Touring A $24 Million Sentosa Cove Home With Stunning Waterfront Views Sentosa Cove is well known for its luxury homes that boasts of stunning waterfront views. This detached home sits on a large land size of 7,894 square feet and a build up of 10,000 square feet. You do also have… 2 Feb 2023 < 1 min read 0
Inside A Designer’s HDB Home With Extraordinary Lighting Choices This week, we take a tour of a truly unique and visually striking 4-room HDB flat in Punggol. The homeowners, Careen and Clement, are interior designers and lighting designers respectively, and their expertise is evident in every aspect of the… 29 Jan 2023 3 min read 0
Touring A $2 Million Black & White Home With Gorgeous Reservoir Views The Panorama is a relatively new condo that was built in 2019. True to its name, its claim to fame is its gorgeous views over the unblocked Thomson landed estate and the Lower Peirce Reservoir (if you are high enough,… 26 Jan 2023 2 min read 0
Inside A Modern Farmhouse HDB Home In Commonwealth In this week’s episode, we revisit the Tanglin Halt area to tour a 4-room flat located in an HDB development called Commonwealth View. The development was completed in 2008 and houses a total of 379 units with a wide range… 19 Jan 2023 2 min read 0
Inside A $2,000 Thrifting Journey Of A Fascinating Sustainable HDB Home This week, we tour a fascinating 4-room BTO flat in Bedok that is unlike most homes you’ve seen. Homeowners Nathaniel and Janeen are the proud owners of a home that has been nearly entirely thrifted and sourced from marketplaces like… 18 Jan 2023 < 1 min read 0
Touring A Colourful 4-Room Home With 2 Balconies At Belvia DBSS In this week’s Insider Tour, we head to the east where we look at another DBSS – Belvia. This DBSS is located in the mature estate of Bedok and is just about a 7-9 minute walk way from Bedok North… 17 Jan 2023 < 1 min read 0
Inside A Charming 1,650 Sqft Executive HDB Home Transformation This week we visit the stunning Executive Apartment of homeowners SH and Alvin, a 1,650 square feet oasis where natural materials and plants come together to create an inviting and cosy atmosphere. As you enter the home, you’ll be greeted… 15 Jan 2023 3 min read 0
Inside A Carefully Considered Raw Architect’s Home With A Carved Out Balcony This week, we visit an architect’s radically transformed HDB home in Bedok. Homeowner Melvin, who has his own Architecture firm, Kaizen Architecture, was obviously the brains behind the design of his home. It’s a 4-room 1,090 square foot HDB resale… 13 Jan 2023 < 1 min read 0
Inside A $1.15 Million 4-Bedroom Condo With Lovely River Views This week, we tour an older 99-year leasehold condo in Hougang. Evergreen Park is a condo that was completed in 1999 with 394 units. While it might be overshadowed by newer developments such as Riverfront Residences and Kingsford Waterbay, it… 12 Jan 2023 < 1 min read 0
How A Trip To The Himalayas Inspired This Woman’s Wabi Sabi Home Interior This week, we visit a very interesting home in Bedok that also doubles up as an intimate studio (Studio Somayoke). Homeowner Yoke Wen was first taken in by this 3-room resale HDB home in Bedok because of the unobstructed view… 10 Jan 2023 < 1 min read 0
Inside The New Alkaff Oasis HDB + Modern Refined 1,216 Sq ft Unit Tour Alkaff Oasis is a newly-built HDB project that was launched in February 2016, just over 6 years ago alongside Anchorvale Plains in Sengkang and West Plains @ Bukit Batok. It goes without saying which was the most desirable and sought-after… 9 Jan 2023 < 1 min read 1
Inside An Old 1970s Apartment Transformed Into An Open Artistic Home This week on Living In, we’re excited to showcase a truly unique and artistic home transformation. Dillon and Xueli found an old 1970s 4-room HDB at Queens Road and saw the potential in the space despite its condition. They embarked… 8 Jan 2023 2 min read 0
How Can War Affect The Price Of Your Home Like the pandemic, no one could have predicted the onset of war in 2022. Just as things seemingly were getting better with vaccinations and travel, Ukraine was invaded by Russia on 24th Feb 2022. This rattled investors’ nerves and sapped… 23 Dec 2022 < 1 min read 0
Inside A Modern Mid-Century 1,216 Sqft Home That’s Cosy And Warm In this week’s Insider Tour, we tour a 5-room HDB unit located at Ang Mo Kio Court, a recently-MOP HDB that was launched back in the May 2016 BTO exercise. The development TOP-ed in 2020 and houses 590 units with… 22 Dec 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A $48k Reno Modern Contemporary Unit + Tampines GreenRidges Tour Tampines GreenRidges is the first housing parcel in Tampines North, and wow does it look quite different from many other HDB developments! It was designed by LAUD Architects and was meant to “merge” with the larger urban concept of “the… 22 Dec 2022 < 1 min read 0
Inside A Picturesque Scandi HDB Maisonette In Kovan With A Lovely Balcony This week, we visit a bright and cosy HDB maisonette in Kovan. When homeowners Suren and Esther took over the unit, the original layout was fully covered, with the living room extended onto the balcony. After breaking down a few… 21 Dec 2022 < 1 min read 0
Inside An Architect Couple’s Tasteful Timber-Filled Makeover Of An Old HDB Flat This week, we visit the home of not just one, but two architect’s! Homeowners Jie Lun and Jen have completely transformed this 5-room HDB resale flat at Jurong Lakeside into a much more open but yet still intimate home. It’s… 20 Dec 2022 < 1 min read 0
Touring An Alluringly Bold & Dark 1,216 Sqft 5-Room HDB In Bukit Batok This week, we tour a 5-room HDB home in Bukit Batok that sports a less common monochromatic theme. With an all-black interior, sometimes it may look overly moody but with the right accent lights, it can actually look very cosy… 19 Dec 2022 < 1 min read 0