1009Singapore real estate, 7 Draycott Drive, Nassim Woods, Gallops Gables, The Clayton condos for rent; houses, apartment "You got Tenant" ad by AsiaHomes Internet.

Properties shown in this report are for rent to expatriates.


1.  Nassim Woods, ground floor $11,500 ground floor & $13,500

2.  Newly married expats prefer The Clayton 3+1 1800 sq. ft $5,500

3.  Gallop Gables 4+1 2800 sq. ft  $10,000. 3-bedroom and one ground floor unit available.

4.  7 DRAYCOTT DRIVE
NEW CONDO, 
DOWNTOWN AND NEAR SUBWAY
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38 units. Completed: Around Jul 2000.
Pool & sauna only. 21 stories. 18th & 19th is penthouse. 17th has bigger floor area of 2121 sq. ft. The others are around 1500 sq. ft.

An upscale condo with private lift (yellow white building on left with pseudo-balconies). The Claymore on the right has real balconies but many units have aged kitchens and bathrooms.



High quality bathroom accessories, 3 white long baths in 3 bedrooms uncommon in new condos. One powder room and shower stall in master bathroom too.

Audio-visual intercom. Cable points in all rooms including the pastel coloured marble floored separate dining and living rooms.
Wood laminate or strips in bedroom.
No dishwasher.
No 2nd floor.
2 apartments per floor. You don't see the neighbour's door  as there is the common fire escape staircase between both neighbours.

Basement car parking and 24-hour security.

Views of Ardmore Park or The Claymore condos from rooms generally. No balconies.   Side of living area is walled up with small windows on top.   Long rectangular living area.

Kitchen has metallic "smeg" brand oven and cooker hood. Grey kitchen counter top, white dual basin sink.  Maid's room with window.

 

FOR RENT:

3-bedroom at various floor levels.

Penthouse 3000 sq. ft  $15,000;

2121 sq. ft $9,500.
See Hunting $9-$12,000 condos

5-minute walk to Orchard subway and all malls and 1-min walk to the American Club.
Cold Storage supermarket across the road.

Beautiful pastel coloured interiors. Low density.

Great location & pastel colours extremely attractive to Caucasian expats. The main complaint is that it has no balconies.

You got  Tenant, Teacher?


Just a $13.50 fee for 40 words for 90 days in asiahomes.com
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Challenging the teacher to a duel.


"He is a teacher and he shouldn't slam the door on my husband1"

The wife of burly looking husband was trying to explain to around 20  by-standers including myself.

"You come out. How much do you want?

You think I have no money to pay you?"

The shouting father flashed a wad of Singapore dollars while his 12-year old daughter inside the classroom was sobbing incessantly at being humiliated by her hot-tempered father.   

All the Hokkien vulgar words expletives were shouted at the teacher who could not close the glass louvered windows of this ground floor tuition centre.

"I can fight with one hand tied behind my back. Come out, come out, you coward, s.ob, ........!"
the one-sided shouting continued.

The girl in the HDB apartment upstairs discontinued her regular skipping in the living room.

A big crowd was present but this embolden the angry husband in T-shirt and shorts to shout more, challenging the teacher to a fight. Any style of kongfu, he said.

This was a 2000 scene in Singapore's oldest estate, a Singapore having arrived  from "Third World to First".

The PAP Education Foundation kindergarten usually located at the ground floor of many estates was used as a night tuition centre for any student and teachers were usually the dedicated type as many Singaporeans would not want to work 5 evenings a week? The enrolment was not high though. 

My older son wanted to see more action, but I drove
him to the neighbourhood police post in Lorong 8 as it seemed the situation seemed to be getting out of control. 

Apparently the teacher had called the police and was now trying to teach under the swirling ceiling fans in this aging block of Toa Payoh.

Yet the verbal harassment continued through the glass window panes for around 30 minutes.

My son needed the tuition as he was taking his final Primary Six School leaving examinations and the results would determine which good Secondary school he would be going to. 

One-to-one tuition in Chinese costing $300 per month resulted in a failure for the mid-term examination.

Now, $80 per month for 3 subjects 2 evenings per week but no charge for additional classes on some public holidays.

Was this a rough neighbourhood?  I better take out my younger son from the tuition class. But Toa Payoh was no more the notorious "Chicago of Singapore" as it was known 30 years ago.

My son was very upset when he heard he was to be taken out of the tuition class when I mentioned that. 

He actually wanted to go early to attend the tuition.  The teacher had motivated him to learn.

"Don't come till I call you," my son said as he obviously did not want me to take him out of the class as he enjoyed the learning there although it would be 9 p.m and most Singapore children would be at the television or playing computer games.

What caused this outburst from the angry father then?
Apparently, the tuition teacher was asking him to pay the fees and he said he had paid but was never given the receipts.

No parents ever got receipts.  When I asked my Jonathan's mother about this, she said the tuition teacher did ask her to pay up, forgetting that she had paid.

Therefore, this angry father must have felt insulted that he was asked to pay and pay at this PAP Foundation tuition centre.

(PAP actually stands for People's Action Party, the dominant political party in Singapore).

Keeping proper accounts is very important in any small business.

Giving receipts will be the best method of monitoring your cash income and it is a form of advertisement of your business too as clients will tend to keep receipts for reference.   This receipt will contain your contact information and sometimes given to new referrals leading to more business for you.  I presume you work hard to grow your business.

If the teacher had given receipts, this incident would not have occurred.  The consequence resulted in a loss of income too as the sobbing girl had to quit the class after the fracas. A receipt would have not provoked this ugly side of some Singaporeans.

Teachers: Renting your condo to Expats?

You got tenant?

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internet ad for $13.50 for 90 days, not just one day as in the newspaper.  Asiahomes Internet's focus on Singapore housing attract many prospective tenants. 


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Last Updated:
05 Oct 2000.

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