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So I tried Spizza and am well enough impressed. Not *quite* as good as Pizza Express, but very close. I can recommend it if you like PE, and I will go back. Thank you. I'm a fan of Pizza Express in HK. I like Skinny Pizza for what it is- a cracker pizza- but I really would like to find a nice thin ...

Thanks for the update AngMoG I'm still a little unclear as to the sharing of the landlord's first month rent commission though. We had an agent that was working exclusively for us, and spent quite a bit of time showing us numerous properties however never expected payment from us, it was always half...

With regard to agent commissions, I've noticed on the forum quite a number of people who lease a property also pay a commission to their agent. As far as I know, when we entered our lease, one month's rent was paid as commission by the landlord that was then shared equally between their agent and ou...

Cold Storage have the tinned ones that we use for hummus (Waitrose 400G tin is $3.15)

As per many (older) apartments here in Singapore, our kitchen doesn't have an oven. We have a reasonable amount of bench space and are considering getting a good bench top oven (possibly the Rowenta ones that HN, Courts and Best all stock). If anyone has first hand experience with these or any recom...

I thought this topic was a strange one for the forums until I was reminded of it when I discovered today what the bad smell in our kitchen was. I though it was just the drains but turns out it was a half used bag of potatoes purchased from CS 2 weeks ago (of which some had partially liquefied). I ca...

(I ask this question more out of interest than actually planning to do it and p*ssing a lot of ppl off) We're relatively new to Singapore but the large queues at taxi stands hasn't gone unnoticed (particularly at Ikea). My question is, can you book your own cab to pick you up from the taxi stand (an...

We've been enjoying the SwissBake hot cross buns for the last few weeks. They have them in their stores (6 for the price of 5 from memory) and the bakery section of our Cold Storage also stocks SwissBake HCB 3 packs (we always check the bake date to ensure it's the same day).

Thanks for the advice JR8 and x9200, it is gratefully received. I think I've just spend a bit too long on this thread and become a bit paranoid about any potential clause that could be turned against us to try and keep our deposit in 2 years time or twisted to kick us out early and then keep the dep...

Hi All, We are newly arrived expats here and also having some troubles negotiating what we would view to be a 'reasonable' TA with a landlord. While we have managed to amend some clauses like 'regularly dry cleaning the curtains', we are not having much success with others, in particular: -No moveme...

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone has stayed in GWC apartments recently and their thoughts?

We're moving over to SG soon and planning to stay there.

Particularly, is anyone aware of the internet situation (avaiability/cost etc.)?

Thanks