The hunt has ended

since young, I always hope to have my own house. a house that I can decorate and i would tell myself my house would be a new one. haha, truly whatever we want in life always turns out to be the opposite at times. so the hunt started in March ...actually started last year around April when we applied for the HDB balance flats exercise. applied twice last year but sadly our numbers were too huge. :( this year there is only bto so we didnt managed to get. in the end we started the hunt for a resale flats. the past three months of searching for a resale flat wasn't easy as every weekends will be dedicated to a process of scanning through every single ad in the classified and list out the houses that's satisfy our criteria and budget before I pass on to Aw to call through the list. weekdays I will be scanning the net for the online posts and the weekday newspapers, not letting go of any possible advertisements on the houses. I still remembered the first flat I saw was in hougang and really finding a house for ourselves was a tideous process. cos of our budget constraint and our personal preferences as well ( need to have some wind, it must be bright, layout of the house, no low floor please, good space, no altar, cash low and we even considered Sembawang!) there was once we even seen 9 flats at one shot within 4hours. the types of houses we came across really interesting from tenanted to pretty ones, dirty ones, religious houses, and pretty ones and the really expensive ones....it was really exhausting. In the beginning, I kinda look forward to every Saturday where the adverts is the maximum. Every house represent a hope and a chance that maybe it might be this unit. Yet after every viewing, my hopes will drop cos the time we have is lesser and lesser. we are approaching june!! as the process for procurement for a flat is quite long and it will take about 4 months odd for it to be fully settled. we really face a very tight deadline in the midst of the search. and the pressure i face is truly indescribable. we truly struggle having to decide on our other options as the deadline draws closer. bto? staying with his parents? rent? or even delay the marriage. I was really stressed out. Thank God that aw been understanding and thank God that He sent friends to encourage me and Thank God that He was there helping me and aw to keep trusting. We managed to offer for three houses but all three did not meet the seller's price requirement. It was tough to juggle the disappointment after each offer. finally and thankfully, we found a unit that met most of our requirements. though it was not our favourite of our favourites, yet it was a simple house that we both like. Thank God for seeing us through (we made a count and we saw more than 35 units!) and granting us the favour and also strength to trust Him in all circumstances. Somehow it came timely cos if we did not find one suitable one, it would have to wait till July before we continue our search. Indeed God is our shepherd and we shall not be in want. :) Indeed want to commit the house to the Lord and all the finances that come with it and indeed God does provide :)

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I wrote the entry above on the day we found our house ( like 3 months back), as I wanted to capture my feelings, joy and pain of the entire process. perhaps when i read it again later on in life. It will remind me to be thankful for the house. Just wanna add too that God really did provide in ways we have never imagine and i am loss for words. :) sharing too some pictures i found online from Yvestown blog. some ideas for the house. love the designs. :)

i heart {shelves}

what i hope my desk will look like ;D

the living rooms look awesome!

can i have one like this?