Everyone wants a BTO, but you aren’t guaranteed one due to the luck of the draw of the balloting system. Plus, there’s always the wait time of the construction as well, which was made worse by the pandemic. Mrs. Leong and her husband first applied for their HDB BTO in May 2017. But like many couples, they had to wait nearly 5 years (until April 2022) to be able to collect the keys for their unit in Dakota Breeze. This was delayed from the original estimated completion date of June 2021. They were thankful though, as although they applied under the Married Child Priority Scheme, their queue number was outside the range of the number of available 4-room flats. The renovation for their new place was actually completed in just two months, but it wasn’t until September 2022 that they decided to move in. In fact, she even had some of the reno works documented on her TikTok account, @worththeleongwait....