Think I've mentioned yesterday that I would go through my procedures of getting a flat and one the benefits that the gahment* is providing would be the Married Child Priority (MCP) Scheme.

The scheme encourages married children and parents to reside within the same estate or neighboring estate to foster care of aged parents. Provided you do not find your parents a nuisance, which some unfilial son/daughters would.

If you happen to be able to fall under the requirements, then you're lucky enough, like me. Hahahahaha. This means, you're able to enjoy additional double the chances of your present available chance.

For instance, both you and your lifelong-partner-to-be are first timers, then you would have a default of 2 chances for balloting for a flat. But by falling under this scheme, the chances you have would be doubled, being 4 in this case and there is a high possibility that you would get this flat.

These applicants will be given double the chances as compared to those who are not applying to stay near parents/married child.

Type of Applicant	Number of chances assigned
Married Child Priority Scheme (Second-Timer)	2
Married Child Priority Scheme (First-Timer)	4

Extracted from the HDB's website:
"You may request to be considered under this scheme if you meet any of the following conditions:

• You are applying for flats located in the same estates as your parents or married child, who are owners, tenants or occupiers of a rental or home-ownership HDB flat
• Your parents' or married child's existing housing block is within 2 km from the nearest block offered in the estate applied for
• Your parents' or married child's private property is within 2 km from the nearest block offered in the estate applied for
  Your parents or married child must own and occupy the private property
• You are including your parents or married child in the application to stay together with them"

This is made valid, only if the applicants/the parents are following the rules that the gahment* imposed, which is to stay in the same flat or estate for a period of 5 years from the date of possession of the new flat.

*gahment = Government

Labels: BTO, HDB

We've applied for the Senja Gateway BTO (Build-to-Order) in July 2010. Growing up in Bukit Panjang, I've always wanted a flat there but Boyfriend prefers those areas in the north-east (Sengkang, Hougang).


Since we've got to get ourselves prepared with a unit before registering our marriage and chances are hard to come by for BTOs in Bukit Panjang, we decided to apply for it. Boyfriend initially wanted a resale flat, considering that it's ready available and pricings are somehow similar. One difference though, is the number of years the flat has been around. So, our final decision is to go ahead to apply for the sales launch instead.

Applying for the ballot costs S$ 10, application to be done online and to be paying via i-banking/credit card channels. Whole procedure was rather easy to fill in, and within minutes, I submitted the application.

We're actually rather worried on the availability of the flat as we've seen over-subscribed situation just two days before the balloting ends. Results came in pretty fast, on 14th September we received our queue number! Enquiry of the results are made online, via THIS LINK.


Was in the office while I checked the results and I shouted like hell, I was just so darn happy that we're so lucky! There are so many others who would have spent umpteen times but still, couldn't get the desired queue number. There's a total of 313 units for the 4 room flat, and our queue number is in the 2 hundreds range, so we're still glad that we'd still have a chance to choose for the unit we want (hopefully!) =D

This is the estimated completion look of it. It's gonna be greens and greens all around, hopefully we'd be able to get a good unit and avoid all disturbances coming from the nearby expressway (KJE).



Well, I'd continue tomorrow on the priority scheme and more updates on the choosing of a good unit.

Till then,
Missy Cin

Labels: BTO, HDB, Senja

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