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PLANNING FOR A FLAT AT AGE 15
PhD student Abigail Leon, 22, has been preparing for a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat since she was 15.
In Secondary 3, she subscribed to an e-mail service which would give her alerts every time a new BTO flat launch was announced.
"I like to calculate these kind of things, like to find out how much it would cost, how much we'd need to save and how much we'd need to save by what age," she says with a laugh.
Planning ahead for the future has been something that her father, a 51-year-old professor, had encouraged her to do since she was young, she adds. She is studying underwater acoustics communication at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Last year, she and her fiance Lee Kern Choong, 25, a programmer analyst, applied for a flat in Bedok. They had been engaged for two weeks.
Their three-room Housing Board flat, which costs slightly more than $300,000, is due to be completed in 2020.
They estimate their wedding date to be around the time that the flat is ready.
They both say the long engagement period is a boon.
"Isn't it nice when you can do it slowly, instead of having to do everything in one year at one shot?" says Ms Leon.
Mr Lee says: "It adds an element of certainty so you can plan better for a certain outcome."
https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/e...bto-bullet?
PhD student Abigail Leon, 22, has been preparing for a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat since she was 15.
In Secondary 3, she subscribed to an e-mail service which would give her alerts every time a new BTO flat launch was announced.
"I like to calculate these kind of things, like to find out how much it would cost, how much we'd need to save and how much we'd need to save by what age," she says with a laugh.
Planning ahead for the future has been something that her father, a 51-year-old professor, had encouraged her to do since she was young, she adds. She is studying underwater acoustics communication at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Last year, she and her fiance Lee Kern Choong, 25, a programmer analyst, applied for a flat in Bedok. They had been engaged for two weeks.
Their three-room Housing Board flat, which costs slightly more than $300,000, is due to be completed in 2020.
They estimate their wedding date to be around the time that the flat is ready.
They both say the long engagement period is a boon.
"Isn't it nice when you can do it slowly, instead of having to do everything in one year at one shot?" says Ms Leon.
Mr Lee says: "It adds an element of certainty so you can plan better for a certain outcome."
https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/e...bto-bullet?
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