Expat Living City Guide – June 2018

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1 “How much does a helper cost?” Part-time helpers are available for between $10 and $20 an hour, and can be hired independently ...

HELP AT HAND We asked our contributors to list some of the key questions to ask a helper during an interview. How long have you ...

#1 Don’t Shop, Adopt! For various unfortunate reasons, many dogs, cats and other animals are abandoned in Singapore’s constructi ...

Daily Exercise for Dogs Many of us aren’t lucky enough to have a house with a big back garden, so you’ll be glad to know that th ...

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Chatchawat Prasertsom | Shutterstock.com FIND YOUR HOME Navigating the island ...

CHOOSING A NEIGHBOURHOOD Home Hunt 66 CITY GUIDE 2018 FIND YOUR HOME ...

Deciding where in Singapore to live needs careful consideration, especially when you’ll most likely be locked into your house or ...

Orchard The Orchard area offers easy access to the retail hustle and bustle of Orchard Road’s shopping malls, restaurants, hotel ...

Tanglin / Jervois Road This area is home to many embassies and a mix of landed and mostly low-rise condos. It’s older and establ ...

East Coast The East Coast area runs from Kallang for 18km to Changi Airport, and has long been popular with expats. It’s usually ...

Alexandra / Portsdown / Pasir Panjang These areas contain many of the island’s older colonial homes; they’re convenient for UWC ...

Anthia Chng Neighbourhood: Bishan I live in a four-room HDB flat in Bishan Street 22, a couple of blocks from Bishan Park. I’ve ...

Susannah Jaffer Neighbourhood: Pasir Panjang I live in an older condo in Pasir Panjang, near South Buona Vista Road. Reasons for ...

Amy Greenburg Neighbourhood: Havelock Road Our condo is on Havelock Road, right on the border of Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay. ...

Amy Brook-Partridge Neighbourhood: Bukit Timah For the past five years, I’ve lived in Watten Estate, just off Bukit Timah Road. ...

Lindsay Yap Neighbourhood: Lorong Ah Soo I’ve been living in an HDB in Lorong Ah Soo for the past 17 years; it’s located between ...

Monica Pitrelli Neighbourhood: River Valley I live in a condo on Leonie Hill Road, between Grange Road and River Valley. Reasons ...

Rebecca Bisset Neighbourhood: Seletar Air Base I’ve lived in Seletar, in Singapore’s northeast, on and off since 2004. Reasons f ...