A few weeks back, we visited Merryn Avenue and its neighbouring streets, where you can find freehold terrace houses in a central location. Just a few steps away, over on Merryn Road, you will find much larger detached houses, making the two landed enclaves feel entirely different. If you’ve been following this Singapore landed estate series, you’ll have noticed that, every time there is a landed area with two different types of housing, I like to tour both so that readers can get a better sense of the neighbourhood. Hence, today, we’re off to take a look at the bigger houses of Merryn Road.
First, let’s see where we are: Merryn Road is a long, curving road that links Whitley Road – which leads to the PIE – to Trevose Crescent. Merryn Avenue, Merryn Terrace, and Merryn Close, which we visited a while back, are secondary streets branching out from Merryn Road. They’re the streets closest to Whitley Road. However, because Merryn Road is curving, they’re actually further from the PIE than some of the more expensive parts of Merryn Road where we find the bigger houses.
As you can see from the above sales history, houses here are not cheap. The last two sales in 2025 ranged from $18.5million and $21.5 million for a detached home. This is significantly higher than the last 2 sales in 2022 and 2021- which were $9.5million and $11.38 million respectively. I am aware that we are comparing apples to oranges here, as the sizes of the houses are different, and they might have also been in different states of repair. However, it is a large enough difference that I thought it was worth pointing out. If you want a comparison, here are the sales prices of Merryn Terrace- they’re about 1/3 the price.
Two houses at Merryn Avenue/ Merryn Close/ Merryn Terrace
Here is one of the houses on Merryn Road for comparison. Quite a difference wouldn’t you say? If I had just seen the two pictures without context, I wouldn’t have realised they were located in the same landed estate.Not all of the houses are as contemporary Past a certain point on Merryn Road, most of the houses are detached properties. However, the amount of land varies quite a bit.I particularly like this row of properties- they have a very open, timeless, tropical resort feel.Merryn Road has a single unbroken white line drawn down it, so there’s no street parking on the main road. You can find a limited amount of parking on the side streets, and it was easier to find street parking here than over at Merryn Avenue, Merryn Close or Merryn Terrace. I’m guessing this is because detached houses usually have larger car porches and thus no need to park on the street. Alternatively, if you head right down to the Trevose Crescent- Merryn Road junction, you’ll find more places where you can legally park on the street.A look down one of the Merryn Road side streets. They extend in both directions off Merryn Road. The ones on the right are slightly noisier as they’re closer to the PIE.Perhaps because there are no high rise buildings in sight, I found the sun particularly blinding here.Still walking down the main Merryn Road.
See what I mean about how it’s easier to find parking space on the side streets here? I couldn’t find a single parking space over at Merryn Avenue/ Terrace/ Close.
As shown, the road here is curving. Luckily, there are pavements on both sides to walk on so you don’t have to walk on the main road and worry about being hit by traffic.As you can see, the houses are so large that there are sometime only two to three units located on a side street.This side street does have a row of terrace houses but they’re rare in this part of the landed estate.Walking even deeper into the Merryn Road estate. I’ve been here a few times and traffic doesn’t seem too heavy. You do get cars passing by but there’s not that much road noise. The road doesn’t seem as heavily traversed as, for example, Sixth Avenue or Hillcrest Road, which I found surprising as it’s a way to avoid heavy traffic on Dunearn Road Having said that, I wasn’t there during peak hours.Another side street to the right of Merryn Road.Because the plots are so large, you pretty much only find houses on one side of the street.A side street to the left of Merryn Road. I am not 100 per cent certain, but it feels like the side streets to the left are more spacious than the ones on the right i.e. have fewer houses located on them.These show how high you can build here.Turning back to look in the direction from which we came.See what I mean about being able to walk around the estate comfortably? Look at how wide the pavement is here.Another side street, this time a shorter one.Remember what I said about larger houses having more parking space? Look at that long driveway.As we reach Trevose Crescent, the road starts sloping upwards a little.
The pavement on the right is so wide that you can even park an extra car in front of your house
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Ryan J. Ong ·
18 Jun 2023 ·
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Another photo to give you a better idea of how sloping the road is towards Trevose Crescent We’ve now walked the whole length of Merryn Road. I’ll head back in the direction from which we came, and show you a couple more shots as, due to the curving road, the road can look different depending on which direction you’re taking the photo from.See what I mean about this stretch of Merryn Road feeling very spacious and comfortable?
In terms of amenities, there’s not much around. You’re obviously close to many famous schools such as SCGS and ACS. There’s also Raffles Town Club down Whitley Road and Tanglin Community Club across Whitley Road. However, there aren’t really any cafes, restaurants or shops within walking distance- not unless you count the convenience store at Caltex Petrol Station, down Whitley Road. I’d say you’d really need a car to maximise your enjoyment living here, as the estate is within easy driving distance of Orchard Road.
In terms of public transport, the nearest bus stop is located on Whitley Road. It’s served by a good number of buses: 105, 132, 151, 153, 154, 156, 186, 190, 190A, 960, 960e, 972, 972A and 972M. Hence, although Stevens MRT station (DTL, TEL) is a bit far on foot, you still have public transport access.
Now that we’ve seen the estate and its amenities, let me know what you think in the comments.
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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
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