If you’re an experienced landlord, you’d know that sometimes it isn’t always about the highest rent that you can get, but getting a suitable tenant that’s fuss-free. After all, what’s the point of having more money, but more headaches and…
Homeowner Stories
Dear Stacked Homes My wife and I are avid readers of your site. We appreciate your candour and good advice (and writing!). We’re in a bit of a predicament and would appreciate some advice. Background: we are in our early…
Property Advice
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One of the perennial questions of the property market is: where can I find bigger flats? Whether right-sizing from a condo, or co-living with parents, Singaporeans have a penchant for getting the largest possible unit they can afford. For those…
Property Picks
In this week’s Insider Tour, we visit a gorgeous landed home designed by Alittlepractice. Spanning 4,000 square feet of built-up space, it boasts an array of unique features. As you enter, you are greeted by a long entryway lined with…
Home Tours
The combination of high interest rates and the recent increase in BSD has resulted in some homeowners being more price conscious in today’s economic climate. And so continuing our search for liveable homes on a budget, we have found five…
On The Market
A subtle, powerful, change has taken place in the way condos are run. From older resale properties to new launches in recent years, condos have seen a surge in collective action, active resident committees, and – unfortunately – snooping around…
Property News
It boggles my mind that these images below were created by an AI and all I had to do was just type a few words (better known as prompts). Here’s what I used: living room, japandi, bright and airy, monstera…
Property Trends
It may be time to stop being choosy or gaming the system, as HDB clamps down with a new “choose it or lose it” policy. Those who fail to show up at BTO selection won’t just lose their chance at…
Property News
For their 30-year-old HDB resale flat, Shan Ping and Wayne (@h.ooo.me) wanted to have a style that could stand the test of time. “Something warm, but clean. Something with space for random oddities and maybe the occasional mess,” she added. …
Home Tours
Until that magical time comes when we can specify the type of layout we want in our BTO flat, there will always be the need to reconfigure a space because of our lifestyles. And perhaps it’s as a result of…
Property Advice
As we near the middle of 2023, a lot of strangeness has surfaced in the property market. From blatant privacy intrusions by agents to new buyers puzzled over key collection times, there are some things that need clearing up. Gathered…
Property Market Commentary
Quite a while back, a reader asked for a tour of the Hillcrest area so today we’re headed to the Hillcrest and Greenwood estate for a look. It is part of a well-connected landed enclave between Dunearn Road, Eng Neo…
Landed Home Tours
This week, we tour the home of Charmian and Jay, a 5-room HDB flat in Hougang that spans over 1,260 square feet. This beautiful space has been renovated at a cost of $120,000 (which includes all the appliances). As you…
Home Tours
Long-time readers of Stacked will know that we love data, and the chance to observe quantifiable trends. Unfortunately, the information isn’t perfect – and in some cases, the data that was once published has now become untraceable. In this list,…
Property Market Commentary
With the number of new launches over the past few years (and despite the notion that the property market is hot), there are still a fair few that have units left to move before their ABSD deadline. Buyers who are…
Property Picks
Hello, Thank you for all the insightful articles. We are in a dilemma with some property decision and hope you can advise us. We live in a 4-room resale HDB which we bought for $388k. Husband is 51 years old and…
Property Advice
Imagine this: You bought a new launch condo a while back, and it’s now getting closer to key collection day. You open the mailbox in your current home and are faced with the usual deluge of mail. Out goes the…
Property Market Commentary
We head to La Suisse ll, a small 999-year development in the landed home enclave at Swiss View. With just 48 units, each unit here is bigger than your average new launch unit that you’d see today. This particular unit…
Home Tours
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