Landed Home Tours

Freehold Terrace Houses From $3.38m In East Coast: Touring Lorong Stangee

This week, we’re taking a tour of Lorong Stangee, a small residential enclave just off East Coast Road, which is well-known for its eateries. Although I love the idea of living close enough to walk to restaurants and cool cafes,…

• 23 Feb 2025
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A Tour Of An Affordable Freehold Landed Estate Near Joo Chiat (From $3.8m)

A few weeks back, a reader requested tours of landed estates closer to i12 Katong Mall, so today, we’re headed to Duku Road. There are 3 reasons why I chose Duku Road: Join me now as we take a walk…

• 16 Feb 2025
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Where To Find Freehold Landed Homes For $3m+ In Singapore: Touring Jalan Soo Bee

Today, we’re back in the East again but this time, touring a more affordable landed enclave than last week’s Peach Garden. We’ll be doing a walk-through of Jalan Soo Bee and its neighbouring roads, Sea Breeze Walk, Sea Breeze Road,…

• 11 Feb 2025
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Touring A Spacious Freehold Landed Estate In The East Near Tanjong Katong MRT (From $7.2m)

Last week, we visited Jago Close and Chapel Road – I found the heritage houses there very charming but the area was quite densely built up. This week, we’ll be visiting Peach Garden, a landed estate also in the East…

• 2 Feb 2025
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Touring A Rare Convenient Freehold Landed Estate Close To Marine Parade MRT (From $5m)

Today, we’re headed to Jago Close and Chapel Road, 2 parallel streets in the East of Singapore. These 2 streets are just off East Coast Road and between Marine Parade MRT station, the Marine Parade HDB estate, and many famous…

• 26 Jan 2025
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Touring A Little-Known Affordable Landed Estate Near Bedok Reservoir (From $2.85m)

One thing you may have noticed when visiting landed estates in Singapore is the penchant for redeveloping older houses and re-building them as high as possible – no surprise in land-scarce Singapore. Hence, when I saw that there was a…

• 19 Jan 2025
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Touring A Quiet Freehold Landed Estate In The East With Terrace Homes From $3.8m

As everyone knows, it’s increasingly difficult to find a non-strata, non-leasehold landed property in Singapore for under $4 million these days. Hence, when I saw that there was an estate in the East which had not 1, but 2, freehold…

• 12 Jan 2025
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Touring A Rare Convenient Freehold Landed Estate Close To Katong Park MRT (From $5.3m)

Today, we’re back in the East, visiting Margate Road, which is a residential street that runs perpendicularly between Mountbatten Road and Meyer Road. It’s an interesting street because one end has large detached units, whilst the other end has terrace…

• 5 Jan 2025
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Inside A Hidden Freehold Landed Estate In D11 With Cluster Landed Homes From $3.85m

I was on my way back from town when I came across some houses on Bo Seng Avenue – it’s a street I’d never visited before, so I thought it would be interesting to do a walkabout of it and…

• 29 Dec 2024
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Touring A Convenient Freehold Landed Estate Next To Farrer Road MRT And An HDB Estate

A while back, we viewed Kingsville, a landed enclave in King’s Drive, Bukit Timah, which was of interest because of the properties’ leasehold status and thus lower price point. However, for many Singaporeans, buying a leasehold landed house makes no…

• 15 Dec 2024
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What $11.3 Million Buys You In Katong: A Closer Look At Prime Freehold Landed Homes In Singapore

Some time back, we visited Swanage Road in Katong, where you can find terrace houses located within walking distance of many cafes, restaurants, shops, Chung Cheng High School, and Tanjong Katong Girls’ School. (Landed houses can sometimes be rather removed…

• 9 Dec 2024
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Inside A Tiny Freehold Landed Estate In Ang Mo Kio Near The MRT From $4.75m

Shangri-La Close is a tiny, tiny, TINY freehold landed estate off Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2 and Ang Mo Kio Street 11 (it is connected to both of these roads.) It lies in between 2 estates that we had previously…

• 17 Nov 2024
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Touring An Expensive Landed Estate In Bukit Timah: Freehold And 999-Year Homes Near Nanyang Primary From $9.5m

Today, we’re back again in the Coronation area in prime Bukit Timah. The area houses many famous schools, from MGS and RGS to ACS. The 2 parallel roads we’re visiting today (the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales)…

• 10 Nov 2024
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Touring A Private And Quiet Freehold Landed Estate At Sunset View

A few months back, we visited Sunset Way to look at the houses in this freehold, quiet enclave just down the road from Bukit Timah. And since housing prices have been escalating in Singapore, I know of several people who’ve…

• 3 Nov 2024
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Touring An Affordable Yet Convenient Freehold Landed Estate Opposite Bishan MRT (From $4.2m)

A few weeks back, we visited Clover Avenue, and when exploring the neighbourhood I realised it was fairly close to Junction 8/Bishan MRT. On Google Maps, I saw some houses even closer to Junction 8, located right across the road….

• 27 Oct 2024
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Touring An Affordable Small Freehold Landed Estate In Katong With Prices From $3.5m In 2023

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Bournemouth Road, a landed estate in Katong where prices start(ed) from $5 million (at the time of writing, at least.) Before the article was published, I knew there would be feedback about how…

• 20 Oct 2024
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Touring One Of The Cheapest Landed Estates In Bukit Timah: Inside The Leasehold Kingsville (From $3.9m)

As we all know, property prices in Singapore are still pretty high at the moment. Even older leasehold landed properties are not bucking the trend: at the time of writing, there were 4 units at Kingsville for sale, ranging from…

• 13 Oct 2024
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How An Old Shophouse In Singapore Was Transformed Into An Art-Filled Home

In this week’s episode, Jewel shares her journey of moving into a shophouse in Singapore, a dream she’s held since first encountering these vibrant, historic buildings seven years ago. The moment she discovered her current unfurnished unit, she was captivated…

• 12 Oct 2024
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