Our new home (part 2)

I never knew getting a new home is so troublesome.

First, there are forms to fill, just so to get gas, electricity and water. Without these, guess what happens? I will have to dig a well and light candles... maybe even collect logs to start a fire. And register to get a car park lot for my car.

And of course, visit a nearby police post and get your address changed. And the good thing in Singapore is that this process automatically updates your address information with certain agencies. But of course, it doesn't update every one, so you still have to update that information with the various companies that you deal with, such as banks, telephone companies, magazine subscriptions, etc.

There is also subscription for a new residential phone line, and broadband (yes, I do need access to the Internet). And cable TV too, though I have yet to do this since we haven't decided on what channels we actually want to subscribe to.

Then there is the BIG matter of renovation. We wanted down lights, so that means we first have to get someone to do up the ceiling and the electrical cabling. Then find someone to install the lights (after buying the lights that we want). Hunt around for curtains and somehow get it up.

And visit all the furniture shops in the neighbourhood and spend hours in IKEA. And find out at the end of four hours at IKEA that they only keep your furniture with them for 7 days before they start to charge you for storage, which means you can't shop for furniture too early. They charge 5% of the furniture price for assembly (if you don't want to do it yourself) but that may be better than having an amateur try fix up a huge wardrobe.

Yes, shifting to that new home is going to need a lot of work, which means driving around looking for deals. But no matter how tiring it may be, I am sure the reward of moving into a new home will be worth it.