Been meaning to blog about the latest record breaking HDB unit for a while but I’ve been busy (hey, being a baby maker/incubator is tiring man). Anyway, if you haven’t read, the most recent record breaking unit comes from Bishan, and is one of those ‘sky terrace’ units that went for $250,000 over its valuation, going…
Before we go into what makes a record breaking HDB unit (by total price or per square foot (psf) basis), let’s re-visit some of the record breaking HDB units reported in the news over the past 5 years. Here we go:
Update on 12 Sep: Indeed, not an EM as earlier reported by the news, but a 1,614 sqft EA located in Blk 149 @ $620psf. See this news: Expect more million dollar resale flats in resale market Well, not much information to go by, but based on the ads placed in Property Guru:
I was inspired to write about why Mei Ling Street HDB units have ‘record breaking potential’ with the recent hoo-ha about the soon to be $1 million HDB transaction. After staying in my place for slightly more than a year, here is a resident’s view:
Originally posted on Our EM Renovation Experience:
I like EMs cos of the space, plus the fact that such units comes with three toilets. While Executive Apartments are just as spacious, they only have two toilets. Jumbos and Multi-Generation apartments that may have more than two toilets are hard to come by, not to mention factoring location and…
Just wondering if Queenstown has the most expensive HDB executive flats in Singapore, since a neighbour has just sold their executive maisonette (EM) located in my block for $895K. You have to consider that it is not some rare configuration like those Bishan sky terrace units, and that it is a corridor unit. And it…
So you have read about how flat sizes have shrunk… or not, depending on who is talking but I think a picture tells a thousand words. In this case, thought I’ll dig up HDB floor plans from the respective periods that fit the representative sizes provided in this article. If you’ll prefer not to read…
According to the ads I read, there are only 15 such units in Singapore. At 2,034 sq feet/189 sqm, this is definitely larger than your average sized HDB flat. Thought the floor plan is interesting enough to share. It comes with the living, dining, kitchen, bedroom, service balcony, open terrace and small under stairs store on…
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