I am so glad I stayed at Ong's place! The location couldn't be better. YOu step out of the building right into a street with a hawker center with all the delicious food you can imagine. One of the stalls is even in the Michelin guide (not starred, but mentioned, which is still great. ) I could walk so easily all over Chinatown, and the financial center area, to the Marina Bay, and the government buildings area that I never even took a taxi or bus.
Ong's place is in what looks like one of the oldest high rises in the area, and from the outside and on the hallways looks run down, and the inside of the apartment with it's 5 or so rooms for airBnB guests is not like the glitzy super modern rooms that so many other Singapore hosts offer. But it's a friendly feeling inside, has 3 bathrooms with showers (one of them large) for the guests to share, the view from the rooms is amazing day and night, and Elle seems to be cleaning around the clock. The room also has so many amenities, from large amounts of drinking water to electrical outlets that accomodate any kind of international plug.
I had stayed a few weeks earlier in one of the glitzy new rooms AirBnB which was fine, but felt very sterile and not cozy at all. At Ong's place, on the other hand, I got a sense of how Singaporeans live, and from the slightly shabby building outside I had a sense of "the old" Singapore of 40 or so years ago.
Ong and Elle were super helpful, too. I can't recommend them highly enough - unless you want everything super new and unused, then this is not the place for you.