Where We Live

I have just realised I probably now need to put a piece in about where have actually ended up living. So here it is.

Now the traumas of dealing in local real estate have settled (see previous Post) we are coming to enjoy our condominium in Hougang (pronounced hoeoo-gung), situated roughly twenty minutes by MRT form central Singapore in what is known as "the heartland" of Singapore republic.


Rio Vista is located on the banks of what Singaporeans call a river, the Serangoon, but what I would call, given the man-made nature of its banks, its width and the straightness of its flow, a canal. That issue aside it is still a 'water view' development which puts it in high demand. From our perspective it is as close to perfect as we could imagine.

We have views of and over the 'river' onto what, until recently, was 'forest' but which is now undergoing some sort of development. It has the potential to be noisy through the day with earth-moving activities taking place but this has not proved too problematic so far.

Also, off in the distance, just past the two large buildings visible in the back-ground of the image above is the Singapore Air-force Base at Paya Lebar. All good stuff with the jets doing training runs through the week. It can get a bit noisy at times but it suits me fine.

Have I mentioned the facilities? Well...........

...there is the pool(s) with the massaging water-fall.....

...and the barbeques...

... plus the pool-side cabanas...

...and a whole lot more. Suffice to say it should be difficult getting bored, unless of course you are watching cable TV, which is very easy to get bored with. But that is another story.

Finally, a bit of a montage of the internals of the condo.