Selling their previous home was the more nerve-racking part, with few viewings and lacklustre offers coming in as the weeks passed by. Although somewhat of an impulsive choice, the house ticked every box and warranted an offer-which they made the very next day. The original owners still occupied the flat and had kept it in great condition over the years. “We were its first viewers that weekend, and fell in love with the airy space and its potential,” Rachel recounts on Instagram. It took three months of searching property listings online before they came across the current place: a 36-year-old maisonette with unique architectural features, located in the tranquil neighbourhood of Lorong Ah Soo. “We wanted a house closer to school, and a house we could grow into for the next phase of family life,” Rachel shares. The search for a new home was thus born from the need to simplify things and give themselves more room to breathe. The long, daily commute was exhausting, and so was sharing her small home with a sizable family, comprising three kids, herself and her husband, and their old dog Blue. Like many parents, Rachel ( used to set out at the crack of dawn to drive her eldest daughter to school. First they found the perfect flat for their family of six, then the ideal buyer for their old place-and now they patiently wait for gorgeous secondhand furnishings to turn up on Carousell.
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