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Estate Agents Licence No.
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13 Apr 2011
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NASSIM PARK RESIDENCES
Downtown Singapore
15-21 Nassim Road, Freehold condominium. 100 units.
Completion: 2011. For sale from S$11 million to $16 million.
Units have its own swimming pool
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Type |
No. of Bedrooms |
Sq m |
Sq ft |
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A |
4 |
295 |
3175 |
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B |
4 |
323 |
3455 |
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C |
4 |
389 |
4187 |
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GA |
4 |
425 |
4675 |
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GC |
4 (01-06) |
594 |
6394 |
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GC1 |
4 (02-01). swimming pool &
large PES (patio) |
734 |
7901 |
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P1 |
5 (05-21). 2-levels
swimming pool in lower level |
744 |
8008 |
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P2
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4. 2-levels
swimming pool in lower level |
633 |
6814 |
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P2C |
4 (05-16). 2-levels
swimming pool in upper level |
632 |
6803 |
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SA |
4
swimming pool |
299 |
3218 |
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SAC |
4 (05-01), swimming pool |
299 |
3218 |
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SBC |
4
swimming pool |
326 |
3509 |
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SC |
4
swimming pool |
407 |
4381 |
Facilities:
Pool, jacuzzi, sauna, playground, basement car park
Private lift, swimming pool off the balcony in each unit.
Great location. Very new to Orchard Road.
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FOR RENT |
 April
13, 2011
Nassim Park Residences is not completed yet. For sales
only as at April 2011.
E-mail
judy@asiahomes.com Tel: +65
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FOR HISTORICAL
RECORDS ONLY
NASSIM PARK (below) HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED BY NASSIM PARK
RESIDENCES (Above) |
NASSIM PARK (DEMOLISHED
AS AT 2011)
15, 17 Nassim Road.
A very popular Caucasian expat enclave, being a 5-min walk
to Orchard Road. 104 units, completed 1992.
2-bedroom: 109, 115 sq. m
3-bedroom: 181-220 sq. m
4-bedroom: 185-192 sq. m
Townhouse: 261, 262, 267 sq. m asking $8,000 - $9,000.
Townhouses have 4 bedrooms on 2nd level and 1 attic room.
Breezy. The main complaint is that the rooms are dark. This
is unavoidable in most low townhouses and lower maisonettes
as there is abundant foliage and trees blocking out
sunlight. Without the trees, the complaint will be no
landscaping!
The living and dining area have a light brown marble tiles
while bedroom flooring is parquet. Greyish white
kitchen cabinets. Pink long bath, no shower stall in master
bedroom unlike new condos. Swimming pool, children's pool,
gym, function room, playground, sauna, squash court, tennis
court, 24-hour security. Big koi fish pond with hut to
admire the fishes. |
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Nassim Park
townhouses are in big demand. Door step of
Orchard Road and has a great tranquil cycling and jogging
road to the Botanic Gardens. |
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Breezy patio. Ground floor units are popular with
Caucasian families. |
Living and dining areas |
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Pretty Austrian-style
houses with full condo facilities 2-min walk to
Orchard Road and downtown. |
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TIPS FOR
REALTORS |
Case study: Realtor's rage in
duplicate bookings
Many Singapore realtors do advertise on a non-exclusive basis properties
for rent as many Landlords do not want to give exclusive marketing rights
to sole agents so as to cast a wider net. Landlords do advertise
themselves too and I find that it is extremely difficult to compete
against the Landlord and usually a waste of money advertising in the
newspapers. Agents with prospective tenants naturally will contact
the Landlord direct, to avoid sharing the co-broking commissions.
What do you do when you arrive at a house and see that there's another
agent showing the house to the same co-broking realtor with an expatriate?
Case 1. Stringent qualification failed leading to
explosive rage. In this case, I had confirmed from the co-broking
realtor, Agent Elsie who contacted me via the Internet advertisement that
she did not have a duplicate booking with anybody at 2 p.m to view the
Nassim Park townhouse. She said that she had called two agents but I was
the only one to respond and therefore there was no duplication.
