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I am owned by Pauline and Mark Blasky. My hull was built at the Duncan Marine Yard in Taiwan and launched in Dec of 1980. It is a William Garden design based on the Pixie Design and called by Duncan Marine a Freedom 45. They are the fourth owners and have owned me the longest. They have done extensive refitting to me including replacing my entire deck structure and rig. My masts are roughly 10% taller than original and now are made of aluminium as opposed to the original wood ones, which, though pretty, were always problematic. You can read more about me under "MORE ABOUT SARI TIMUR"

November 18, 2010

The New Flat in Singapore


In December 2002, Pauline bought a flat in Holland Village.  It was about 118 sq.m in a great location.  Her parents live in it and we have the master bedroom reserved for when we needed a place to crash.
In 2005, the government decided to take back the flats in that location.  In doing so, they would build new flats across the street as replacements.  We selected a smaller flat (about 92 sq.m) on the 39th floor.  Pauline’s parents will be living in it while we are out there, somewhere.
The government started building the new flats in 2006 and completion was scheduled for 2011.  We were told that we might have to fly back to Singapore in December 2010 to sign the papers.  However, we received an email at the end of October that our flat is ready and we could go sign the papers, pay the money and collect the keys early November.
Our plan was to leave for the Philippines mid November and find somewhere safe in the Philippines to leave Sari Timur and fly to Singapore in December.  Since we can actually collect our keys early November, we can safely leave Sari Timur in Sutera Harbor Marina in Kota Kinabalu and fly to Singapore.  This means that our departure has been postponed to end November.

On Monday, November 8, 2010 we met with the officer at the Housing and Development Board (HDB) offices.  We signed lots of forms and paid lots of money and an hour later, we shook hands and were handed the keys to our new flat.  We were so excited and went straight to the flat to have a peek.
We met with the contractor and gave instructions for him to fit out the flat in our absence.  He said it would take about 5-6 weeks to complete fitting it out.  We are having wardrobes made for the 3 bedrooms and the kitchen completely fitted.  Air-conditioners and lights will be installed and the whole flat painted.  Then it will be the arduous task of moving from a relatively big flat to this smaller new flat.  Pauline would have to fly back to Singapore once again to facilitate the move.
Our new flat, taken from the old one
Entrance to the service yard     
passage to the bedrooms
the kitchen
The living area
The living area
view from the flat
view from the flat
We will update and post pictures of the flat after the fittings are done.
Posted by SY Sari Timur at 10:02

2 comments:

  1. PenguinNovember 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    So much space, must be nice to sprawl out when your not on the boat. Love the view.

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  2. SY Sari TimurNovember 19, 2010 at 8:57 PM

    Bigger than the flat we had when you visited. But much smaller than the one we just gave up

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