Consider it or not, native actress Chantalle Ng, 28, has on a regular basis slept collectively along with her mum, veteran actress Lin Meijiao, 60.
The pair, who’re very shut, have the benefit of chatting sooner than mattress so no matter having her private mattress room, Chantalle prefers bunking in with mum.
However collectively along with her extra and extra busy work schedule and irregular hours, she decided it is likely to be additional conducive to have her private home.
Final yr, she renovated her mattress room, along with some parts of their abode, and finally moved in.
Chantalle and Meijiao have been dwelling in a rented one-storey black-and-white conservation home for the earlier decade.
The semi-detached home, which Chantalle reckons is at least 100 years earlier, consists of a entrance room, kitchen, consuming room, two bedrooms and a separate toilet and lavatory. A third room – Chantalle’s walk-in wardrobe – was not too long ago added by altering part of the yard.
The mother-daughter duo foresee themselves dwelling proper right here for at least one different 5 years, so Chantalle didn’t ideas splurging a bit bit on the revamp. Renovations, which had been partially sponsored, worth S$25,000 and took decrease than a month.
As it’s a conservation home, she wanted to get approval from the authorities sooner than starting reno works. Modifications to the surface aren’t allowed, though Chantalle claims they’re “fairly chill in relation to the yard”. Additionally they tried to minimise built-in because the home need to be reinstated to its genuine state on the end of the tenancy interval.