of my front door is an open space carpark and a road. That probably explains why. I'm not sure about other floors but yeah, dusts is an issue. Also, can probably be warmer than upper floors due to less wind. Pests-wise... I'm sure higher floors do have their fair share of cockroaches. I've never had any rats running into my house. What I love is the convenience: no need to wait for the lift (esp important when i'm running late), carrying things from the car is a BREEZE, the community cat dropping by my house to get food 😆 Also, I stay in an older estate, so staying on the ground floor has some "kampung" feels hahaha.
One thing to note on living at ground floor is main waste pipe chokage. If there is any chokage, water will backflow to unit. For kitchen area linking to living room, good to have some barrier there just in case waste water flood the kitchen and to living room
@@GeraldOng rare as the mainpipe in the newer HDB flat are bigger, just in case. For older flats with small mainpipe especially those 40s and 50s yr old not unusual
I have stayed in 2 ground floor HDB flats- 4 room flat & mansionette. I love staying in both. But I will most likely get a high floor when I buy my first HDB flat.
I stay on the lower ground but for the next place that we move to we will still prefer to opt for higher floors (above 7th preferably). Mostly for better views/airflow, away from the proneness to more insects/pests, more privacy etc. of course you have valid points for your current flat too! Thanks for sharing your perspectives!
Golden Hammer Ant gel is very effective at making them disappear! It works on them picking up the gel , ingesting it and taking it back to their nest. It kills the whole family unit flatout!
Mine is near Pioneer MRT... Maybe a less then 1min walk?? Have 3 mulit storey carpark surround me... Easy for guest to park their vehicles.. Very open space for the front ...last corner unit.. not much passerby...
I prefer to stay further away from amenities for privacy, peace and quiet. I live on the top floor btw, it’s my favourite spot, can’t be disturbed by anyone living above me dragging furniture in the silent hours. I’m also relatively protected from plumbing sound effect since I live on the top floor, i.e. my piping bothers other but no one can bother me :p My neighbours also keep pretty much to themselves which is a bonus since I hate socialising. I have lived in my flat for 30 years and till today I still don’t know the family name of my neighbours. Lol
Hey Munster welcome back! It's been a while!! haha I'm so happy you really seem to have found your dream home!! I really love this place but I don't know if I wanna stay put in a place! Guess I'll find out
Do you close your windows 24/7? I cant see myself leaving them open if I live on the ground floor. Might be a good idea to install window mounted ventilation fans to keep them closed
Not 24/7, I personally like to leave it open, get some view. My partner on the other hand, doesn't like the Sun because it ages the skin. But i'm a stay at home RUclipsr so... it's open about 25% of the time! And I've my mining rigs that keeps the ventilation going strong hahaha.
The last two months raining season hor, I actually didn't find that worse than the 13th floor at my mom's place. Hers always have a TON of flies attacking the lightbulb in the evening unlike my place which has the odd 1 or 2 flies throughout the day
welcome to Punggol! where I stay has awesome view, high floor, but also comes with problematic neighbors n limited corridor space 😂 there's no perfect home but blessed to have a nest of ur own ❤ ur place is super convenient n u can jump ropes w/o neighbor complaining! enjoy
We live in landed property. Some creep climbed into a neighbour's backyard and stole underwear from the drying racks. We suspect he climbed into ours and several other homes as well. He was eventually caught due to CCTV footage, but it was terrifying to think about. Much as I enjoy the space, I will not be staying on the ground floor when I move out. Probably a low floor though, cos I love being close to the ground & greenery, and I hate waiting for lifts.
I am staying Ground floor at Tampines for the past 25 years! Just because my parents dislike taking a lift and going home late at night to be safe without taking a lift. Just right infront of the bus stop!
I had peaceful days and nights because my neighbors were all very quiet. After a few of them moved out, lots of noises from them. So it does not mean now is quiet, in the future will be quiet as well.
Bro, I truly respect your decision of having purchased an unit at the ground floor. Unlike landed houses with fences around, I’m afraid due to the lack of privacy, the occupants of ground floor unit has to shut the main door and windows all the time.
Hey David! Yeah I totally get what you mean by the sense of insecurity because there's little to no protection. But then again if someone really wanted to do malicious acts/spy, I don't think a gate around the flat would deter them... But still having glares from passer bys can be quite uncomfortable... It's one of the cons I'm planning to talk about in my cons video
@@GeraldOng yes it's sometimes not too comfortable or pleasant but there are also the issues of rats and the Seventh month incense burning nearby on ground floor by residents. I avoid staying in Singapore during that 2 - 3 months as it's too smoky and hazy as I have allergic rhinitis. Sympathise with you sincerely.
