The hubby and I started looking for a house a couple of years back. Although it took a bit of convincing, I finally agreed to get a house in Rawang near where he works. Being a city girl, I really couldn’t imagine living in a little back-water place like Rawang, however, thanks to a new highway, civilisation is a mere twenty minutes away. If it weren’t for that, we would probably still be looking for a new house.
It turned out that hubby had already been eyeing some new homes in a new housing estate. After some browsing and Feng Shui research, we bought a Semi-Detached house off a plan. The house is supposed to be completed sometime in September this year, although when we will eventually move in still depends on how long it will take us to complete our renovations. You see buying a house off the plan here is like buying an empty shell - you still need to modify the house to your needs and put in fittings, built-ins, and do up the kitchen and bathrooms, among other things.
The other factor determining when we would finally move in is the occupancy rate. Most new housing estates take to fill up and it isn’t really very wise to be the first or one of the first families in a new estate due to security issues. That would mean that although the house is ready this September, it would be at least another year or more before we could - or rather should - move in.
Recently, my FIL started recommending we sell our house and buy one of the bungalows in another more established housing estate. Although I was initially uncertain about the idea, the bungalows are starting to look more and more attractive with each visit we make around the area.
Being an already established area, it means we can move any time after our renovations are complete because most of the houses are either already occupied or completing renovations so we don’t have to worry about security issues and being one of the first families living there. The bungalows are also larger than the Semi-Detached units so our renovations won’t be as extensive as what we had been planning to do with our current house. That also means renovations shouldn’t take as long and the house will be ready to move in earlier. Finally, the bungalow housing area is better located because it is nearer to Rawang town and hubby’s place of work.
So the question that now remains is whether we can find a suitable house for sale. The housing area is unique in that there are seven different styles of houses. What we need is:
- a house design that is baby friendly (some of the houses that occupy land that slope downwards have sharp drops which would be rather hazardous for an inquisitive toddler).
- a house that faces North or Northwest (hubby’s Feng Shui requirements) and whatever other requirements the hubby needs
- a house with a reasonable selling price
So please, please, please let us find one that meets our requirements because I think I’m already falling in love with the bungalow units.
Below: master bedroom ensuite from the show house (the only picture I managed to take on the sly)
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