Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Basic Information

Some basic stuff first:

Viz Holland:
Developed by Sim Lian (Holland) Pte Ltd
Address is 221 Queensway, Singapore 276750
District 10
Plot size is about 104,205 sqf
TOP 1 Apr 2008 (no kiddin')
Total No of Units: 165
Breakdown of Units:
1 Bed Studio Apartments: 22
2 Bed Apartments: 87
3 Bed Apartments: 44
Penthouses: 12
More info can be found on this early launch info site here (including floor plans i think).
Some pictures can be found on the condoexpat site here. I'll put up some of my own later when i have time :)

Contact Details:
Management Office (managed by CKH Strate Mgmt): 64791509
Management Office manned by Ms Lim and Sheikh (previously Mr Li Yu)
After hours, the office number gets diverted to the Guardroom.


Note to Self

Ever wondered why a condo, situated on Queensway itself, is called "Viz Holland" and not "Viz Queensway" (or a posher version - "Viz Queens") :P

Favourite response from taxi drivers: "Viz Holland ah? Where ah? Holland Road issit? WHERE? Queensway? Queensway Shopping Centre there ah? Queensway WHERE GOT condo wan??"

Things to talk about:

  1. Car Parking Madness
  2. Blinded by Blinds
  3. The Diarrhoeic Mynahs
  4. Moving In Spots
  5. Neighbourly Love (or War)
  6. Rust Buckets

First Post from Viz Holland!

It must be strange for some nutter to put up a blog about living in a condo... but living in a condo isn't exactly a bed of roses, it can be tricky, especially given that the condo is actually freshly minted.

So basic introductions first... The condo I'm in is called, schizophrenically, either "Viz @ Holland", "Viz@Holland" (Note without spacing) or "Viz Holland", depending on which directories or search engines you use LOL. The original name I'm sure was "Viz@Holland", created at a time when every developer and their fengshui master was thinking that using "@" was the coolest idea for this generation of condos built in the 2000s. After all, it's the age of the internet and all that.

What they didn't realise, was how confused search engines can get and even worse, how many variations there can be to something so simple as a condo name. Spacing, no spacing etc.

So eventually, it became called "Viz Holland" but even now, using the "@" within the name will turn up quite a few hits.

It's the condo that is notoriously famous for one thing too - the murder of a maid while it was being constructed, or rather specifically, just when it was about to be completed (Dec 07). Google for it, I don't think I need to provide the various gory details as searching for Viz Holland will turn both estate agents' websites and the murder.

So what's this blog going to be about?

Being one of the very first residents here at this brand spanking new condo, I figured some information of the trials and tribulations I encountered when moving in, with the management office, the problems here etc, may be useful to other people. And who knows, I might be able to obtain advice from other condo dwellers too.

(Yes, I just need to rant.)

I'll stop now, but do keep an eye out for future posts. Forthcoming :)