Hey friend! It's in Singapore, property prices here are skyrocketing so the government has been implementing cooling measures to slow down the price increases. But the market's still really hot now
@@GeraldOng interesting. They are doing similar in Ireland, but it looks to me that goverment intervention is driving prices even higher. I am guessing you guys have a better model, as people of Singapore are one of the more inventive and productive nations in the World, considering the resources and space.
Fan on a laptop defined as "mining rig" is pretty excellent. What coin? If you want to do a much better job of that get a 12v peltier A/C which will dry the air and cool it before blowing it into your computer which has like 7x the cooling power of even fancy/gay liquid cooling.
Haha admittedly it's not a mining rig like the 6 or 8 GPU setups that I have in my other room. Mining ETH now. I've checked out the 12v peltier and it looks interesting, but wanna ask you for tips on where I should attach the fan to. If it provides 7x cooling power, I'm all for it!
Thanks and YAS I totally, absolutely agreeeee. The high is so dope, I technically could fit another floor and stand straight up (but it's not legal lol)
hmmm im american so heres my worries go... can ur outdoor space handle a grill for bbq? can u enclose it with screens and a zip slide? also can u put up bamboo for added security? can u add a small hottub outside or indoors? i dont mind a first floor but i dont want the bugs with it.... higher areas dont get them at much as the first few floors get them!
Haha in Singapore it's always about whether your neighbors will complain... If u BBQ inside and the oil hits your irritable neighbor, you'll get a warning... But there's those BBQ pits around where you can book to have a grill in peace but there's fees (unless you use it without booking!) And technically the outdoor areas belong to the govt, so as long as your neighbors don't complain... It's probably ok! But I'd say fencing wouldn't be necessary, and will likely get complained if it's big, obstructive etc...
Depends on the year of the flats for fence. those build in 80s will have stairs and you can fence up the stairs as it belongs to you(baby fence). As for BBQ is a no. small hottub no. Some units has small hills or small grass land and people use it like its theirs. The governments usually will close one eye unless some one "feedback".
Hahaha though of ants, lizards, cockroach & mosquitoes? 2nd hand smoke from smokers, joss paper burning smell and noise from people who lepak at void deck.
No perfect house, enjoy what you've created. Anyway, you're still young and this is no gonna to be your last purchases. I live on high floors but the novelty of the views wears out eventually. Thank you for sharing!
its bad because ppl will steal ur shoes and clothes. but good thing is if u have a non-hdb approved dog,u can just easily open the door and run out with ur dog so nobody know u stay that block hahahahaha
Haha initially I was, but I thought about it carefully... I spend 90% of my time facing my laptop. My wife closes the window because she hates the sun... Then we practically don't see/need any view at all... We've been living together for years before, and we almost never open except to occasionally to air the place rather than sit by the window see the view haha. And I went to ask my friends living by east coast park... They shared the same thing... Actually got view but don't appreciate. So then I figured giving my personality and wallet size, near MRT it is!
From this sentence alone, I can tell you're definitely from Punggol!! Thanks for the hearty welcome neighbor!! Yeah whenever it's sunny it's always vrooo vrooooom vroooooooom
Actually insects isn’t just dependent on the floor! And I agree if you’re not careful you’ll have security issues, as with all landed homes I guess! That’s why ground floor living isn’t for everyone!
Surprising my mom's place at 13th floor have more of those. But I think in large part it's the rubbish chute inside the flat, where else mine is a central one
Hey Becks! Thanks for the kind words and for the really loooong support! Have been working really hard to get the classes going again, soon I hope to get that channel more active too!
Haha it’s been two years honestly it’s quite okay, I love it here! The biggest noise isn’t from the ground floor though, it’s the PUNGGOL PLANES omg super noisy! Last time I was in CCK top floor don’t have this problem… but insects is a Singapore problem luh….
Pros and cons, woodlands not so crowded, don't have airplane noise as often. Punggol a lot of amenities nearby! Nice river (longkang 🤣) to run around also.
Ground units have their conveniences:
1. When you forget to bring something and need to go back to grab the item. You don't need to deal with the "lift waiting" time.
2. Like you mention in your video, when you have bulky items, it eliminates the concern for "can the item fit into the lift".
3. When it comes to grocery shopping, if you drive and have many bags of grocery to bring from car to your unit. You will appreciate that you have chosen the ground floor.
4. When you have children and they fell asleep when heading home during the drive and you don't wish to disturb their sleep; carrying them from your car to your unit is a blessing.
