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Google has added Street-View for most of Australia to their services and see here, the entrance of Eureka Tower. I live here for 2 years and if you look up, you can see why it once was the highest residential building in the world. Well done Google!

Today we spent all day driving around Singapore with our agent Lucy, who we used to find a new apartment in Singapore. She’s been listening very well and selected several vacant apartments around Singapore that fitted our list of requests.

We started with The Marbella (see picture), which we already found on the internet before we left for Singapore. We were quite sure we wanted to live there and after yesterdays visit with Nikki, we were sure. Lucy found us the only available 2 bedroom furnished apartment and arranged a viewing with the real-estate agent Tony. The apartment was perfect, on the 20th floor, unblocked views over the nicest parts of Singapore and only 2 stations away from my work but still with easy access to the city as well. The apartment is furnished and decorated completely to our liking with dark colours. Tony had opened the windows and a beautiful breeze was flowing through the apartment. It might be a little smaller than Eureka Tower, the facilities are a million times better. The property has big pools, BBQ pits, security entrance and a putting green, the apartment has a bomb-shelter (now pantry), balcony, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

We also went and visited 2 new properties MontView and Viz@ Holland, which we were told about yesterday as well. We then viewed some “older” projects more in the city center, just to get an idea about what we would get for the same price, closer to town. We finished with The Carribean, which is next door to Vivo City Mall, our favorite mall. This is an enormous project with good facilities, a private elevator and views to Sentosa Island and turned out the be a close contender for our final decision.

In the end, we decided for The Marbella and from this Friday onwards, our address will be The Marbella, 29 Mount Sinai Rise in Singapore. We “just” need to get the finances sorted out, open a local bank account, pay the bond and first month of rent in advance. With a bit of luck, I can travel to work from our new apartment next Monday already.