Opinion

Touring Thomson Garden Estate: Where You Can Find A Freehold Landed Home For $2.8 Million

Not far away from Teachers’ Housing Estate and Sembawang Hills Estate is another of the “cheapest freehold landed” enclaves in…

15 Jan 2022 by TJ | 11 min read

Touring Sembawang Hills Estate: An Affordable Freehold Landed Enclave With A Hawker Centre

If you didn’t already know, only 5% of Singaporeans live in a landed home. Hence, it’s almost everyone’s dream, and…

3 Jan 2022 by TJ | 12 min read

Touring Teacher’s Housing Estate: The Cheapest And Most Spacious Freehold Landed Estate (D26)

In today’s short attention span world with many different things vying for your attention, those who want to stand out…

26 Dec 2021 by TJ | 12 min read

Touring MacPherson Garden Estate: Possibly The Cheapest Freehold Landed Estate In Singapore (Under $2.5 Million)

MacPherson Garden Estate is a small cluster of landed houses whose claim to fame is being amongst the cheapest freehold…

15 Dec 2021 by TJ | 12 min read

An Introvert Buys Property: Getting Prepared To Pull The Trigger (Part 4)

Every journey has to end. And sometimes, as poet T.S. Eliot wrote, it’s not with a bang, but with a…

11 Dec 2021 by Dan | 7 min read

An Introvert Buys Property: The Ones That Got Away (Part 3)

Buying property for yourself is not just any #treatyoself purchase – you’re imagining how your life could be better. That’s…

5 Dec 2021 by Dan | 9 min read

Touring Pasir Ris By The Sea “Freehold” Condos For Under $2 Million (And Above 2,000 Sq ft!)

A while back, I wrote about freehold waterfront condos at Balestier (most waterfront properties in Singapore are 99-years leasehold in…

30 Nov 2021 by TJ | 10 min read

An Introvert Buys Property: Finding A Property Agent To Trust (Part 2)

As a self-professed introvert, I’m used to doing things on my own. But after months of fruitless solo property hunting,…

24 Nov 2021 by Dan | 8 min read

Touring Sembawang Waterfront Landed Homes + 9 Landed Living Costs To Note

Last week, I headed over to explore the waterfront landed homes at Pasir Ris. In short, I concluded that they…

22 Nov 2021 by TJ | 12 min read

An Introvert Buys Property In Singapore: Going It Alone (Part 1)

Buying property can be daunting, and more so if you’re single. And even more so if you’re an introvert. In…

13 Nov 2021 by Dan | 6 min read

An Early Morning Tour Of Pasir Ris: Landed Houses By The Beach Under $2.9 Million

When you watch property videos on YouTube or Netflix, beachfront houses are always portrayed as the creme de la creme…

11 Nov 2021 by TJ | 11 min read

8 Freehold Waterfront Condos In D12 (Balestier/Toa Payoh) That Won’t Break The Bank

If you’ve been following my series on affordable waterfront housing (which so far has spanned from HDBs to condos and…

6 Nov 2021 by TJ | 8 min read

3 Reasonably Priced Waterfront Condos In North Singapore (D28 Seletar/Yio Chu Kang)

In my first article on affordable waterfront condos and cluster houses in Singapore (which looked at condos around Jurong Lake…

31 Oct 2021 by TJ | 9 min read

A Single Homebuyers Journey During Covid-19: How I Bought And Built My Own Home

The Singapore property market is known for being tough on single homebuyers; and it’s especially hard to find an HDB…

22 Oct 2021 by Ryan J | 18 min read

4 Affordable Waterfront Resale Condos In District 19 For More Scenic Views

Did you know that globally, waterfront views are priced at a 40% premium? But apparently, because Singapore is an island,…

17 Oct 2021 by TJ | 11 min read

A First-Time Homebuyer’s Journey: Review Of Waterview Condo + Bedok Reservoir x Tampines Quarry

Last week, I started my journey in search of the best affordable waterfront development in Singapore with a viewing at…

23 Sep 2021 by TJ | 11 min read

A First-Time Homebuyer’s Journey: My Search For Waterfront Views + Review Of Waterfront Isle

With all the time we’re spending at home thanks to COVID-19, I had briefly entertained the idea of moving to…

17 Sep 2021 by TJ | 12 min read

A First-Time Homebuyer’s Journey: My Review Of 1 Canberra EC + The Wider Canberra/Yishun area

Have you heard of the Yishun curse? I hadn’t till this year, when I forwarded a Yishun property listing to…

12 Sep 2021 by TJ | 8 min read