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Last week, we visited Farrer Road and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the landed enclave- the only fly in the ointment being its location right by a very busy road and flyover. Hence, I decided to search the area behind it to see if there were any other streets to visit. There are a lot of landed houses in the area but most are huge units and out of budget for most, so I was looking to see if there was anything more accessible.
This led me to Jalan Kembang Melati and Jalan Harom Setangkai- now given that the last sale at Jalan Harom Setangkai was for a $8.88 million terrace house in May 2025, it’s not what I would call cheap or even affordable. However, it’s definitely less pricey than its neighbours! The last sale at Jalan Kembang Melati was for a detached unit at $7.8million- at first I thought that it was extraordinarily inexpensive for the area, then I realised that the last sale took place in 2011- which means that, for the last 14 years, no one has sold a property on that street! Now the street isn’t the longest one (i.e. not many potential sales) but I still find it worth noting.
Here are the last transacted prices of both streets for your reference. Given that these two streets are within walking distance of the houses on Farrer Road, I’m curious to see how the prices compare. To refresh your memory, below are the prices for the last transacted sales at Farrer Road:
Now the last sale at Farrer Road was also a terrace house but for $6.55million (i.e. less than the last sale at Jalan Harom Setangkai) which might lead one to conclude that it sold at a discount due to its proximity to the road. However, if you look at the details, it was actually “more expensive” in terms of $PSF: $2,609 vs $2,371. Moreover, it transacted earlier in 2024 and not 2025.
I found that interesting but we can’t really conclude anything from just 1 data point, as it doesn’t tell us anything about the state of the houses etc. Looking further, there were actually four sales at Jalan Harom Setangkai in 2024- if we average out the $PSF for those sales, though the houses in question range from a detached unit to terrace house; the average in was $2,633 PSF – skewed by the lower PSF of the detached unit sale. Anyway, as mentioned, there are too few data points to draw a definitive conclusion but I just thought it was worth pointing out.
Okay, back to the tour now:
Here we are walking in from Farrer Road. Jalan Harom Setangkai is on our right and Jalan Kembang Melati to our left.There are also some houses on our left. Despite also being terrace units, they look bigger than the ones we saw on Farrer Road. You can see the turn in to Jalan Kembang Melati more clearly here.Oh it looks like there’s a small gap in between the houses on Farrer Road and the parallel row behind them: the houses on Jalan Harom Setangkai.Turning back to look at the direction from which we came. As you can see, this is quite a busy through road and you can see the flyover from here.This road leads you to Cluny Park Road, which is probably why it’s busy.The houses along the road look a bit different from this direction.The very first house we see on Jalan Kembang Melati is under construction. Look past it and you can see Cluny Park Road and the Botanic Garden.Looking in to Jalan Kembang Melati- a very short road. I wanted to say that you won’t have many neighbours here then I saw the condo at the end of the street.Here’s the house being built. And the houses next to it.Quite a lot of places to park here. Keep in mind that this is during working hours though so I assume some owners/ cars will be out. There is also paid parking at Serene Centre and Cluny Court, which are within easy walking distance,I think that the condo is Cluny Park Residence. Did a quick Google search and I was surprised to see that they have units under 1,000 sq ft here. I assumed that all the units would be gigantic with matching price tags. If you look to the left of the condo, through the trees, you can sort of see the flyover. I didn’t hear the traffic though.Closer look at the houses.Looking in the direction from which we came.
Since it’s such a short street, we’ve pretty much seen everything. Time to head to Jalan Harom Setangkai now.
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Jalan Harom Setangkai. The road has a dotted white line BUT there are yellow lines on both sides of the road so no street parking here.Moved the camera a bit so you can see Farrer Road in relation to Jalan Harom Setangkai.Walking down Jalan Harom Setangkai.Closer look at the houses. The car porches look huge so doesn’t seem like there’ll be a parking issue here.I like how there are pavements on both sides of the road.More construction.To our left, the houses are mostly detached.There are still some vintage units here.As well as some obviously reconstructed properties.Oh a recent sale. If you look at the transaction history of the area, there have been quite a few changes-of-hands recently.And yet another construction project. So far we’ve passed quite a large number of construction projects, especially given how small this landed enclave is. They could all be on break but I didn’t really hear any noise. And if you were wondering, no I don’t hear the noise from Farrer Road on this street.If you were not sure about the road lines: the double yellow lines on the right mean no parking at all times whilst the single yellow Lin on the left means no parking is allowed within 7 am to 7 pm except on Sundays and holidays. As mentioned and shown above, the properties on the left tend to be larger.Compared to the ones on the right, it’s basically semi-D versus detached.As we reach the end of the street, the area widens up considerably. If I had to pick where on the street to live, I would definitely pick this end.And it’s nice that the units here are terrace ones too (i.e. hopefully less expensive but it would depend on the square footage.)One reason the road is more spacious here is because the road is winding, and most of the houses have not built right up to the gate.
I mean, just look art how big this garden is!
If you were confused when I said Jalan Kembang Melati and Jalan Harom Setangkai are “accessible”- just look at their neighbours in comparison. Barely any in sight because the houses are so big! I must say, it definitely made the area feel much more peaceful.
We’ve now reached the end of the street, so we’re turning right to head back to Farrer Road.We pass the Farrer Road houses on our right. There’s a pathway so you can walk in from here.Here’s what the traffic situation is like.Looking to our left now. (In case you didn’t realise, this is another way to drive into Jalan Kembang Melati and Jalan Harom Setangkai. The first way was the way we came in, and there is yet another way via Cluny Park Road, so the area is definitely very well-planned!
This brings us to the end of today’s tour. Let me know whether you preferred this area or the Farrer Park houses 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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