BTW, do invest in those magnetic mosquito screen if you intend to open your windows. For sliding windows, you can mount the screen outside. If swing type windows, you will need to mount them inside.
Congrats! You now own a "landed property" at a bargain price!
Agreed, staying on the ground floor is so underrated!
I'm in my late 20s and I've lived on the ground floor for pretty much my whole life, except for 5 years when my family moved to a 2nd floor HDB, then moved back down.
Regarding privacy issues, honestly once you've lived in a ground floor unit for so long, you'd care less about passerbys. I keep my windows, both front and back doors open all the time when I'm home. Sure, sometimes people might peek in the front door, I just stare back at them. But most of the times, people just mind their own business. And tbh, I preferred hearing the "human traffic" as opposed to total quietness, bc it can feel lonely/scary at times.
What I dislike about lower floors is the dusts! In front of my front door is an open space carpark and a road. That probably explains why. I'm not sure about other floors but yeah, dusts is an issue. Also, can probably be warmer than upper floors due to less wind.
Pests-wise... I'm sure higher floors do have their fair share of cockroaches. I've never had any rats running into my house.
What I love is the convenience: no need to wait for the lift (esp important when i'm running late), carrying things from the car is a BREEZE, the community cat dropping by my house to get food 😆
Also, I stay in an older estate, so staying on the ground floor has some "kampung" feels hahaha.
One thing to note on living at ground floor is main waste pipe chokage. If there is any chokage, water will backflow to unit. For kitchen area linking to living room, good to have some barrier there just in case waste water flood the kitchen and to living room
Woah this sounds scary as hell, is this for real?
@@GeraldOng rare as the mainpipe in the newer HDB flat are bigger, just in case. For older flats with small mainpipe especially those 40s and 50s yr old not unusual
I have stayed in 2 ground floor HDB flats- 4 room flat & mansionette. I love staying in both. But I will most likely get a high floor when I buy my first HDB flat.
Why the change! Would love to hear your thoughts and experience
I stay on the lower ground but for the next place that we move to we will still prefer to opt for higher floors (above 7th preferably). Mostly for better views/airflow, away from the proneness to more insects/pests, more privacy etc.
of course you have valid points for your current flat too! Thanks for sharing your perspectives!
Thanks for sharing the details. It is very useful.
Congrats on your new home! Good content and video! Looking fwd to your nice home tour!!
Omg.. I truly respect ur decision, but personally ground floor units has a lot of cons, don’t see any pros except during a lift breakdown.
Haha thanks! You gotta watch the vid to see my reasons why I felt it was a good deal.
yeah be prepared for the noises and pest . no joke. i bought a 2nd floor and so glad that it reached the MOP this year!
@@alexfreakie6728 hopefully u manage to sell upon MOP and upgrade 😃
Golden Hammer Ant gel is very effective at making them disappear! It works on them picking up the gel , ingesting it and taking it back to their nest. It kills the whole family unit flatout!
Me and my partner just sign our first home which in process...looking forward for our ground floor
Congrats!! It’s the best thing ever! The convenience! Can’t believe it’s been 2 years! Sometimes I forget a lift even exists ;)
Mine is near Pioneer MRT... Maybe a less then 1min walk??
Have 3 mulit storey carpark surround me... Easy for guest to park their vehicles..
Very open space for the front ...last corner unit.. not much passerby...
I prefer to stay further away from amenities for privacy, peace and quiet. I live on the top floor btw, it’s my favourite spot, can’t be disturbed by anyone living above me dragging furniture in the silent hours. I’m also relatively protected from plumbing sound effect since I live on the top floor, i.e. my piping bothers other but no one can bother me :p
My neighbours also keep pretty much to themselves which is a bonus since I hate socialising. I have lived in my flat for 30 years and till today I still don’t know the family name of my neighbours. Lol
Hey Munster welcome back! It's been a while!! haha I'm so happy you really seem to have found your dream home!! I really love this place but I don't know if I wanna stay put in a place! Guess I'll find out
Do you close your windows 24/7? I cant see myself leaving them open if I live on the ground floor. Might be a good idea to install window mounted ventilation fans to keep them closed
Not 24/7, I personally like to leave it open, get some view. My partner on the other hand, doesn't like the Sun because it ages the skin. But i'm a stay at home RUclipsr so... it's open about 25% of the time!
And I've my mining rigs that keeps the ventilation going strong hahaha.
