Inside A Unique Landed HDB Home With A Idyllic Japanese Zen Garden Given that nearly 80% of the population stays in an HDB home, and that there are only about 284 HDB landed units, that makes this week’s home a really really rare one. Homeowners Grace and Wei Xiang (together with their… 21 Oct 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A $150k Tastefully Renovated 2 Bedroom Unit At Nomu In Orchard In this week’s Insider Tour, we check out a unit at Nomu! In case you’re wondering how the name came about, it’s actually a shortened version of “North of Museum” in reference to the Planning Area. The boutique development along… 20 Oct 2022 2 min read 0
Inside An Architect’s Own Curved 3-Room HDB Home In Bedok North This week, we visit an architect’s own home in Bedok North. Kenneth and his puppy Jinko are staying in a 3-room HDB sized at 732 square feet. He chose a neutral palette and restricted the choice of materials to just… 20 Oct 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A Taiwanese Designer’s HDB Home With A Lovely Open Balcony + Studio This week we visit a really special home in Bukit Batok West. Homeowners YaYa and Jun Yao have really transformed this 1,490 square feet 5-room resale HDB into a unique home + studio arrangement. From the custom made metal gate… 16 Oct 2022 2 min read 0
We Tour DJ KoFlow’s Lifestyle Venue In A Shophouse At Ann Siang This week Reuben and Aiken Chia tour yet another shophouse space, although this time located in the hip Ann Siang enclave. Named HONCHO, it’s a lifestyle venue that is set over 3 levels, each with its own distinct personality, a… 13 Oct 2022 < 1 min read 0
Inside A Unique Indochine-Inspired Walk Up Apartment In The East This week, we visit a charming walk up apartment located in Marine Parade. Homeowner Chris self-designed the entire home, which was formerly divided into 6 rooms for rental. He has gone for a rather unconventional theme that you don’t see… 9 Oct 2022 < 1 min read 1
Inside A $10k Renovated Colourful 4-Room HDB At McNair Towers This week, we tour McNair Towers – a newly-MOPed HDB that’s very close by City Views @ Boon Keng and Bendemeer Light, two HDBs that we’ve also recently toured. Unlike the latter two HDBs, McNair Towers is more exclusive. Tucked… 4 Oct 2022 2 min read 0
Inside An Interior Designer’s Wabi-Sabi Penthouse Home In Joo Chiat This week, we visit a penthouse home set in the low-lying Joo Chiat. Homeowner Brandon created and designed the space for his family of 3 – and incredibly did so without any drawings of the space. It’s a 1+1 room… 2 Oct 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A Gorgeous Art-Filled Interior Design Studio In Singapore When an award-winning interior design studio launches a new office, you can bet that there will be certain high expectations of how it would turn out. And so this week, Reuben and Aiken tour the exclusive studio space of White… 29 Sep 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A $100k Cosy 5-Room HDB + City View @ Boon Keng DBSS Tour City View @ Boon Keng boasts great views, transport links, and amenities and is within 2 primary schools. With a 5-room flat that went for a cool $1,288,888, it may sound like a lot to pay for even with the… 27 Sep 2022 < 1 min read 0
Inside A Self-Designed Raw Industrial HDB Home With A Creative Flair We love visiting the homes of previous homeowners that have opened up their homes to us, and so this week we are especially excited to be able to visit version 2.0 of Tobby and Kaiyi’s home. For those of you… 25 Sep 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A Quirky Industrial 4-Room HDB + Kallang Heights Tour Kallang Heights is in one of the most convenient locations, as it is very close to Kallang MRT station. While you aren’t quite fronting the Sungei Kallang, it is a short walk to the park connector, which can take you… 20 Sep 2022 2 min read 0
Inside A Striking Modern Japanese Kaiseki Bar Set In A Shophouse This week Reuben and Aiken tour a modern Japanese bar set on the second storey in a shophouse. Japanese cuisine is everywhere in Singapore, but when you hear of kaiseki what often comes to mind is an elevated but hush-hush… 17 Sep 2022 2 min read 0
Touring A Special $6.6 Million Conservation Shophouse At Everton Road This week, we tour a special conservation shophouse located at Everton Road. It’s got a build up of 4,200 square feet over a land size of 1,407 square feet, which is pretty spacious. The ceiling height here makes the space… 13 Sep 2022 < 1 min read 0
Touring A Rare $12 Million Penthouse With Massive Bedrooms This week, we tour a unique single-floor penthouse in Mt Sinai. It’s got the advantage of a quiet location, and this penthouse at Leighwoods comes in at a huge 4,919 square feet. There are 4 large bedrooms here (the master… 8 Sep 2022 2 min read 0
Studies Show That This Feature In Your Home Makes You Happy Curves are everywhere. From arches in the bedrooms, to kitchen islands, to the sofa in your living room – it’s a trend that seemingly has legs to stay for some time. Soft edges and curves do help to soften the… 26 Jul 2022 < 1 min read 0
From A Haunting Cemetery To The Next HDB Town: Why Bidadari Estate Was Transformed The word Bidadari is actually the Malay word for “angel”, a derivative of the Sanskrit word *widyadari* which refers to an angelic being in Hindu mythology. Part of the cemetery site used to be where the Istana Bidadari was located too… 7 Jul 2022 < 1 min read 0