The Landlord had said that he had an appointment at 2 p.m with an agent
and wanted me to show up later. I suspected it was a duplicate booking but
the Landlord confirmed that the agent who called him had given him another
number. Since my co-broking agent confirmed that there was no duplication,
I went to the townhouse to wait for the Landlord.
At 2 p.m, a male realtor, Agent John came instead of Agent Elsie. It
is not unusual as the one making the booking could be a lady coordinator
whom I deduced to be "Agent Elsie".
At around 2.15 p.m, a lady realtor, Agent Jenny appeared. Her eyes
popped out as if a volcano was going to erupt. Rumblings about a duplicate
viewing were spewing out of her mouth. She blasted Agent John for making
duplicate bookings via Agent Elsie who had not responded to her calls,
thereby avoiding her and using Agent John to show the lady expatriate
around.
"It was not nice of you to do such a thing," she blasted Agent John at the
living room area. The expatriate woman was horrified, more at her
strength of emotions. The pent up frustrations.
What would you do in such a case? It was best to keep cool.
Agent Elsie was a seasoned realtor and had noted down the name of the
expatriate of Agent Elsie so as to avoid duplicate viewing if the
expatriate contacted her direct.
However, she just could not control herself anymore as I asked her to go
outside the townhouse to discuss further. She just had to give Agent John
a piece of her volcanic mind. Agent John could not retort as I managed to
get Elsie out of the house.
As to be expected, Agent John was very unhappy gave his name card and said
"Make a complaint to my Company!" At the same time, he said he would
co-broke with me if there was any positive outcome.
Such duplications happen despite the best qualification of Agent Elsie and
myself and they will happen again.
Case 2. Gentle Villas and Gentle Drive houses. I
remember another incident even more vividly. I told the Owner's
representative, Mr Ong that No. XX Gentle Drive was XX
Gentle Villas for which I had an earlier appointment 10 minutes
earlier with another agent, Julia at 2 p.m. Mr Ong asserted that
they were different properties even after my co-coordinator phoned him
twice to tell him that Gentle Villas are located in Gentle Drive. He was
very positive and I thought well, it could be a coincidence that two
numbers were the same. Furthermore Gentle Drive has other houses too.
He opened the door at 1.45 p.m and told me. He was not around when I
reached the house. I saw the place with the Agent Julia as she
turned up at 2 p.m. Mr Ong arrived at 2.10 p.m and was cursing.
His associate, a lady agent who had asked him to open the house pursued
the matter with me through the night and wanted me to lodge a complaint to
the Institute of Real Estate Agents and to the co-broking agent's company.
She said that she had the keys and claimed that the co-broking agent did
not have the keys. The reason being that the co-broking agent left the
place for Mr Ong to lock up
Did Agent Julia possess the key to Gentle Villa house? Yes, she had.
No realtor would just go down to an appointment on behalf of the Landlord
and not have access to the house.
Should we vent our anger and frustration at the co-broking agent in front
of his expatriate client?
I believe we should keep our cool and show restraint if we want to enjoy
our profession. By antagonizing other co-broking agents for the foul ups,
what do we gain? It is the experience and the networking that will
contribute to our long term success in this business of residential
rentals.
It is the pleasure of meeting the same faces of the co-broking agent again
the next round. If we rant at every foul up, our fierce reputation
precedes us. Other agents will not want to co-broke with us or our
company.
Education stories for new
asiahomes.com realtors published by
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FOR HISTORICAL
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ASIAHOMES' HOUSE-HUNTING REPORT |
House-hunting report.
Wednesday June 21, 2000
Near Orchard Road, 2 or 3 bedroom around $5,000. Young infotechnology
couple. One year lease.
2pm
Meet at Treetops Serviced Apartment
2.15pm
Nassim Park
Blk 17, ground floor.
2+1 1200sf $5000.
FF-02 lst-4th floor. Serene
view from balcony which has potted plants.
2.30pm
Nassim Park Meet at
Blk 17C, D1 car park.
4+1 2100sf $6500.
