Saturday, January 2

Almost Backed Out

It was not love at first sight or you-had-me-at-hello.

I admit that I almost backed out from buying my condo unit when I first visited the “replica” unit. I say replica unit because it was not the unit that I was going to buy, but it belongs to another buyer. My condo unit was being constructed then. However, I found it imperative to see in person what the 30-square meter unit was like before progressing any further with my plans.

The unit that I saw was in no way similar to the model units that were first shown to me. I have always known that model units are exactly what they are –- just models. They embody only what is good and ideal; unfortunately they don't showcase the reality of things when the unit is finally turned over to its owner. (Lesson to learn: Never trust what you see in model units!)

I almost backed out from buying the condo unit when I first saw this in person.I told myself that there was no way I could fit all my belongings in that tiny space. I spent the next fifteen minutes inspecting every corner and every detail of the unit. Soon after, I remembered that other developers sell one bedroom condo units having just roughly 24 square meters for a floor area! What is more unbelievable is that those types of units sell for nearly 3 times the amount of the unit that I am interested at.

At that time, I had already carefully studied the financial side of things so somehow I was convinced that it was still a sound decision to buy the unit no matter how small it appears to be. Somehow the dismay was replaced with a renewed sense of excitement knowing that with creative thinking numerous things may be resorted to in order make that tiny space livable. Re-running the calculations in my head, I concluded that it was a good deal. (Lesson to learn: Be objective; don't let negative first impressions cloud your decisions.)

Later that day I was already taking measurements of the unit so I could start to design my own floor plan (more on that in my next blogs...).


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