I don't think my original batch of iPhone pictures did a good job of showing the layout of the apartment. Here are some that I took on the first night with the camera. I also did an MS Paint floor plan drawing. I figure the whole place is about 360sq ft (12' x 30'), so not big, but functional when you don't have any need to store much stuff.
I didn't really take any pictures of the bathroom or closet area. Maybe after housekeeping comes on Wednesday, I'll take some pictures of the bathroom :P
The apartment is on the 28th floor of a 30-storey building that sits along the Singapore River. If I hang my head out the window and look to the left, I can see the Marina Bay Sands hotel (the three towers with a boat on top), otherwise my view is mostly all the skyscrapers of the Central Business District, Boat Quay, the Riverwalk, Chinatown, and Clarke Quay.
I also found out the approximate monthly rent for this place. Fully furnished, housekeeping once a week, no fitness area, no pool. Put your guess in $SGD in the comments and maybe I'll bring the winner a souvenir :) $1 CAD ≈ $1.25 SGD
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen from the front door looking through to the living room. |
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| Bedroom and living room. There is a big window (almost the entire wall) between the bedroom and living room and there is a sliding glass door if you want to separate the bedroom from the kitchen. I've yet to use it. |
More pictures after the jump.
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| Living room with a wall of floor to ceiling windows. Thinking of getting a rug. Saw a nice one at IKEA that I might go back and get. |
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| Living Room and Bedroom. The one wall in the kitchen is covered in mirrors. Bathroom on the right. |
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| View looking down. |
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| Chinatown in the distance. Boat Quay on the left (all the buildings that look like houses). |
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| Central Business District, Fullerton Hotel to the left of skyscrapers, museums and civic buildings (left foreground), Boat Quay (right foreground). |
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| Clarke Quay |
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| Apartment layout |
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| Exterior of the building. I think there are apartments on the 25-30th floors. |
$900
ReplyDeleteVery good way of making use of limited space. Do you have a blind there on the bedroom "window"?
ReplyDeleteI like Mike's guess... $901 is mine! Who is going for $1?!?
There is a good blackout blind on the bedroom window. However, the blinds in the living room let in a lot of light.
ReplyDeleteSo, the guesses thus far are:
Mike: $900
Chad: $901
Chrissy (facebook): $2000 CAD ~ $2500 SGD
Sheila (facebook): $2400 CAD ~ $3000 SGD
We'll do this The Price Is Right style. So closest without going over.
$1
ReplyDeleteWe have $1 Bob!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mike... so $3201 SGD :P
ReplyDeleteNo one got particularly close, but the guesses were going in the right direction. Rent is 5000 SGD/month (~4000 CAD). Mike F, I'll find you an "I ♥ SG" shot glass :P
ReplyDeleteHa! Good timing. Ok, Shaunna and Mike can share the prize!
ReplyDeleteMan - I thought about putting 4k (so did Mike) but we thought we'd go over (hoped?). Crazy (and I bet you are glad you aren't paying that!)
ReplyDeleteI can't imgaine paying that myself. I guess these 'service apartments' are targetted at temporary stays. I wanted to look if this was reasonable and found some studio apartments a little ways away that are SGD$12600/month, so it definitely can be higher.
ReplyDeleteHere we go. These are the rates right from the building's website. Looks like Allscripts got a deal on my place. http://www.onenorthbridge.com/Rates/
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