Moving To Singapore

Hi Jimmy!

Congrats on your decision to move to vibrant Singapore! To answer your questions are the ff:

1. 1 bedroom/studio apartment wil cost around SGD 1.5 to 2K. If you opt for 2 to3 bedroom, the range is around 2.5 to 3.5k. You can also choose to sublet from other expatriates here thru this site, expatsingapore.com. Most of the apartments are pet friendly.

2. East Coast area is a popular place or rather preferred locations of expats. food and supermarkets is not a problem. Almost everywhere in singapore is accessible to bus, trains, taxi, etc. Everything here is at yout convenience!

3.Work, you can always find online, recruitment agencies and strait times newspaper (saturday). 

4. There are various community or learning centres that will help improve your Mandarin skills.

Hope i have help in a bit! All the best! :-)

thanks Pitipat for your helpful and speedy reply

you're a champion

Hi Jimmy,

Apartments in SG are all pet friendly, you should have no trouble. Depending on whether you want to share or get your own place you can use the website rooms share or get an agent.

Beaches are not good here, you cannot swim in the water, SG waters are covered in oil, draw backs of bing one of the biggest ports in the world. East coast park is great you can bring your dog down there it goes on for miles along the coast.

Most ex-pats live in the west coast, depends on what you are looking for...

Visas you get a 30 day visa on arrival and when you get a job your employer applies to MOM for a visa for you, all depends on your background.

Happy to answer any more questions if you need info, just recently moved here with my husband and we are still finding our feet...

Finn

Hey Finn,

Thanks heaps . . I'm having a look at some rental properties on the west coast now, thanks again for you help

Hope you and your husband find your feet quickly.

hope to talk to you again soon
James

[Moderated: please post in the Housing section of the site]