@@GeraldOng so you work full time as RUclipsr?
my family also moved to a ground floor unit. you didnt tell them about the mosquitoes during the rainy season T.T it was such a culture shock for me
The last two months raining season hor, I actually didn't find that worse than the 13th floor at my mom's place. Hers always have a TON of flies attacking the lightbulb in the evening unlike my place which has the odd 1 or 2 flies throughout the day
How do you deal with mosquitos?
welcome to Punggol! where I stay has awesome view, high floor, but also comes with problematic neighbors n limited corridor space 😂 there's no perfect home but blessed to have a nest of ur own ❤ ur place is super convenient n u can jump ropes w/o neighbor complaining! enjoy
Thank you so much for the kind words!! Yeah good idea! should use that as a b roll in my next video hahaha!
We live in landed property. Some creep climbed into a neighbour's backyard and stole underwear from the drying racks. We suspect he climbed into ours and several other homes as well. He was eventually caught due to CCTV footage, but it was terrifying to think about. Much as I enjoy the space, I will not be staying on the ground floor when I move out. Probably a low floor though, cos I love being close to the ground & greenery, and I hate waiting for lifts.
lol, no matter which floor also same
haha, having moved out, unfortunately I realise you're right. People have had their socks stolen from inside their shoes...@@zhen86
I am staying Ground floor at Tampines for the past 25 years! Just because my parents dislike taking a lift and going home late at night to be safe without taking a lift. Just right infront of the bus stop!
Yeah the level of convenience is justtttt so nice
utimately, it is the amount of discount u r getting for accepting a low floor
#facts
I had peaceful days and nights because my neighbors were all very quiet. After a few of them moved out, lots of noises from them. So it does not mean now is quiet, in the future will be quiet as well.
Home is a home.
Bless you with success.
Bro, I truly respect your decision of having purchased an unit at the ground floor. Unlike landed houses with fences around, I’m afraid due to the lack of privacy, the occupants of ground floor unit has to shut the main door and windows all the time.
Hey David! Yeah I totally get what you mean by the sense of insecurity because there's little to no protection. But then again if someone really wanted to do malicious acts/spy, I don't think a gate around the flat would deter them... But still having glares from passer bys can be quite uncomfortable...
It's one of the cons I'm planning to talk about in my cons video
@@GeraldOng
yes it's sometimes not too comfortable or pleasant but there are also the issues of rats and the Seventh month incense burning nearby on ground floor by residents.
I avoid staying in Singapore during that 2 - 3 months as it's too smoky and hazy as I have allergic rhinitis.
Sympathise with you sincerely.
Brave decision. Might have selling problems in future as most buyers may not like ground floor units.
If can sell Malays
The issue is when there's a plumbing issue next time like chokeage is a real issue because your pipe line is all connected to ground level drainage
Different people have different preference.
Quite an interesting take about ground floor unit.
Agree that preference is a very personal thing... As long as we can find what we want :D
Are there a lot of fighter jet noise during the day?
Yes omg NDP rehearsal! I never had those at choa chu kang top floor!! 🤦♂️
Congrats Gerald and yes HOME TOUR! =)
A nice different kind of video! Love it. (:
Thanks for the kind words!
Congrats on the purchase.
How is the market breathing there when it comes to property?
And which country is this?
Hey friend! It's in Singapore, property prices here are skyrocketing so the government has been implementing cooling measures to slow down the price increases. But the market's still really hot now
@@GeraldOng interesting. They are doing similar in Ireland, but it looks to me that goverment intervention is driving prices even higher. I am guessing you guys have a better model, as people of Singapore are one of the more inventive and productive nations in the World, considering the resources and space.
Its larger also because you have the ground outside. Try walking outside from a different floor
Green with envy at your 🪴 garden!
Fan on a laptop defined as "mining rig" is pretty excellent. What coin? If you want to do a much better job of that get a 12v peltier A/C which will dry the air and cool it before blowing it into your computer which has like 7x the cooling power of even fancy/gay liquid cooling.
Haha admittedly it's not a mining rig like the 6 or 8 GPU setups that I have in my other room. Mining ETH now. I've checked out the 12v peltier and it looks interesting, but wanna ask you for tips on where I should attach the fan to. If it provides 7x cooling power, I'm all for it!
the best part is you can just run away if theres an earthquake
Bro i stay 274d Punggol Place. Where u stay?
Very very nearby hahaha
Great video and congrats bro
Thank you, thank you and thank you :D
Say what you like, the ground floor is very undesirable. People throw rubbish from upper floors, walking and talking noisily and there is no privacy.
Haha appreciate your comment! Had a good laugh
That is crazy high ceiling!
Thanks and YAS I totally, absolutely agreeeee. The high is so dope, I technically could fit another floor and stand straight up (but it's not legal lol)
great job... i bought a ground flr condo unit too
Congrats in getting a condo!!
