A HDB owner’s musings about record breaking units

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…

What makes a record breaking HDB unit?

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:

How much would you pay for a HDB?

I found a recent ad for one of those Bishan ‘sky terrace’ executive maisonettes (EM) asking for $1.08 million. No mention of COV/condition but I am wondering how many people would pay over $1 million for a HDB? I think it would be a record setting price once it’s sold, if any buyer is willing…

Pasir Ris HDB maisonettes with sky terraces

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…

Why an Executive Maisonette?

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 transport needs. My personal views aside, I…