They came over to view one of the units that I was marketing and even though they decided not to pursue with the purchase of that unit, they decided to engage me in their property journey.

Understanding the family:

• Family of 5 + Domestic Helper and a dog – teenage kids are 12, 16 (both boys) and 19 (girl). Like every other teenager out there, they would like to have their own rooms while the domestic helper is sharing a room with the boys.
• They would like a bigger space with at least 4 bedroom and looking to stay at that the new home for at least 10-15 years.
• Their current asset – a high floor 3bedroom units at Gardens at Bishan valued around 1.25mil.
  After throughout discussion and working on the numbers:
• Roadmap into a 10-15 years lifestage of the family – likely their children would have married and moved out – looking at a property that will appreciate further to right-size in 10-15 years’ time.
• As they have many personal items, they would want to move to their new home without having the need to move to a temporary home.
• Mapping out their financial while taking into account renovation needs for their new home. For cashflow purpose, they would need to sell first in order not to incur the Additional Buyer Stamp Duty (ABSD) even though it is remissible.

Action taken:

• Deploying our PROSPER selling framework [click here to see the framework], we proceed to market the unit.
• We keep our client updated through weekly report [click here to see a sample report.
• Meanwhile, we also commence on searching for the ideal home that fits their family needs

Result:

• Sold their current home at about 30k above valuation.
• Bought a Cluster House that at date, has increase in valuation of about 400k (based on SRX x-value July 2022)
• Negotiate a timeline where they did not:
  – Have to pay ABSD
  – Allow them to renovate and move into their new home without the trouble of needing a temporary home.
• Happy to receive a testimony from the family for their experience working with me