FF - 04 lst-4th floor.
Spacious. Living area and master bedroom face pool and greenery
but has no balcony.
2 bedrooms with attached baths. The
non-master bedroom with attached bath has a small balcony facing new
apartments which are nearly completed.
2.45pm
River Place. Meet agent at
Lobby A. 3+1 1400sf $6000.
Tower A4.
FF-01 (5th-10th floor).
Partial Singapore River views from living area. One wash basin outside
master bathroom.
3+1 1300sf $5,500
Tower A4
FF-02 (5th-10th floor).
Maroon coloured marble flooring.
River views from bedrooms 2 and 3 and on left side of living area
which also has unblocked city views.
Master bedroom has river and Fort Canning Park greenery views.
Incredible unique presentation.
Excellent sound-proofing despite fronting Clemenceau Road.
Squarish kitchen has bright daylight as there is one window, unlike
many River Place units which have dark kitchens (main complaint of
Caucasian expats). Top choice.
2.50pm
River Place. Meet agent at
pool. Tower B. 3+1 1398sf $4500.
Tower B2
Corner unit in Tower B2 have river views.
FF-14 (5th - 10th floor).
Black granite flooring.
Bedroom 2 & 3, & living area faces Havelock Road but sound proofing is
excellent.
Master bedroom has river views and The Quayside condo views.
Overlooks roof of maisonettes and their root top jacuzzis.
Maisonette owners have own car park and jacuzzi.
3.00pm
River Place. Meet agent at
Lobby C1 lift area. 3+1 1400sf $4000.
Tower C1.
#01-04 rented. 3+1 1400sf with small balcony facing pool on right
side.
#03-04 available for rent at $5,500.
Facing other Tower B3 apartments.
3.15pm
River Place. Meet agent at
pool. 7th floor. 3+1 1400sf $4000
3.20pm
River Place. Meet agent at
pool. 3+1 1700sf $7000 fully furnished.
Tower B3
FF-21 (5th-10th floor).
This B3 unit has an odd-shaped small living area and separate small
dining area. A dry and wet kitchen, a small dark family area, but all
3 bedrooms have fantastic river views. The dining and
living areas have glimpses of the river.
Caucasians with large living and dining sets cannot live comfortably
in this apartment.
4pm
Avalon
New. Full condo facilities. 2 bus stops to Orchard Road or a
10-minute brisk walk.
3+1 ground floor with patio
1679sf $6800
3+1 2nd floor 1593sf $6500
2+1 ground floor 1076sf $5600
2+1 2nd floor 958sf $5400.
Upscale condo fronting Stevens Road.
Excellent sound proofing. Near Shangri-la Hotel. Big
balcony for the ground floor units. However, expat prefers River
Place Condo.
4.20pm
The Bayron
New. No tennis court but has small pool and gym. Great location.
3+1 1432sf $4500. Meet agent at
Lobby 7. 3-minute walk to the Somerset
subway, but not impressed after seeing River Place Condo.
4.30pm
The Bayron
3+1 1483sf $5400.
Not attracted to take up this unit
after seeing River Place Condo.
Single expats who just want to be as near to the subway and Orchard
Road have taken up many units and only a handful is available.
5pm
Spring Grove 2+1 1012 sq. ft
$5500. Blk 53. Beautiful large
pool and lush landscaping, 10-minute walk to the Orchard Road, a very
small balcony. Prefers ground floor unit with large patio
with wooden planks. Rent asked in this condo tend to be on the higher
side. A favourite of many Caucasian expats before the completion of
River Place Condos and others.
Conclusion:
It is extremely hard to compete with the quality and water
fronting views of River Place Condos. Young Caucasians just love
the various water features and water front living. There is a free bus
shuttle to Raffles Place too. The cheapest 2 bedroom has been
rented at $2,500 fully furnished and one 3-bedroom is asking $3,800.
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Subdivisions
(condo & house details) has some of the details of the
advertised condos. |
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Tel: +65 9668-6468,
e-mail
judy@asiahomes.com for viewings |
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