Personal experiences · housing
Home purchase experience: Our BTO queue no = 31! How did we up our chances?
The narrator reports that the couple received queue number 31 for a 5-room BTO flat on their first ballot. The narrator says they applied under the Married Child Priority Scheme for a project within 4 km of the husband's parents and understood that up to 30% of units would be allocated to first-timers under the scheme. The account also describes choosing a non-mature estate and monitoring application numbers before applying. It is one successful outcome and cannot establish that these choices caused the queue position or changed the odds.
- Narrator
- Member of a couple applying for a BTO flat near the husband's parents
- Voice
- First person
- Population
- unknown
- Source type
- social media
- Publisher
- Lemon8
- Published
- 2023-07-21
- Sensitive topics
- family
What the narrator reports
Reported outcomes are anecdotal and self-selected. They cannot reveal official criteria, approval odds or the reason for a decision.
- Reported outcome
- successful ballot
- Flat type
- 5 room
- Buyer profile
- couple
- Purchase
- bto
- Attempt
- 1
- Household status
- unknown
- Scheme or priority
- Married Child Priority Scheme
- Flat classification
- unknown
- Queue position band
- queue number in the low 30s
Consistency checks
| Detail checked | Checked against | Result |
|---|---|---|
| MCPS was an available priority scheme before the post's publicationThe post is dated 21 July 2023; MCPS existed then and was replaced by the Family Care Scheme from mid-2025. The application period itself is unstated. | Family Care Scheme | Consistent |
| Up to 30% of units allocated to first-timers under MCPSThis is the narrator's stated understanding; the current vault article does not record historical MCPS quota details. | Family Care Scheme | Inconclusive |
Caveats
- The publication date is 21 July 2023; the application date is not stated, so the experience period remains unknown.
- Single self-selected social-media account; the account cannot show that MCPS or application timing caused the queue position.
- The full public post was fetched; its account is self-reported and the stated quota is not independently verified here.
- Current applicants use the Family Care Scheme, not the former MCPS; do not apply this account's rules to current applications.
Sources
Collection as of 2026-10-16 · An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.
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