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Renting in Singapore: The cost of independence
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Moving out of my family home has been liberating in some ways, but it has also driven the need for good planning into sharp focus, says the writer.
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SINGAPORE – Few things will make you feel as much like a real adult – and realise just how expensive living on your own is – as dealing with your first major plumbing emergency.
I still think of that night, just a couple of months into renting my first home, when my plumbing exploded and took some of my brash confidence along with it.
