This week, we visit a stunning 2-bedroom 1,442 square feet ground floor condo owned by Nicholas and Jessica. Designed by Studio Metanoia, their design brief was inspired by the works of Sergey Makhno, known for combining Ukrainian influences with the…
Home Tours
We’ve had some time to think of HDB’s new pilot rental housing scheme: the Single Room Shared Facilities units. While this is a new kind of flat, the concept is not entirely new – it’s somewhat comparable to co-living. But…
Property Market Commentary
Hi Stacked Home, I enjoy reading your posts on property development as they provide neutral points of view based on factual information. I noticed you have also helped to answer some of your readers’ questions on their property investments. I…
Property Advice
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HDB flats have gone through several iterations over the years; and in the past decade, they’ve become…well, standardised. Sometimes we miss the early and experimental phases though, where you could find layouts that HDB would probably never consider today. In…
Property Picks
Special thanks to Joseph for letting us tour his home! If you’d like to get connected to him for the design of your own home, you can reach out to him at this link. Successful projects get a $500 Stacked…
Home Tours
For many of our readers, connectivity and convenience usually take precedence when finding their perfect home and that usually means living near MRT stations. This comes as no surprise since that’s where most of the amenities (like malls, supermarkets and…
On The Market
As we head into 2023, some erroneous beliefs about the property market are starting to surface. Some are new, but many are from a few years before. This may be related to recent shake-ups and changes to the rules, such…
Singapore Property News
It’s almost time for the next crop of BTO flats to be launched. The last of which was in Feb 2023, with a total of 4,428 flats. This time around for the May 2023 BTO launch, three of the four…
BTO Reviews
When you first step into Laura’s home (*not her real name for privacy reasons), you may be surprised to find that it is actually a rental unit given how nicely she has dressed it up. As seasoned renters may know,…
Homeowner Stories
For anyone under 35 and single, it’s not the best situation to be in if you are looking for a home to call your own. You can’t buy an HDB or BTO, and as a single income, it can be…
Property Picks
Whether you’re on Facebook, or reading an article from local publications, you’ll probably be overwhelmed by talk about how property prices are sky-high and increasing. This is especially so for landed housing (of which there’s only ~5% in Singapore). So…
Landed Home Tours
This week, we visit probably the most interesting type of Singapore housing – the shophouse. This historic 100-year-old house in Katong is home to Jake and Kylie and has been beautifully renovated at a cost of $250,000, with a design…
Home Tours
Dear Ryan, I came across the article you had written for a couple contemplating to upgrade to a condo from their current 4BR flat. It was helpful to see the chart where you compared purchasing a property at a lower…
Property Advice
As a landlord, if you had the choice between a short and a long lease – which would you choose? On the surface, it seems like such an obvious answer. Who wouldn’t want to have a longer lease? But over…
Property Market Commentary
As we mentioned in a previous article, rental rates are at a six-year high, and are still likely to increase. 2022 has proven kind to landlords, but not so much to tenants. 2023 could be the year when rental starts…
Rental Market
‘When buying my first property, I was cautioned by my realtor: “Either you buy very high, or buy very low – don’t buy in-between.” This saying suggests that – whilst most people acknowledge higher floors are better – there are…
Homeowner Stories
This week, we tour a beautifully renovated 3-bedroom apartment at Proximo, a 43-unit freehold development located in the Bukit Timah area. The apartment is owned by a couple with two cats who moved in back in August 2022 and did…
Home Tours
With the government’s pledge to have 8 out of 10 households live within a 10-minute walk of an MRT station by 2030, it’s only a matter of time before their vision of a car-lite society starts to become a reality….
On The Market
