Renovation Boo-boo!
Had been rather busy supervising a renovation job for my brother-in-law. It took nearly 12th months! Well its a big house mind you. Just over the week-end my brother also received his keys for a new apartment near to where I live and he invited me to take a look. To our amazement and bewilderment, some silly contractor went to the wrong apartment and knocked off somebody's wall! Can you imagine this happening to you? My brother was glad that it was not his apartment! Just wonder the shock on the owner's face when he popped in to find a wall knocked down! We had such a good laugh but the contractor's supervisor was not laughing! LoL!
Then over dinner rock's brother told us that his friend from Singapore bought an expensive condo next to the KLCC and it costs him RM 1.2 Million. However he was so disappointed with the workmanship of his 'expensive' condo that he was in a fury! Accordingly, the building materials used were cheap materials and the builder is a Singapore Company and that he said made him feel rather embarrassed. Now, it seems he wanted to sell it off in disgust but who would pay that much for it? Would you?
Another young guy, around mid-thirties, who is some VP of a local bank also met me at the renovation site and he asked me who designed and managed the reno works for he was quite impressed with the layout, good space usage etc. I was too shy to tell him but he kept on asking for he is now considering buying the house just two doors away for RM $1.25 Million! Perhaps he wanted to engage the project manager, i.e. me! :)
I am wondering in amazement at these yuppies! Both these two bought properties above a million and I just wonder how much do they earn? Even for a middle-income guy, to purchase a double-storey link house in KL, he have to pay throughout his whole life or at least 15 years to settle the loan and these houses only costs RM $300 to $400 K! Well I guess there are some lucky ones whose salaries must be in the RM $50K per month! My friend who is an architect used to design beautiful bungalow houses for developers locally, told me that he was equally surprised at those who signed-up the S&P on launching day! He told me that he thought or expect to see business people, wealthy people to sign-up but those who purchased were yuppies just ordinary working guys! These bungalows go for RM $3 to $5 Million a piece! Sigh with envy!
I was once considering to co-buy a house in Ayer Keroh, Malacca. It’s really affordable when we convert SGD into RM. Recently, been reading up on a few plots in JB, but given the crime rate and in addition, the developers disappeared totally. That’s my only worry if I settle to buy an apartment there.
I’m having doubts over contractors there, it’s hard to get good ones. My uncle’s apt in Pahang was supposed to be built cottage styled but, they changed the entire architecture layout to a simple squarish block like a prison.
Hello Bokjae, I was over at Aiyah Nonya’s tarek her kaki there, and my eye caught your callsign, looks Indonesian. So being my usual kaypoh or sibuk like my wife says, as well 96 channels on TV and nothing to interest me, I masuk take a peep see who is Bokjae?
Ahhh, you now out to pasture, like me. I am in age North of yours by a few blocks. Thats why I have a ahemmm, title infront of my name, ha ha. Otherwise the ladies might get ideas I available, arhaaa ha ha, just joking.
But I keep young by chatting up young ladies, it improves my blood circulation, ha ha.
I looked at your many previous postings, wa…you one very eloquent man. You have a nice style of putting up your posting. Must tabek your computer skills too Bokjae.
Wait, I’m not hinting at a glass of iced kopi from you, but you and me, we belong to that era where any spelling mistakes sure kena big ruler on our hand, betul ta’?
Can always judge a person from his works.
Regret hear your Mrs health, but not to worry, she’ll be okay. She’s ahemmm, pretty. You a good man, Bokjae. Yes, look and sayang and manjah her, hard to chari a good wife like our time.
Lucky mine not match making. I chari myself, or rather she sangkut me. Like haruan on a hook! Ha ha.
Okay, I better chabut.
I wish you and your lovely Mrs my very best regards. Keep well, Bokjae. UL.
i wonder how those people earn their bucks. in truckload ones i think.
anyway, the contractors joker la.
so expensive also got ppl buying. they probably making lots of money. probably lots of millionaires over there that we don’t know off. I know a regular malaysian doesn’t earn much in salary. really hard to afford a house over a million dollar.
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bokjae perhaps got parents sponsor a certain percentage like how most young couples here that we know of. Nowadays most fresh grads came out of uni no job yet but already got cars … courtesy of parents wat
Before I get hit with stones, pls note, I said “MOST” not “ALL”. I am aware that there are those who really worked hard to have gotten what they have, with absolutely not a single cent of financial help from anyone.