Reviews about The Gardens at Bishan Condo

[ana_s]

I'm planning to buy one unit there, any reviews about the condo and area around there.

[Vulcanl]

Nice area, nice development, they have a shuttle bus service to the MRT, sundry store inside the complex, nice facilities. Here are some downsides to be aware of:

*There is no direct access to Bishan Park from there..you would have to exit to Sing Ming Road and proceed to the entrance from that main road
*The 'Speedo Rule' applies at the pool

[britmum]

Um, hate to ask but...Speedo rule?? 

[Speedo rule]

Men are required to wear tight speedo swimming costumes and not the loose variety.  I think it is supposed to make sure your pubes don't float off!

[...........]

The rooms are not big and the condo is in front of a school. Wont encourage u to buy.
The place is not very accessible. Security is not very tight. Not worth to buy.

[Not worth]

99LH + bad location with poor amenities and + no future MRT = poor investment. The pseudo European architecture is also quite cheesy.

[if anyone]

tried to enforce the speedo rule here I would kick their head in.

Utterly stupid and more likely to cause the offense they are trying to stop than be a cause of it.

[Kubes.SG]

Men are required to wear tight speedo swimming costumes and not the loose variety.  I think it is supposed to make sure your pubes don't float off!

Let's not beat around the bush.  The Speedo rule is there because some perverts used to go commando in their quite loose and shortish board shorts.  They then would lay around the pool trying to flash the mums and maids.

Happened at our condo a few years ago.  Our maid was laughing one evening, wiggling her little finger, and it took quite some time for her to explain the situation.  Apparently she and the other maids were mightily unimpressed with the package on display.  This guy was visitor to the condo and they thought a local.

When you tightly button down a population you really get some weird shit happening.  Still recall my surprise upon seeing in Japan a vending machine with school girl's used nickers.  no joke.

[poi]

If you don't mind, there is a incinerator nearby.(for corpses)

[Speedos]

Oh no, not the dreaded speedo rule.

WHat happend to that old thread on the speedo police?. Had to be the best thread of the year. (and not just because Kubes posted a picture of himself in speedos)

[BritmumNLI]

Ha ha, when I first saw the comment "Speedo rule applies" I thought it meant they were banned...

[Speedos]

Has anyone ever done a cost benefit study on the effects of enforcing speedo wear in condo pools?

It would definately turn off potential buyers/renters. I personally wouldnt choose to live in a condo that had such a rule, as I refuse to wear such immodest swimwear.  I'm sure many Anglo Saxons and Muslims would think the same.  On the other hand continental Europeans and East Asians may well prefer it.

Has anyone ever done the figures? I'm sure that folks at Bishan gardens have probably taken out their calculators and figured out that they can save x $ in pool filtering charges. But have they taken the opportunity cost of potential residents turned off by a speedo policy?

[goolie catchers]

Don't most board shorts have the little liner- pants in them to stop you goolies escaping anyway?

I've never seen a stray toolkit poking out of normal trunks, but men in Speedos seriously turn my stomach. It'd be like telling me I had to wear a g-string if I wanted to swim. That wouldn't be pretty.

[Italianate]

Why is it that the condos that have the speedo rule also tend to have faux italianate architecture, cheesy fountains etc, and trimmed european trees/ hedges instead of tropical asian fauna. Im thing Bishan gardens, parc vista etc

Any coincidence?

[eeek]

I'm looking at condos at the moment. I think all the condo directories ought to stipulate whether budgie smugglers are mandatory, as it would save me a lot of leg work.

Don't want to see that on my weekend swims thanks.