We Tour Affordable Freehold Landed Homes In Balestier From $3.4m (From Jalan Ampas To Boon Teck Road)

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TJ's interest in property was sparked after returning from the UK- where balconies are not counted in one's square footage!- and finding that the Singapore property had totally changed in the 7 years she was away. When not reading and watching articles & videos about property, she is busy cooking and baking for friends, family & her blog Greedygirlgourmet
In March, we toured the conservation homes in Balestier (at Martaban Road, and I guess the area resonated with readers as there were a few comments about the article. One reader asked for a tour of neighbouring Pegu Road, and another noted that there were no HDB blocks in the area. I was glad to see the interest in the area, but I do think Pegu Road is a bit too close to Martaban Road to be covered again so soon. However, there is a small enclave of houses across Balestier Road, which also just happens to be next to a HDB estate, so I thought it would be interesting to go take a look!
Today, we’re touring 3 streets: Jalan Kemaman, Boon Teck Road, and Jalan Ampas. On the first 2 streets, landed houses are scattered amongst high-rise condos. However, most of the houses on Jalan Ampas have been re-developed already. (There are still a few detached buildings, but they’re not residential buildings- you’ll see when we go take a look.)
Let’s start with the map of the area:


However, the road is pretty narrow. There was some construction going on when I was visiting and the truck in the area made it difficult to drive down the street. (The area has a good number of original condition houses, so I would expect more construction work in the future, if the houses are sold.)



Interesting: some houses have a 2.8 plot ratio- much more redevelopment potential than 1.4 (assuming you can get a large enough plot together.)

But other houses on the same street aren’t zoned 2.8! (Compare the 2 screenshots of the Masterplan.)
If you’re wondering about the impact on landed house prices here, here are the transaction histories:


No sales history for Jalan Ampas, only a rental transaction way back in 2014.













































































I googled the 3 streets but the only news that came up was about the en-bloc sale of Kemaman Point (somewhat confusingly not located on Jalan Kemaman but fairly close by) & a Malay studio founded by Shaw Brothers (it was still there when I visited though now defunct). I was actually specifically looking for news of flooding, being situated so close to a canal, but nothing came up on Google.
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This brings us to the end of today’s tour. How did you find this area in Balestier? Let me know in the comments if you prefer living here or over at Martaban Road!
TJ
TJ's interest in property was sparked after returning from the UK- where balconies are not counted in one's square footage!- and finding that the Singapore property had totally changed in the 7 years she was away. When not reading and watching articles & videos about property, she is busy cooking and baking for friends, family & her blog GreedygirlgourmetRead next from Landed Home Tours

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