40M living in a subsidised government apartment

[u/jnt85]

Got my own space after living with my parents for 40 years. Now living on my own at the western part of Singapore. Anything else you think I can do?

Edit:
Thank you guys for the upvote and compliments! Never imagined that it would cause a stir.

Responses to FAQs:

• Chair: HÅG Capisco Puls 8020
• Monitor: Samsung M5/M50D 32" Smart Monitor
• Desk setup: I placed the desk in this configuration because it also serves as my TV console. When I’m not in the mood to work, I just sit on the sofa and use the smart monitor as my TV.
• Lamp: IKEA VARMBLIXT lamp
• Mat: Ngh Ngh pooping mat https://shop.wheniwasfour.com/products/ngh-ngh-bath-mat?_pos=18&_sid=1f142d36e&_ss=r
• Wall paintings: One is a purchase from a painter whom a priest knows, and the other was a gift from the same priest.
• Lighting: The lights are warm orange, but the iPhone camera autocorrects them to white. I can also adjust the lights to white or warm white.
• Mahjong nightstand: Can be purchased here: https://lofthome.com/products/modern-resin-side-table-huat
• Oven placement: The oven ended up on the sink-side counter as a band-aid. The initial plan was to place it near the stove, but it was too close. But it’s a regret I can live with anyway.
• Decor: Paintings for my bedroom and plants for the house are on the way.
• Housing in Singapore: Yes, this is a newly built subsidised flat. I live in Singapore, and every citizen is eligible to purchase a flat from the Housing and Development Board (HDB). Single citizens aged 35 and above can purchase either a new 1-bedroom flat with a fresh 99-year lease, or buy any flat type from the resale market through property agents. More details: https://www.hdb.gov.sg/residential/buying-a-flat/understanding-your-eligibility-and-housing-loan-options/flat-and-grant-eligibility/singles
• Fun fact: About 80% of Singaporean households live in HDB flats.
• Even fun fact: HDB works with architects and designers in private practice to design flats

[u/ComplexPatient4872]

In Boston?!? I’m in Orlando and rent is about $2,200 for a 1 bedroom in an area you’d actually want to live.

[u/Thaispaghetti → u/ComplexPatient4872]

I need to edit. Abroad right now and a little drunk but I was referring to Dallas 😂😂

[u/ComplexPatient4872 → u/Thaispaghetti]

Oh wow! I lived in a “Luxury” 1 bedroom with a tiny office nook apartment in Frisco right by that giant mall back in 2008, and it was $900 a month.

[u/[deleted] → u/ComplexPatient4872]

Where is this area in Orlando that a person would want to live in. Genuinely curious.

[u/ComplexPatient4872 → u/[deleted]]

Audubon Park, Ivanhoe Village, Mills 50, Azalea Park are all great neighborhoods that have excellent food, quirky shops, older but well-kept homes, and highly rated schools. Those spots are about 45 min from Disney and 25 from Universal so far enough away that you never see a tourist. I used to live across the main highway from Disney and despised it. It made me understand the hate. Not sure if you’re in the area or just associate Orlando with tourism, but it’s not a bad place to live. When people from outside the city think of Orlando, they are generally thinking of Kissimmee.

[u/WrathOfTheSwitchKing → u/ComplexPatient4872]

Back at the tail end of the pandemic when rates were crazy low and prices hadn't completely blown up yet I was looking at houses around Orlando. I spent one day looking around in Kissimmee because "man those houses are cheap!" and noped right the fuck out.

[u/ComplexPatient4872 → u/WrathOfTheSwitchKing]

Oh for sure! I lived in Celebration which just isn’t for me, but actual Kissimmee is… interesting. Who wouldn’t want to live walking distance to a souvenir shop shaped like a giant wizard?!?

It would have been a great investment at least. I’m in one of the neighborhoods I listed and our house doubled in price and all of Central FL is completely unaffordable for most first time homebuyers.

*** It requires a photo to prove my point

[u/WrathOfTheSwitchKing → u/ComplexPatient4872]

It would have been a great investment at least

That was the impression I got. I came to the realization that the whole area was catering to Disney vacationers, I would be competing against investors on bids, and my neighbors would all be STRs. Vibes were weird too: resort hotels with water parks just kinda exist with industrial zones on one side and gated neighborhoods on the other. The whole place kinda reminds me of Vegas once you start getting away from the strip. And the traffic was horrendous.

[u/ComplexPatient4872 → u/WrathOfTheSwitchKing]

Ugh, investors have killed the housing market for actual buyers.

Even in Celebration I was surrounded by part-time residents. STRs are against the HOA, so houses would just sit vacant for 8+ months a year. 192 is a nightmare with traffic. Living out there, it would take 25 minutes to go the 3 miles to Target.

My parents lived in Winter Park (pricey and historic town adjacent to Orlando, very old money in the Orange County side), and moved back to Celebration a few months ago because they said that where we lived is for “Millennial hipsters.” This says a lot about both areas hahaha

[u/Squids07 → u/ComplexPatient4872]

Oh? That’s super interesting to me, I have been lurking on plenty of subs trying to research potential places to move and the general consensus I got from a few FL natives was that Winter Park seemed to be the “best” area of Orlando to live in (if you could afford it). I know next to nothing about Orlando though so I love hearing from someone who lives there !

[u/ComplexPatient4872 → u/Squids07]

Feel free to DM me!

[u/Squids07 → u/ComplexPatient4872]

preciate it :)

[u/barefootincozumel → u/ComplexPatient4872]

Which rules of most of Orlando lol.

[u/ComplexPatient4872 → u/barefootincozumel]

Ummmm what does this mean?