SINGAPORE EXPATS FORUM
Singapore Expat Forum and Message Board for Expats in Singapore & Expatriates Relocating to Singapore

Thanks so much for everyone's posts and thoughts - I really appreciate them all. Sorry I haven't been online for a while - been frantic trying to get everything ready (house ready for renting/packing etc/catching up for goodbyes with everyone) as we're just about to leave. Will let you know how we g...

Hi all, just wondering if anyone lives or knows somebody who lives/lived at Carribbean at Keppel Bay? We are a family of 3 with one 22 month old and are looking to rent a 2b unit there for around $5.5K as it looked nice and close to shops (vivo city), transport and lots of things for kids to do as w...

Many thanks for your thoughts - I know it's a few years off but time goes so quickly it will be here before we realise and good to know that schooling won't be an issue if we're still here in 2/3 years. Thanks again. S

This might seem like a stupid question but doesn't your private medical insurance pay for the hospital component while delivering your baby? In Australia, we pay for all the lead up appointments with an ob separately (my cost was about out of pocket $1,500 which included regular appointments with an...

Hi there, we're an Australian family with a 2 year old girl relocating to Singapore in January 2012. We're a few years off having to think about schooling for our little one but having read the forums I'm really concerned about what we'll do when she turns 5 and needs to go to school here in Singapo...

Thanks so much to everyone for their input - it was greatly appreciated. We had the pre-hire visit over the weekend and there was lots to take in and lots of the costs went higher (particularly rent, taxi & alcohol! ;-)) than we anticipated but not by a huge amount. We loved the Botanical Gardens so...

Thanks so much for everyone's feedback - it's really appreciated and I'm very excited about our pre-hire visit this weekend. BillieB - we live in Penrith an hour from Sydney and where you can easily rent a 3 bedroom house with a big yard for approx $350 a week. My hubby's commute now is 40min so not...

Sorry just confirming our budget for renting is around $4,000 - obviously if we could find something decent (not to small, old etc) with a nice pool we'd be happy to pay it!! lol But from what I'm reading we're prob being a bit too optimistic about paying only $4K for a 30min commute to Hubby's work...

Thanks for everyone's 2 cents - I really appreciate it. Looks Hubby's HR team would agree with you that Singapore has a similar living cost to Australia which is what they told us but so far from what I've read on posts only and research on condo prices I've had to factor in big increases in rent, g...

Hi, we're an Aussie family (one 18mth old girl) moving to Singapore in January 2012 on a local contract, not expat package (ie we pay for rent, medical and schooling). Just hoping somebody can give us pointers on a few things: 1. What districts we should be researching to live in - my husband's work...