Another blog by Boh Tong the ex- SIA cabin crew: House
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Showing posts with label House. Show all posts

Monday, April 30, 2018

First day in Fukuoka, Japan




We are staying at our parents-in-law's newly built house. My father-in-law had to scrap his 15 year old Toyota Wish and so we told him we would help pay half the price of his would be new car, a 1.5ccToyota Sienta (aka sporty mini van). The Sienta is about S$25,000. In Singapore, with a 10 year coe it would probably cost $90,000.
As for lunch, we were each given a set of fried pork,pickles and salad. The food was absolutely marvelous (cooked by mum-in-law).
We may stay in Japan for 3 months.

Monday, August 1, 2016

My relatives' house in Japan





Above is my relatives' house in Southern Japan. It is a double storey detached house with 3 bedrooms. It has a built-in area of about 1,200 sq feet and a land of about the same size. The house is now about 40 years old, gone through renovations a few times. Guess what?...the house and land (free hold) can only fetch around 10 million Japanese Yen which is about S$120,000. In Singapore, the same property may cost around $8 million in the prime district or $ 6 to $7 million in a suburban area.
Their small plot of land is quite fertile and they grow tomatoes, cucumber, oranges and other seasonal vegetables. There is a bumper crop of tomatoes this summer according to them. Whatever they can't consume they will make tomato sauce and juice and store them in the freezer.