Quantum of Solace

(This entry is a continuation from my previous entry on House Hunting) MH and I continued the house hunting for the next following months. It took us quite a long time to find our dream (dream lah sangat!) house to call our own, mainly because we were looking for these specific set of criteria - a landed house, corner lot, somewhere near Putrajaya but still not quite far from KL. There were a few houses that we really like, but the price was sooo high, like very close or even more than a million! Mahal tak hengat!!!  Sometimes I wonder how much do these people have to pay for the mortgage and how on earth they can afford it? Kerja apa? Business apa?   (Statement jealous sebab terpaksa mengucapkan bye-bye kepada rumah-rumah cantik tapi mahal tu!) One more thing that made me also frustrated was the fact that most of the corner houses had been converted to kindergartens. What to do, takde rezeki. To cut the long story short, we finally found our perfect house. It was a single stor

Alhamdulillah, after almost 3 years waiting,  naik/turun to lawyers’ offices, banks, Land Office and even signing not one, but two Sales & Purchase (S&P) agreements, - finally we’re home owners!   In this entry, I would like to share our experience which might be useful for those out there who are about to start looking for your own nest =)   Our house hunting session began since I was pregnant with my lil' princess. She's now two. So you can imagine how long we have been waiting for this =) We spent countless afternoons driving  around to various housing areas in Klang Valley looking for the right house. Kadang-kadang tersesat sampai kat ceruk mana! One fine day, as we were driving around we spotted a house at Bandar Kinrara, Puchong. It was the perfect house! Double-storey, corner lot, low density housing area, very near to shop lots - wow! We called the property  agent who came right away. Checked on the price, took a look around the house. "This is