Many people get it wrong, thrifting or vintage shopping isn’t necessarily about saving money. There’s a certain thrill when it comes to thrifting, and it’s not one that you can find while shopping in a mall. It’s about the excitement…
Design
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29 Aug 2022
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This week, we’re back in the East at Frankel Avenue. My first thought on seeing the area was “Hmmm, this reader has a bigger budget!” If you’re wondering why, the tour of Frankel Avenue was actually requested by a reader…
Landed Home Tours
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28 Aug 2022
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The year is 2017, the market is on a bit of a slowdown and you decide this is the right time to buy an investment property. You have always been a bit of a traditionalist, and you subscribe to the…
Property Investment Insights
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27 Aug 2022
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Some people have the impression that HDBs in Singapore is boring. It all looks the same on the outside, and well, how different can the layouts really get? I for one, beg to differ. As someone who has been to…
Property Advice
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26 Aug 2022
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Hi StackedHomes, I started reading your content a year ago and really enjoyed the articles on home renovation case studies and analysis on new condos. Now that my partner and I (late 20s) are currently looking to buy our first…
Property Advice
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26 Aug 2022
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Most of us don’t think too much about the windows in our HDB flats… until it becomes a problem. Then we might find out it’s a pricey nightmare to change them; or that the type of windows we have can…
Homeowner Stories
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25 Aug 2022
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It’s very clear by now that many Singaporeans prize space above all else. That, and a more flexible layout that allows you to hack down walls freely to create a space suited to your lifestyle. As always, if budget is…
On The Market
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25 Aug 2022
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Beyond rental, resale, and just being a home, Singaporeans are always out to stretch what they can do with their flat. In recent years, more of us have started to experiment with running a business right out of our homes…
Singapore Property News
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24 Aug 2022
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Condo names are often chosen to evoke a sense of what the development is about. And with a name like Cote D’Azur, what comes to mind for you? Probably the sparkling views of the sea, the shimmering sand, and the…
Condo Reviews
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24 Aug 2022
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IKEA is undoubtedly the most popular furniture brand in the world. Just how popular? Well, in IKEA’s own words – it is estimated that every five seconds, one BILLY bookcase is sold somewhere in the world. And if you didn’t…
Property Advice
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23 Aug 2022
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The National Day Rally Speech for 2022, like the past two years, has kept a cautionary tone. There’s not much in the way of optimism right now, not with geopolitical tensions at an all-time high, and the world having barely…
Property Market Commentary
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23 Aug 2022
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There’s always just something about designing your own home that you may not quite get with an ID – and that’s a home that just oozes personality and character. This is what Sha and Jim (@ho_me_space) tried to achieve in…
Homeowner Stories
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22 Aug 2022
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We have seen perhaps more change in our real estate industry over the past decade, than in the past 30 or 40 years. From higher stamp duties, to a transformed resale flat market, there is a lot to process. At…
Property Market Commentary
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22 Aug 2022
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Another week, another reader’s request! This week, we’ve had someone ask for a tour of Eastwood estate so off to the East I went. I had previously shortlisted Eastwood but, after viewing a couple of other 99-year landed estates and…
Landed Home Tours
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21 Aug 2022
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For those less familiar with Serangoon, the Lorong Chuan area has a smattering of condos, HDB flats, and landed homes at Mei Hwan. It’s considered to be the less busy part of Serangoon, but it always had one main downside…
Condo Reviews
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20 Aug 2022
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China’s developer crisis has wiped out around US$90 billion in market value, and home prices there have fallen for 11 straight months. It’s often a shock to the public when this happens to property developers – there’s an image of…
Property Market Commentary
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19 Aug 2022
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Hi Ryan, I saw your article at Stackedhomes and would like to seek your advice on a few questions. Background.My wife (49 years old) and I (53 years old) and we have 3 school going kids of which the eldest…
Property Advice
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19 Aug 2022
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Property agent shenanigans are much more toned down these days, thanks to the Internet/social media. It also helps that buyers/sellers are much more educated than before, and are able to provide more resistance. However, this sensitive issue can still prompt…
Property Market Commentary
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18 Aug 2022
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