In less than 2 months after we decided to sell our apartment… it’s now officially SOLD!! =)

After the valuation of the flat was done in May (which by God’s grace was a good valuation!) our housing agent, Peter put up ads in the Classifieds. It garnered very little response… I was kinda disappointed. Many calls, but few viewings. (The only viewing was fr the sister-in-law of my Malay neighbour. She really liked it, but they didn’t have enough cash to buy)

Undaunted, I decided to put up some online ads and put up pretty pictures of my house, in hopes that it’d draw some attention. I even went around the estate putting up ‘FOR SALE’ posters. I think I put up close to 20 posters at the neighbouring blocks, but the next day I noticed they were ALL torn down! Who would do something like that? I was so upset… =(

Anyway, someone eventually did respond to one of the online ads. And this someone was this girl called Ashley (her husband and her are professionals fr China, workin here in S’pore). And one really interested person was enough…

Long story short… this girl really liked the apartment! She told us later than she fell in love with it just by looking at the pictures I posted! And it was the only unit she saw (believe it or not!) She had done her homework in terms of price etc. But this was the only apartment she had viewed in her house search. She came with her parents once, and a second time with her husband. The very next day, she made an offer!!

And abt a week later, after several rounds of negotiation…we closed the deal!! Just like that!
I remembered asking CCO (my office team) to pray that we can sell our flat soon, so that we can take our next step of looking for a place in Pasir Ris.

Me of little faith, I didn’t expect God to answer this prayer soooo quickly!!
(Why should I expect God to answer… when I pray? Why pray then, if I didn’t expect him to answer??) It so delights God to answer our prayers. Much like the joy and delight we feel as parents when we bring something special back for our kids, or give them or take them to someplace they had requested for a while. It brings a smile to them, and to us too!

Our heavenly Father was all too happy to answer our request that day!

Anyway, Lil and I are really thankful…
The kids have mixed feelings… They are feeling kinda sad that we’ll have to move soon.
Josh wld frown and say, “But I like our Choa Chu Kang house… “.
Truth is, it’s kinda weird feeling for us too, we’re have a bittersweet feeling too.. esp. when we accepted the $5k deposit, and signed the papers… this was it, this is literally signing ‘away’ our lovely home for the past 6+ years…