Have your cats ever told you that you look like Lawrence Wong with glasses on
wow. a hot girl who can handle power tools and do physical work.. they are more rare than ground floor units in singapore.
I'm sure my wife will be happy when she hears your compliment of her, thanks!
hmmm im american so heres my worries go... can ur outdoor space handle a grill for bbq? can u enclose it with screens and a zip slide? also can u put up bamboo for added security?
can u add a small hottub outside or indoors?
i dont mind a first floor but i dont want the bugs with it.... higher areas dont get them at much as the first few floors get them!
No, the outdoor space belongs to the govt
Haha in Singapore it's always about whether your neighbors will complain... If u BBQ inside and the oil hits your irritable neighbor, you'll get a warning... But there's those BBQ pits around where you can book to have a grill in peace but there's fees (unless you use it without booking!)
And technically the outdoor areas belong to the govt, so as long as your neighbors don't complain... It's probably ok! But I'd say fencing wouldn't be necessary, and will likely get complained if it's big, obstructive etc...
Depends on the year of the flats for fence. those build in 80s will have stairs and you can fence up the stairs as it belongs to you(baby fence). As for BBQ is a no. small hottub no. Some units has small hills or small grass land and people use it like its theirs. The governments usually will close one eye unless some one "feedback".
Hahaha though of ants, lizards, cockroach & mosquitoes? 2nd hand smoke from smokers, joss paper burning smell and noise from people who lepak at void deck.
Amazing video, should have added abt privacy too haha cause more people can see first floor?
Hey Shaavin, thanks for the kind words and yeah! It's one of the big cons of the ground floor which I'm planning to talk about in my next vid!
No perfect house, enjoy what you've created. Anyway, you're still young and this is no gonna to be your last purchases. I live on high floors but the novelty of the views wears out eventually. Thank you for sharing!
High floor novelty doesnt wear out for me. Airflow FTW
Actually airflow probably more depending on unblock units?
Home tour home tour!!!!!
its bad because ppl will steal ur shoes and clothes. but good thing is if u have a non-hdb approved dog,u can just easily open the door and run out with ur dog so nobody know u stay that block hahahahaha
Not tempted by waterway flats?
Haha initially I was, but I thought about it carefully... I spend 90% of my time facing my laptop. My wife closes the window because she hates the sun... Then we practically don't see/need any view at all... We've been living together for years before, and we almost never open except to occasionally to air the place rather than sit by the window see the view haha.
And I went to ask my friends living by east coast park... They shared the same thing... Actually got view but don't appreciate. So then I figured giving my personality and wallet size, near MRT it is!
Hello neighbour! Welcome to Punggol !
The airplanes noise is most noisy here ..
From this sentence alone, I can tell you're definitely from Punggol!! Thanks for the hearty welcome neighbor!! Yeah whenever it's sunny it's always vrooo vrooooom vroooooooom
I dun think its funny that you see mosquito in your house when you enter
Luckily no cockroaches. Looking forward to the house tour.
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah I've been pretty luck so far!
Cool, how old are you?
27 this year! :)
Wah, ur so rich. Ur just 27 and u can buy ur hdb already. Anyway, congrats...
@@glenpao5647 bruh, he has to take a loan.
Its not like he bought it with cash
1984 and before will have back door.
The real reason is you love mosquitos.
Insects, insects, insects..rubbish bin smell, crazy perverts peeping..carry on talking good points
Actually insects isn’t just dependent on the floor! And I agree if you’re not careful you’ll have security issues, as with all landed homes I guess! That’s why ground floor living isn’t for everyone!
How much was the HDB again?
Around $500k ;)
@@GeraldOng thats quite expensive
ground floors.... lizards... cockroaches.
Surprising my mom's place at 13th floor have more of those. But I think in large part it's the rubbish chute inside the flat, where else mine is a central one
Congrats on your new home! Been following since your Badminton academy. Keep the local flavours contents coming! Enjoying it!
Hey Becks! Thanks for the kind words and for the really loooong support! Have been working really hard to get the classes going again, soon I hope to get that channel more active too!
noisy cockroachesrats,lizards,ants spiders, snakes! good luck to u !
Haha it’s been two years honestly it’s quite okay, I love it here! The biggest noise isn’t from the ground floor though, it’s the PUNGGOL PLANES omg super noisy! Last time I was in CCK top floor don’t have this problem… but insects is a Singapore problem luh….
Punggol is not much better than woodlands. My 2 cents.
Pros and cons, woodlands not so crowded, don't have airplane noise as often.
Punggol a lot of amenities nearby! Nice river (longkang 🤣) to run around also.
Bad choice, bad choice...
Uh oh!!
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